Science Can Neither Explain Nor Deny-- the Awesomeness of This Sledding Crow
It is a remarkable demonstration of the intelligence of the crow, which sits on a smart branch in the animal tree within the family Corvidae.
There is something so deliberate about this play: the crow uses a toy; it searches for the best sledding path; it repeats the adventure down the roof; it keeps upright with its feet planted on the lid when, as a bird, it could simply fly. The bird does not want to travel down the roof, it wants to slide down the roof. ( Link to Article )
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When I was involved with the Bronx Zoo project, I got to work with crows. They are amazing birds. Super high intelligence, facialrecognition, maker of tools. They have complex familystructuresand strong bonds. But I have never seen one look like it was playing. I would say it was play, if I saw how it developed, and it doesn't seem to serve a purpose other than to have fun.
Very cool vid!
It looks like play.
But the only question i would have is-- did this arise spontaneously,or was the crow trained by humans?
My question is when crows fly overhead and drop a load do they have better aim than other birds ?
Well, their aim is nothing ti crow about.
Good one Max!
No. All bird have nosphinctermuscle, and therefore can't control who they christen.
All that about the lack of sphincter muscle may be accurate but still , if the crows really are smarter than the average birdbrain , they might have a better understanding of the aerodynamics involved in such a targeted delivery .
Well, he's definitely a "snowbird".
If a bird shits in the woods, and there's no one around to....
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Shit, crows probably started sledding before humans even thought of it.
Birds have a cloaca that is similar to a human rectum. The main difference is that both the urine and feces enter the cloaca before being eliminated.
At the opening of a birds cloaca theyactually do have the exact same equivalent of a sphincter muscle as humans. Otherwise the feces and urine would be constantly draining out of their cloaca.
Check it out here.
See that Perrie . Crows really can be called smart asses ...