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better than half our interns (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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Twitter post from Moonlit Sentences Arizona DOT installed a wildlife camera at Route 87's pedestrian crossing outside Payson last September. Standard deer migration count. After six months, they had footage of zero deer and 147 clips of the same coyote pressing the crosswalk button with its paw at sunrise. The animal waits for the walk signal. Steps into the road. Crosses at a trot. Every single time. Biologists believe it learned by watching hikers at the adjacent trailhead. "It's not random," said the lead researcher. "That coyote understands cause and effect better than half our interns." DOT voted unanimously to keep the camera running. The coyote hasn't jaywalked once.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I think this is fake and an AI generated image.

Didn't even need to study the picture. The premise alone is ridiculous

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[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I've seen foxes use the crosswalk, but never push the button. If the story stayed at "This animal is smart enough to know that it won't get hit if it stays in the little white lines" then I probably wouldn't have clocked it. Still, what a horrible, dishonest thing to do.

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