Rhinos and roaches and cats, o my!
Ig Nobel Prize
Science Corner: Do You Believe in Magic?
Basically, by performing magic tricks for animals, or employing equipment inspired by stage magic techniques, we can figure out what is surprising to various animals and what is not. By learning how they expect to the world to work and what is unexpected to them, we can understand more about their models of cause and effect and their capacity for various sorts of abstract thought.