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Adam South / The Season for Giving

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Adam South / The Season for Giving

You think you’re stressed about finding the perfect gift for your picky spouse? Nonhuman animals feel the pressure too, but they have gift-giving down to an adaptive skill.  Find out who gets the spitball … and who gets the mouse kebab.

Click above to listen to part 1 of Handling the Holidays, featuring Adam South, research assistant professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, describing the gift-giving behaviors of various animal species.

Handling the Holidays:
Part 1: Adam South / The Season for Giving
Part 2: Mitch Ratcliffe / A Bad Wrap
Part 3: Julie Norem / Positively Pessimistic
Part 4: Steve Ilardi / Candy Crash
Part 5: Elizabeth Margulis / Tis the Earworm

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