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========== NARRATOR: Does the kea'sand curiosity have anything
to do with intelligence?A research team
wants to find out,and puts the keas through a
battery of scientific tests.The scientist places a nut in
a plexi box with several waysto get to it.The bird doesn't know
the experimental setup,but he quickly gets
the hang of it.Once he's discovered a possible
solution, it's removed,and the kea has to come
up with a new plan--no worries, mate.Now things get
really interesting.This solution relies
on Newtonian physics--got it.There is one last
way to reach the nut.The kea has to choose a stick
that's the right length.Not so easy with a curved
beak, but he keeps trying.Many animals would have given
up in frustration, a long timeago.This ...
