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Meerkat break
- Friday, July 14 2006 @ 07:21 AM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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Taking a break from destruction, war, mayhem, and death . . . consider the meerkat. Not only are they TV stars (with an irritating website) but scientists have discovered that they actively teach their young:
Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England observed meerkats gradually introducing cubs to prey, showing them how to handle captured insects and even removing the stingers from scorpions before giving them to youngsters.
"Although there are anecdotal reports of teaching in species from chimpanzees to killer whales, until this year solid evidence was really lacking," said Alex Thornton, co-author of the report appearing in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
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