Angry Birds: Magpies Recognize a Face, and Attack
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
Magpies can recognize humans by their faces, as researchers at Seoul National University discovered quite by accident when their research subjects started attacking them!
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