We taught bees a simple number language – and they got it
- Written by Scarlett Howard, Postdoctoral research fellow, Université de Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Maybe the differences between human and non-human animals are not as great as we might previously have thought.from www.shutterstock.com
Most children learn that written numbers represent quantities in pre-school or junior primary school.
Now our new study shows that honeybees too can learn to match symbols and numerosities, much like we humans do...
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