Things I learned today
Feb. 2nd, 2006 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dracodraconisFrom class: It is believed that Einstein plagerised his Theory of Relativity primarily from Poincaire and Lorentz. This argument has once again arisen following the publication of a new book by Christopher Jon Bjerknes.
From CBC Radio: Killer whales in a Niagra Falls aquarium have learned to use the fish they are fed as bait to attract seagulls that they subsequently eat. Other whales observed the beheviour and have now adopted it. This type of learned has only been observed in humans previously. I'm waiting to hear that they've learned to use som trick to catch bigger game (like some of the thousands of tasty morsels that walk by the tank every day).
From CBC Radio: Killer whales in a Niagra Falls aquarium have learned to use the fish they are fed as bait to attract seagulls that they subsequently eat. Other whales observed the beheviour and have now adopted it. This type of learned has only been observed in humans previously. I'm waiting to hear that they've learned to use som trick to catch bigger game (like some of the thousands of tasty morsels that walk by the tank every day).
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