Seven animal species that give gifts

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Aemilius
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Seven animal species that give gifts

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Great grey shrikes, Bonobos, etc... I don't think the list given by Dodo is comprehensive, biologists would add for example crow or magpie and many others to the list. A female biologist has written a long list of things that a crow had brought to her footstep as a gift, a dried up little fish and so on..

https://www.thedodo.com/you-shouldnt-ha ... 06158.html

And for Dodo: The cuckoo like behavior is not counted as generosity in biology! It is called a brood parasite, which means that the bird lays eggs in the nests of other bird species.

The Secrets Of Gift-Giving Crows
March 12, 2015, By Vicki Croke:

"You may not receive a gift from crows in return for feeding them, as one family reports they did, but the experts say it’s OK to share a snack with these smart, social birds.
An 8-year-old girl in Seattle who has befriended a group of crows in her neighborhood by putting food out for them. Gabi and her family report that for the past couple of years, in an exchange—or just out of pure friendship—the birds have been leaving the girl small, often shiny items, which the family says are gifts: small pieces of brown glass, a bead, a button, a paper clip. Her favorite is a little heart pendant."
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