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Valuation bookmarked on 2008-05-19 david english
  • to turn around the question.
  • why have most animals remained dumb
  • like-minded
  • feeds on
  • larvae
  • predators.
  • Drosophila
  • fruit fly,
  • unreceptiv
  • metabolism
  • E. coli
  • it is spiked with bitter-tasting quinine
  • quinine-free pineapple
  • pitted
  • meager
  • yeast
  • About half the smart flies survived; 80 percent of the ordinary flies did.
  • Flies that have undergone selection for long life were up to 40 percent worse at learning than ordinary flies.
  • f nectar
  • pinpoint
  • pay hidden costs for extreme learning.

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