City Birds Are Smarter Than Rural Birds

Living in the city has its advantages, it seems. That is, if you happen to be a bird.
A recently-published study, led by Jean-Nicolas Audet of McGill University, looked at the problem-solving skills of bullfinches that lived in an urban environment and compared them to those bullfinches that lived in the country.

The study took place in the island of Barbados, an ideal localization for this kind of research since the urban and rural environments are quite distinct from one another.

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