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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Can ai help humans understand animals and reconnect with nature a nonprofit research lab thinks so | History Defined

Jared Blumenfeld ESP McGill University

Philanthropy-Animal-Communication - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Peeps trickle out of a soundproof chamber as its door opens. Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of squeaky toys.

“They're probably talking about us a little bit,” says McGill University postdoctoral fellow Logan James.

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