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Book Review of The Parrot's Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity

The Parrot's Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
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I read somewhere that, in the wild, monkeys do not eat bananas, although biologists to give bananas to them and they do eat them then. Moral of this story: beware of stereotypical animal behaviour. This book is full of tales of natural animal intelligence, cooperation and invention, some in the wild, some not. I was amazed by some of the incidents. Intesting and though provoking. Told with humour and full of adventure.