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Wounds on deer antlers are remembered and reproduced in subsequent years at the same location.

Deer farmers observed that a wound on a branched antler results in ectopic tine at that location next year, long after the original antler fell off, indicating spatial pattern memory.

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Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds

(2022) · Levin, Michael

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