 which did not inspire confidence; but the reported experiment sounded professional. Thirty llamas in Germany were involved. A bowl of food was placed inside the pointed end of an open-ended V-shaped fence. Llamas were successively positioned just outside the pointed end. You, super-smart reader, will easily work out what to do. Imagine it's a gin and tonic inside the apex of a long, V-shaped bar. You're outside it. To reach the tinkling glass you must first walk away from it, round to the inside of the V, and back){kind=link}
My eyes lit up when I saw the headline. It was from the New Scientist: “Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it”. The report was illustrated with an agency photograph of alpacas (not llamas) which did not inspire confidence; but the reported experiment sounded professional.
Thirty llamas in Germany were involved. A bowl of food was placed inside the pointed end of an open-ended V-shaped fence. Llamas were successively positioned just outside the pointed end. You, super-smart reader, will easily work out what to do. Imagine it’s a gin and tonic inside the apex of a long, V-shaped bar. You’re outside it. To reach the tinkling glass you must first walk away from it, round to the inside of the V, and back
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