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# These Birds Are Smarter Than You Think
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/extras/these-birds-will-solve-puzzles-for-snacks-yga9ke/
- Published: 2025-08-19T17:15:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-19T17:30:10.000Z
- Description: Can these birds solve the puzzle and claim their prize?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_0336b80b-6725-433a-ba19-d9e6b5964be2, #extra

When birds crack a puzzle in more than one way, they’re showing the kind of flexible problem-solving once thought uniquely human. Could intelligence be more widespread in nature than we realized?