[deanmine]

Originally Posted by Sharon. ↗

That was amazing, thanks for showing how bright one of my favourite species of birds actually is

I had u in mind the entire time i was putting it together, Sharon!! but that goes without sayin!....

[kellyhound]

very intelligent

Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use but also tool construction and ****-tool use.

Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals with an encephalization quotient approaching that of some apes.

The Jackdaw and the European Magpie have been found to have a nidopallium approximately the same relative size as the functionally equivalent neocortex in chimpanzees and humans, and significantly larger than is found in the gibbon.

One species, the New Caledonian Crow, has also been intensively studied recently because of its ability to manufacture and use its own tools in the day-to-day search for food.

These tools include "knives" cut from stiff leaves and stiff stalks of grass. Another skill involves dropping tough nuts into a trafficked street and waiting for a car to crush them open.

On October 5, 2007, researchers from the University of Oxford, England, presented data acquired by mounting tiny video cameras on the tails of New Caledonian Crows.

It turned out that they use a larger variety of tools than previously known, plucking, smoothing, and bending twigs and grass stems to procure a variety of foodstuffs.

Crows in Queensland, Australia, have learned how to eat the toxic cane toad by flipping the cane toad on its back and violently stabbing the throat where the skin is thinner, allowing the crow to access the non-toxic innards; their long beaks ensure that all of the innards can be removed.

Crows have demonstrated the ability to distinguish individual humans by recognizing facial features.

[Xfactor]

Crows are so smart that nobody can capture one. The only ones to see as pets were hurt at some point.

[deanmine]

Originally Posted by Xfactor ↗

Crows are so smart that nobody can capture one. The only ones to see as pets were hurt at some point.

there harder to catch twice...... and the younger the easer of course cuz they have yet to learn the tricks of the trade

[Kanda444]

Originally Posted by deanmine ↗

there harder to catch twice...... and the younger the easer of course cuz they have yet to learn the tricks of the trade

the young ones will still know your face if you've caught them, their parents or part of the murder before.

Wearing the dangerous mask on one recent walk through campus, Dr. Marzluff said, he was scolded by 47 of the 53 crows he encountered, many more than had experienced or witnessed the initial trapping. The researchers hypothesize that crows learn to recognize threatening humans from both parents and others in their flock.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/sc...crow.html?_r=0

[deanmine]

dude.. u should have used the contribution link to get credit for that kick ass clip man... and thanks

[deanmine]

i mean. these are birds.... trip the fuck out... i know that elephants have the ability to go across generations were as lets say they have no rain and thirst sets in, but they find water way way over cross over there.... now years past and no member who was at that found water hole is alive..... the knowledge is still past to a member. and he knows .. ok.. over acrosss make the left and water hole! lol

[Kanda444]

Originally Posted by deanmine ↗

dude.. u should have used the contribution link to get credit for that kick ass clip man... and thanks

meh, no credit needed....im just happy to get the info out there! they are amazing animals! corvids are awesome!

[Kanda444]

Originally Posted by Xfactor ↗

I'm fond of birds. Crows and Owls are my favorite.

Owls are amazing too!! i wish i had more opportunities to see them!

when i was growing up, we lived in the sticks and had a few great horned owls that lived in our backyard. they used to make a loud clicking noise with their beaks and circle over head (even in the day) when i'd go out there to play. they never did anything.... didnt swoop or anything, just click and keep me in the center of the three of them. a baby even fell from the nest and my parents (at the advice of the local raptor rescue center) placed it in a box and kept it at our place for the night. we took it to the rescue center the next day. really amazing creatures!

[Xfactor]

This was in my backyard. It's a trip cause I never knew we had Owls.