Brilliant. So crows have employment, and performance arts? They're my favourite 'intellegent' species (quotation marks simply to avoid argument over the definition) by far, but I'd never heard that. And unlike lots of animals that can use tools, the ability to create them too shows something must be going on inside that feathery noggin. One experiment featured a piece of food in a long tube, a piece of straight wire and a crow. The crow bent the end of the wire into a hook (as was said, beak & claws is a pretty good combo), and proceeded to fish the food out of the end of the tube. Nate's video probably showed an equivalent natural situation, but I couldn't be arsed to watch it.
Sure, they had to show the crow a piece of curved wire first, but it's still impressive.
Also octopuses. Pull switches, open jars, squirt handlers, predict football results... They can do it all.
Last edited by MeechMunchie; 01-17-2011 at 09:57 AM..
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