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Article adoped from New Scientist, p. 25, 26

Apart from humans, it seems California sea lions might have the best memory. In 1991, a female named Rio was taught a trick involving letters and numbers, and when tested again in 2001, she did it perfectly—despite not having performed the trick in the intervening ten years.

It is thought that for an animal to learn concepts such as ‘sameness’—e.g. when a letter or number matches another—sophisticated brain processing is necessary.

So scientists expect animals to have trouble remembering things unless frequently reminded. While primates (e.g. the Rhesus Macaque) have quite impressive long-term memories, the ability of Rio, the sea lion, outshines them.

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