Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Bears Can 'Count' And Compare Numbers, Showing Cognitive Ability, Scientists Say



If there's anything more impressive than a bear's size, it's its intelligence. Bears can learn to ride bicycles, use tools, and as new research shows, "count." Scientists trained three American black bears (Ursus Americanus) to discriminate between groups of dots on a touchscreen computer: Two bears learned to pick the group with fewer dots, while the third learned to choose the group with more dots.

No comments:

Post a Comment