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Baboons Are Learning to Read, Kind Of

Photo: Joel Fagot/Science

โ€œIn the space of just a few seconds,โ€ the AP reports, โ€œDan has demonstrated a mastery of what some experts say is a form of pre-reading and walks away rewarded with a treat of dried wheat.โ€ Coincidentally, this is how I learned to read, too. And to this day, whenever I see a word, I get a craving for driedย wheat.

Baboons Are Learning to Read