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Third-party imitation is not restricted to humans: When blue-throated macaws observed how other animals reacted to specific hand signals from humans, the birds reproduced those reactions. www.mpg.de/25325205/090... @mpiforbi.bsky.social @loroparque.bsky.social
Blue-throated macaws learn by imitating others
Blue-throated macaws learn new behaviors by observing interactions of their conspecifics. When they observed how other animals reacted to specific hand signals from humans, the birds reproduced those ...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Third-party imitation is not restricted to humans: When blue-throated macaws observed how other animals reacted to specific hand signals from humans, the birds reproduced those reactions. www.mpg.de/25325205/090... @mpiforbi.bsky.social @loroparque.bsky.social
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Very cool new study finding third-party imitation in blue-throated macaws by
@esha-haldar2025.bsky.social et al. in Sci. Reports.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@esha-haldar2025.bsky.social et al. in Sci. Reports.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Third-party imitation is not restricted to humans - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Third-party imitation is not restricted to humans
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September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Very cool new study finding third-party imitation in blue-throated macaws by
@esha-haldar2025.bsky.social et al. in Sci. Reports.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@esha-haldar2025.bsky.social et al. in Sci. Reports.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...