Did you know that some animal species are natural liars? Almost every human has told a lie at some point or another, but to certain animal species, it’s second nature! From dogs to cuttlefish to thornbills, here are 7 animal species that can’t be trusted!
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Mourning Cuttlefish
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0435
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00845
https://doi.org/10.1101/226191
https://doi.org/10.1038/433212a
Dogs
https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12603
Split-thumb mantis shrimp
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.221.4610.558
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80382-3
https://doi.org/10.2307/1939236
Eastern gray squirrels
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.026
Milkweed tiger moths
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703627104
Brown thornbills
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0798
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3392
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-009-0617-7
Primates
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0699
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2468
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0544
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29755181/
https://doi.org/10.2307/2803931
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