Animal behaviour: Playful call makes parrots merry

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Hearing laughter can make people laugh, and it seems that kea parrots react similarly, displaying play behaviour after hearing a particular call from fellow birds. This makes them the first non-mammals known to experience 'contagious' merriment.Raoul Schwing, now at the University of Vienna, and

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Title: Nature

Abbreviated Title: Nature

ISSN (Print): 0028-0836

ISSN (Electronic): 1476-4687

Publication date Created: March 29 2017

Publication date (Print): March 29 2017

Volume: 543

Issue: 7647

Page: 592

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DOI: 10.1038/543592a

SO-VID: 36b41055-924a-41f4-bacb-8e81d09cced4

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