Melanie Colón Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 RavensCorvus CoraxResearchers studying baboons in Namibia recently reported that an individual baboon's personalitypredicted how well they would learn about a new food source from watching other baboons, withbolder and more anxious animals learning more successfully. Specific social relationships amongindividuals also impacted the ability of a baboon to learn from other individuals, a phenomenon thatis clearly not limited to baboons. The role of family relationships in learning among ravens is thesubject of this One Species at a Time podcast from the Encyclopedia of Life.Listen to the podcast: http://podcast.eol.org/podcast/ravensThe One Species at a Time podcast series is supported by the Harvard Museum of ComparativeZoology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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