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Re: Lorenz and Number Recognition in Birds

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From: Stephen Matheson
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:57
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From article <1ju46d$fc2@spool.mu.edu>, by johns@m.mscs.mu.edu (John Simms):

> Does anyone know where this story is?  I looked for it in "King
> Solomon's Ring" and in "On Aggression" and couldn't find it (I could
> have overlooked it).

> Also, what else is known about number recognition in animals?  How much
> "mathematics" can animals do, especially chimpanzees or gorillas?

You might look up Don Griffin and his books on animal cognition: the
most recent is _Animal Minds_ in bookstores everywhere...

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Steve Matheson   Program in Neuroscience   University of Arizona
sfm@neurobio.arizona.edu
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