b. Compare and contrast the qualities of two birds
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As humans we really don't think that psychologically, birds are capable of the same mental tasks that other mammals are, and much more specifically, some of them are in the rarest of company with us — they are near-sapient, just like our close relatives.
For example, the Eurasian magpie has passed the mirror test for self-awareness. Some birds are tool-users, able to count, and some have been able to learn some rudiments of our language. Some birds are capable of empathy, altruism, and appear to mourn, or at least acknowledge, their dead, just like we do.