a-dinosaur-a-day:

specsthespectraldragon:

bitterpunktrash:

gender-identity-crisis:

did-you-kno:

In an experiment, two ravens had to simultaneously pull the two ends of one rope to slide a platform with two pieces of cheese into reach. If only one of them pulled, the rope would slip through the loops, leaving them with no cheese. Without any training they solved the task and cooperated successfully.

However, when one of the two birds cheated and stole the reward of its companion, the victims of such cheats immediately noticed and started defecting in further trials with the same individual.

“Such a sophisticated way of keeping your partner in check has previously only been shown in humans and chimpanzees, and is a complete novelty among birds.”

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GET A LOAD OF THAT BIRD COMMUNISM

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@a-dinosaur-a-day BIRD COMMUNISM (you’ve probably been pinged for this post like 2000000 times I am sorry)

This is a completely different sort of bird communism though

It’s more like bird socialism. You see, when someone takes more than their fair share, the people who notice don’t mysteriously disappear and not everyone is miserable. because they actively shun teh people who take more than what’s deserved, it works.