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Article: Bumblebees can experience an object using one sense and later recognize it using another

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Feb 23 2020 10:19 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted February 23 2020 - 10:19 PM

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Thought this was cool insight into the mental capacity of bees. The senses involved are vision and touch.

Bumblebees can experience an object using one sense and later recognize it using another

https://phys.org/new...bumblebees.html

Edited by OhNoNotAgain, February 23 2020 - 10:21 PM.

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