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THE African grey parrot could be the cleverest bird on the planet as it is capable of intelligent reasoning at the same level as a child, a media report said. The bird is capable of working out the location of hidden food using the kind of deduction and elimination skills previously seen only in humans and apes, it said. The discovery means that parrots join a select band of creatures at the pinnacle of animal intelligence. Experiments were carried out on seven African greys aged between seven and 25 years and kept in a rescue centre in Austria, the Daily Mail reported experts. — IANS
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