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Spot the odd one out: do snake pictures capture macaques’ attention more than other predators? 找出一个奇怪的问题：蛇的照片比其他捕食者更能吸引猕猴的注意力吗？

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01831-9

Karl Zeller, Sébastien Ballesta, Hélène Meunier, Julie Duboscq, Luca Morino, Adam Rimele, Xavier Bonnet, Audrey Maille, Guillaume Dezecache, Cécile Garcia

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Cognitive flexibility in a Tanganyikan bower-building cichlid, Aulonocranus dewindti 坦噶尼喀弓箭手建筑慈鲷Aulonocranus dewindti的认知灵活性。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01830-w

Maëlan Tomasek, Midori Stark, Valérie Dufour, Alex Jordan

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Interspecific differences in developmental mode determine early cognitive abilities in teleost fish 发育模式的种间差异决定了硬骨鱼的早期认知能力。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01828-4

Giulia Montalbano, Cristiano Bertolucci, Angelo Bisazza, Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato

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Use of the sun compass by monocularly occluded homing pigeons in a food localisation task in an outdoor arena 在户外竞技场的食物定位任务中，单眼遮挡的信鸽使用太阳罗盘。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01827-5

Sara Cioccarelli, Benedetta Bianchi, Dimitri Giunchi, Anna Gagliardo

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“The song remains the same”: not really! Vocal flexibility in the song of the indris “歌曲不变”：不是真的！印度民歌中的声乐灵活性。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01826-6

Anna Zanoli, Teresa Raimondi, Chiara De Gregorio, Daria Valente, Filippo Carugati, Valeria Torti, Olivier Friard, Longondraza Miaretsoa, Cristina Giacoma, Marco Gamba

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Orientation by environmental geometry and feature cues in the green and black poison frog (Dendrobates auratus) 绿色和黑色毒蛙（Dendrobates auratus）通过环境几何和特征线索确定方向。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01820-y

Cody A. Sorrell, Sabrina S. Burmeister

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First acoustic evidence of signature whistle production by spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) 飞旋海豚（Stenella longirostris）发出特征性哨声的首个声学证据。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01824-8

Raul Rio

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Grouping rule in tadpole: is quantity more or size assortment more important? 蝌蚪的分组规则：数量更重要还是大小分类更重要？

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01823-9

Kazuko Hase

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Active oscillations in microscale navigation 微尺度导航中的主动振荡。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01819-5

Kirsty Y. Wan

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Photobehaviours guided by simple photoreceptor systems 由简单的光感受器系统引导的光行为。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-023-01818-6

Emelie Brodrick, Gáspár Jékely

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