Elephants mourn their dead, octopuses play catch, grey parrots recognise themselves in the mirror. But how about crabs that weigh up decisions, bees that play games, and fruit flies that dream?
The past decade has brought rapid developments in the field of animal consciousness, upending widely held assumptions about which sorts of animals exhibit signs of consciousness.
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