According to scientists, which one of the following is the only known

According to scientists, which one of the following is the only known animal, except for humans, capable of telling the difference between odd and even numbers?

Butterfly

Honeybee

Dragonfly

Cricket

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UPSC Geoscientist – 2023

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According to scientific studies, honeybees have demonstrated the ability to distinguish between odd and even numbers.

Research published in journals like Science Advances has shown that honeybees can be trained to identify and differentiate between sets of objects containing odd and even numbers, suggesting numerical cognition beyond simple counting.

This capability was tested by training bees to associate sugary rewards with one parity (odd or even) and bitter quinine solutions with the other, demonstrating their ability to generalize this rule to new sets of numbers within a certain range. This finding adds to the understanding of cognitive abilities in insects.

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