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Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by EGreg on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:43AM (#32821292)
How do you know that a desperate mama bear can't learn to read?

https://theconversation.com/can-crows-read-3740 hehehehehe

Re:Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms... by orthoxerox on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:14AM (#32822432)
That's not reading, though. My son can do what these crows can: associate familiar symbols with some concept: "green cross" means pharmacy, "Auchan" means the big shop with carts. However, he is disabled and can't read in the sense of "process novel information provided in textual form".