Chickadees Use Brain-Cell Barcodes' to Remember Where They Stashed Their Snacks
Briefly

A single bird of this species stores its surplus in thousands of hiding spots throughout the forest to make the sustenance ready for times of scarcity.
Black-capped Chickadees activate unique barcodelike patterns in their brain when they hide and retrieve a food item, allowing them to store and retrieve many similar memories without getting them mixed up.
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