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Archimedes the Bird
So we have him thank for Pi!
Eri
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8/8/2009 12:17:29 AM
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Who invented cake?
That was one impressive bird!
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Archimedes the Bird
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TB
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8/7/2009 2:07:24 PM
Research paper online
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Socrates II
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8/11/2009 9:54:27 PM
It would be pretty easy to train a bird to do that.
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alcaray
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8/8/2009 12:41:45 AM
I believe I read that crows have long been observed to have the ability to use tools.
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Eri
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8/8/2009 1:50:13 AM
Sometimes. Given time. They figure things out.
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alcaray
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8/8/2009 1:56:10 AM
So we have him thank for Pi!
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Eri
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8/8/2009 12:17:29 AM
Are ants and termites intelligent?
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Socrates II
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8/11/2009 2:46:20 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.