Chimps are better at math than me now? Not really, they're stronger and faster at memory tasking, apparently functioning with better eidetic memory than humans have when duplicating numerical sequences on a video monitor. In competition with college kids, both had a success rate of 80%. When the numbers flashed faster on a screen, the kids' success rate dropped to 40%, but the chimp's success rate remained the same. This story was mentioned on the radio today, but ironically, the numbers regarding the percentage drop of the students was reported a little wrong. Pass the banana daiquiri.
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