March 10, 2008

• Crows as Clever as Great Apes, Study Says. Crows Better at Tool Building Than Chimps, Study Says.
• More of a jackdaw man m'self. *straightens smoking jacket / lights pipe / gazes out of library window*
• Rumour I heard was "plover lover" kit, but far be it from me to spread malicious gossip... Crows Have Human-Like Intelligence I always thought better of them than that.
• That's really interesting, Hank!
• "Crows: We Want To Be Your Only Bird"
• Oh god how I love them.
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• While in a remote northern mining town years ago I remember seeing ravens perched on the street lamps when the weather was really cold. They had learned that covering the photoelectic cells on top would cause the lamps to turn on, thus producing both light and heat. Just how smart are ravens?
• Bird intelligence is worthless if it isn't being used to kill people: pigeon-guided missile.
• Great article on animal intelligence in National Geographic this month. Anyone interested in bird brains should look into Alex Kacelnik's work with New Caledonian crows. I had a chance to see him present a talk a few years ago, it was really cool stuff.
• Damn you, braink, for posting my article!! Crows: We want to be your only bird Take THAT!! Obligatory video link from another poster *envys frogs the crow talk
• Here's the National Geographic article frogs is talking about: Animal Minds.
• It an almost perfect replica of the US economy.
• Except the crows have a higher IQ average than Americans.
• BURRNNNN
• Not crows, but I didn't know where else to put this: Dolphin rescues beached wales
• Rare albino crows spotted in East Vancouver.
• Crow 'that thinks it is a dog' attacks postman
• Dolphins and Wales? Here ya go!
• Band of Birds Steal $4000
• Magpies Pass a Test of Personhood
• Friend or Foe? Crows Never Forget a Face, It Seems
• Crows make monkeys out of chimps in mental test
• Lazy crows pitch in when it counts: Hard times bring out the best in idle birds.
• Raven strikes back
• Crow roof tubing
• Smart crows? or not? When a group of crows is called a 'murder' you don't eff around with them!
• Crows fighting over bag of flour led to white powder hazmat scare
• Good grief!!
• A stoner and a Crow, wait for it...
• Crow named Walter adopts family
• Corvids: The Birds Who Think Like Humans
• Crow unties the laces and tries to steal the pan (Хитрая ворона и сковородка)
• Crow causes golfers grief
• Raven attacked by porcupine accepted help from kind lady
• Traded a Crow a Pastrie for a Mole...
• Crows Understand a Fundamental Part of Logical Reasoning
• Smart Birds Open Doors
• Birds contribute something too...