Magical manipulation... of animals?

Everyone loves magic. But does that extend to animals? You might have seen videos online of people performing tricks to animals, and the animals being hugely entertained by it, but do they understand what's going on. That's the idea put forth by researchers from the University of Cambridge. Adam Murphy spoke to Elias Garcia-Pelegrin about what magic tricks might be teach us about the animals around us... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists