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Date:8/16/2007

rformances by great apes on such a difficult problem," Gray said. "Six out of seven birds tried to get the long stick with the short stick at their first attempt at solving the problem. To do this, they had to inhibit their normal response of trying to get the food directly with the short stick and realize that they could use the short stick to get the long stick."

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Contact: Nancy Wampler nwampler@cell.com 617-386-2121 Cell Press Source:Eurekalert

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