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Old 26-02-2008, 03:55 PM
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Animals as mathematicians

I'm sure you all wonder whether animals can count .... When mother ducks or cats are checking whether their offspring are all following her do they do it by counting them up or do they check off each individual against a mental list?

I recall that someone had concluded that rabbits and other small mammals can count, 1, 2, lots ....
There seems to be some evidence that fish do something similar:
Fish can count to four - but no higher - Telegraph
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