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New Caledonian crows can create compound tools
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:06 pm
An international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany, and the University of Oxford have revealed that New Caledonian crows are able to create tools by combining two or more otherwise non-functional elements, an ability so far observed only in humans and great apes.
Much more here.... ScienceDaily
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Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:20 pm to Trumansfangs
I welcome our new crow overlords
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:23 pm to Trumansfangs
If they are creating straws someone needs to tell them to stay out of California.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:27 pm to Trumansfangs
If I didn't know any better I'd say that sounds like evolution
But muh intelligent design!
But muh intelligent design!
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:47 pm to Trumansfangs
Some species of birds, especially the Corvidae, are remarkably intelligent despite their small size.
I read where climate change is actually making some bird species more intelligent, perhaps because the rapid change is selecting for smarter birds at a higher rate then usual.
Also I wonder why the institute is named after Max Planck. Wasn't he a famous physicist?
I read where climate change is actually making some bird species more intelligent, perhaps because the rapid change is selecting for smarter birds at a higher rate then usual.
Also I wonder why the institute is named after Max Planck. Wasn't he a famous physicist?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 9:35 pm to Arksulli
So being called a "bird brain" isn't alwyays a bad thing, then.
Posted on 10/31/18 at 2:21 pm to Trumansfangs
But can they create compound sentences?
Posted on 10/31/18 at 5:11 pm to Arksulli
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Some species of birds, especially the Corvidae, are remarkably intelligent despite their small size.
Posted on 11/1/18 at 8:19 am to Trumansfangs
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an ability so far observed only in humans and great apes
Some scientists eating crow on this one.
On an off note, friend of mine taught his parrot to say “frick you”
Posted on 11/1/18 at 9:25 am to deltaland
quote:your friend is awesome.
On an off note, friend of mine taught his parrot to say “frick you”
Posted on 11/1/18 at 1:51 pm to deltaland
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On an off note, friend of mine taught his parrot to say “frick you”
Is the said parrot currently resting?
Posted on 11/1/18 at 6:47 pm to Trumansfangs
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