Mountain Chickadees have Remarkable Memories–with Ability to Recall Locations of 10,000 Hidden Snacks

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Mountain Chickadees have Remarkable Memories–with Ability to Recall Locations of 10,000 Hidden Snacks

Lost your keys? Can’t remember where you parked the car? If only you had the memory of a mountain chickadee. These half-ounce birds, with brains slightly larger than a pea, stash tens of thousands of food items like seeds in tree bark, under dead leaves, and inside pinecones across the mountains and can remember their […] The post Mountain Chickadees have Remarkable Memories–with Ability to Recall Locations of 10,000 Hidden Snacks appeared first…