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Monk parakeet or quaker parrot (Myiopsitta monachus) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This and other corvid species are studied to learn how cognition evolved, how animals use cognitive abilities to solve problems in nature and how cognitive abilities can affect the evolutionary process.
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- Close-up
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- Monk Parakeet
- Myiopsitta
- Myiopsitta monachus
- Parakeet
- parrot
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- quaker parrot
- research animals
- studio
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- white background
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