Adaptive system of disgust (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Adaptive system of disgust

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Animals' reactions to respective excrements monitored by research team. Top left: Japanese macaques/human-like. Top right: Adélie penguin/white-splash (parasites, pathogens). Bottom left: Red-eared slider/black-pellet. Bottom right: Slow loris/macaque-like but smaller.

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KyotoU/Jake Tobiyama

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