Scientists gave wild raccoons four-lock puzzle boxes to test their problem-solving skills, but the animals opened them using completely different techniques |
Imagine leaving a locked food box in your backyard and returning the next morning to find it open. Now imagine that every raccoon opened it differently. That is exactly what happened during an experiment in Laramie, Wyoming, where researchers installed specially designed puzzle boxes to test the problem-solving abilities of wild raccoons. Equipped with four…
