These birds form surprisingly complex societies

These birds form surprisingly complex societies

Vulturine guineafowl move in highly cohesive groups. Credit: James Klarevas.

The gregarious, small-brained vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) forms complex, multi-level societies, according to new research.

Published in the journal Current Biology, it challenges previous notions that only animals with large brains – such as humans, primates, elephants, giraffes and dolphins – are capable of such social structures.

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Published by Cosmos.

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