Being better problem solvers helps mountain chickadees survive at higher altitudes

Date:

February 25, 2015

Source:

Springer Science+Business Media

Summary:

Being better problem solvers helps mountain chickadees survive at higher altitudes. Living on harsh, unforgiving icy mountains can make one mentally sharper, and this applies to birds as well. That's what biologists learned after finding that mountain chickadees that live at higher altitudes are better problem solvers than birds of this species hailing from lower regions.

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