Mary Bates, PhD

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Jays Find Others' Food Stashes Through Eavesdropping

Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-3.0 license.Eurasian Jays are known for caching food and remembering its location for later. They’re also known for their tendency to pilfer the caches of other jays. A new study shows jays can find other birds' food stashes by watching or simply listening to them caching.Read my latest Zoologic post: Sneaky Jays Look and Listen to Steal From Others.