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Kc
Dec 13th, 2013, 05:57 PM
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/aesopscrows/

Crows sure are intelligent...
Osiris
Dec 13th, 2013, 06:28 PM
Little known fact. Crows want to murder us.
TacticalJHP
Dec 13th, 2013, 06:45 PM
Wow. Problem solving from crows that you could not expect from some humans.


No wonder they "CAW" when something important is about to happen...
Grognaurd
Dec 14th, 2013, 04:58 AM
Little known fact. Crows want to murder us.


Only when they are in large groups. A murder if you will. Badumpum!
Osiris
Dec 14th, 2013, 02:43 PM
Only when they are in large groups. A murder if you will. Badumpum!

Too tsunami, bro.
tonyhind86
Dec 14th, 2013, 04:52 PM
Damn. I was hoping to post my scarecrow business on the stock market...
TacticalJHP
Dec 15th, 2013, 01:46 PM
And don't forget, crows like to have fun too.


http://youtu.be/n7hiuXjXJEw
skankyfish
Dec 16th, 2013, 04:55 AM
Let me tell you a story about crows.

My office moved this summer to a new building, and I now sit in a room with a lovely little fireplace in it. Turns out the chimney is open, and that there's no cowl over the top. I came in early one day to get a head start on the day, and stepped into my darkened office to find a young crow sitting in my in tray. Staring at me. I backed out of the room in a hurry to get back-up.

When I returned with a gallant rescuer, we found a very stressed crow, who apparently thought I'd intended to leave it trapped in there to rot. It was not happy. It's a great big room that seats 8 people, with high, Victorian ceilings, and young Mr or Ms Crow was flapping at the windows and pooping on *everything*. We opened a window on each side of the room and evacuated.

All was well, the crow departed, and then I saw this: Wild crows can recognise individual human faces and hold a grudge for years against people who have treated them badly. (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18429-if-you-think-a-crow-is-giving-you-the-evil-eye.html#.Uq7otyf4abw)

And started to notice that little groups of crows will just sit outside the office, apparently staring at our windows. Periodically through the day we hear a not-too-distant kaw kaw kaw.

I don't like crows any more :(
scbubba
Dec 16th, 2013, 12:11 PM
Kc! :squint:
REZombie
Dec 16th, 2013, 11:19 PM
Thats pretty cool. had to repost that on another forum i go to!
Red Shirt
Dec 18th, 2013, 12:01 AM
We're also learning that they are also waaaay smarter than we thought:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf1BssuJAI0
More HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpgCQj-sgqk) and HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ecN2qPOFqg).
skankyfish
Dec 20th, 2013, 07:52 AM
We're also learning that they are also waaaay smarter than we thought:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf1BssuJAI0
More HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpgCQj-sgqk) and HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ecN2qPOFqg).

What I love about that is that not only was the first crow smart enough to figure out how to get the thing, the other crow was smart enough to sit back and let someone else do all the hard work.