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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #38971 Few birds
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Few    birds    are    as    curious    as    keas.    New    research    shows    how    these    New    Zealand    parrots    channel    that    curiosity    for    maximum    benefit:    they    up    tips    by    watching    each    other.    Keas    are    notorious    for    investigating    and,    in    the    often    destroying    everything    from    rubbish    bins    to    windscreen    wipers.    Ludwig    Huber    and    colleagues    from    the    University    of    Vienna    have    found    that    in    keas,    which    live    in    family    flocks,    social    learning    affects    patterns    of    curiosity.    In    their    experiments,    the    keas'    task    was    to    open    a    steel    box    with    a    complex    locking    mechanism.    Two    birds    were    gradually    trained    as    'models'    and    then    they    the    task    again    under    the    watchful    gaze    of    keas    who    were    new    to    the    job.    enough,    birds    who    had    watched    a    demonstration    had    a    much    higher    success    than    keas    who    had    never    watched    one.    

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