Do Animals Have Culture?

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The old ad said "StarKist don't want tunas with good taste --- StarKist wants tuna that taste good." But some animals may have good taste after all. Scientists are recognizing cultural traits and behaviors in a growing number of species. We'll hear from an ornithologist whose radical new definition of art includes the activities of birds and flowers. We'll travel back in time to when whale songs showed up on the pop charts, and find out how the whales themselves pick new songs. And we'll visit a very special concert --- wolves only.

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