Farm animals show their smarts, and how honeyguide birds lead humans to hives

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4.2 • 791 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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A look at cognition in livestock, and the coevolution of wild bird–human cooperation This week we have two stories on thinking and learning in animals. First, Online News Editor David Grimm talks with host Sarah Crespi about a reporting trip to the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in northern Germany, where scientists are studying cognition in farm animals, including goats, cows, and pigs. And because freelance audio producer Kevin Caners went along, we have lots of sound from the trip—so prepare yourself for moos and more. Voices in this story: Christian Nawroth Annkatrin Pahl Jan Langbein Next, audio producer Katherine Irving talks with Claire Spottiswoode, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Cambridge, about her research into cooperation between honeyguide birds and human honey hunters. In their Science study, Spottiswoode and her team found honeyguides learn distinct signals made by honey hunters from different cultures suggesting that cultural coevolution has occurred. Read a related Perspective. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Authors: Sarah Crespi; David Grimm; Katherine Irving Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.zr3zfn1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,
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0:40.4	This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, one of America's leading research medical schools.
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0:55.9	It's consistently among the top recipients of NIH funding. Researchers at ICONMount Sinai have made breakthrough discoveries in many
1:02.1	fields vital to advancing the health of patients, including cancer, COVID and long COVID,
1:08.7	cardiology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
1:12.5	The Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we find a way.
1:22.0	This is the science podcast for December 8th, 2023. I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:30.9	This week we have two stories on thinking and learning in animals. First, we have online news editor, David Grimm. He's going to take us to
1:36.8	northern Germany, where researchers are studying cognition in farm animals, cows, pigs, goats,
1:43.2	and so on. And because producer Kevin Caners went along,
1:47.0	we have lots of audio from the trip,
1:50.0	so prepare yourself for moose and more.
1:53.0	Next, freelance producer, Catherine Irving,
1:55.0	talks with researcher Claire Spottiswood
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