Reciprocity and parrots: Griffin the grey parrot appears to understand benefits of sharing, study suggests

Date:

February 25, 2014

Source:

University of Lincoln

Summary:

A study into whether grey parrots understand the notion of sharing suggests that they can learn the benefits of reciprocity. The research involved a grey parrot called Griffin, who consistently favoured the option of 'sharing' with two different human partners.

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