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IN Mr. Nicols' instance of intellect in brutes (NATURE, vol. xix. p. 365) he tells us that a plumber “had on several occasions been called in to examine into the cause of leakage of waterpipes under the flooring of houses”, and then records a single instance of rats having knawed through a pipe. It is important to know whether the plumber knew of another case: for the idea at once suggests itself that the pipe had cracked through frost, and the rats then discovering the leakage gnawed it to get more water.
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HENSLOW, G. Intellect in Brutes. Nature 19, 385 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019385a0
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