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Amy Dempsey-Raven
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Kelly Lambert
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Malcolm Gladwell
以深入浅出的写作风格和对社会科学的探究而闻名的加拿大作家、记者和播客主持人。
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Michael Pettit
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Suzanne MacDonald
Amy Dempsey-Raven：我开始关注浣熊是因为它们闯入了我家的防浣熊垃圾箱。多伦多虽然号称“世界浣熊之都”，但这更像是一种失败的象征。我们花费巨资购买防浣熊垃圾箱，但浣熊仍然能够破解，这让我开始思考它们的智力。
Malcolm Gladwell：刚到多伦多时，我对浣熊一无所知，它们夜夜制造噪音，严重影响了我的睡眠。浣熊在多伦多已经泛滥成灾，它们占领房屋、堵塞交通，甚至学会了开门入室，这让我对这座城市与浣熊的斗争感到好奇。
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Toronto's 31 million dollar raccoon-resistant composting bins failed, prompting an investigation by Amy Dempsey-Raven into raccoon intelligence and the history of psychology's reliance on rats as model organisms. This led to the exploration of the overlooked role of raccoons in understanding human behavior.
- Toronto declared war on raccoons and invested 31 million Canadian dollars in raccoon-resistant bins.
- Raccoons outsmarted the bins.
- The study of raccoons' intelligence was minimal compared to rats.
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