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Hyenas can count like monkeys

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Ability suggests intelligence evolved to keep track of social interactions in large groups.

Hyenas can count up to three. Researchers playing recorded calls to the wily carnivores found that wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) responded differently depending on whether they heard one, two or three individuals.

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