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The amazing problem-solving skills of crows — measured by science!
Here, one of these smarty-pants birds is being put to the ultimate test: get a basket of food out of an upright cylinder with a single straight wire. And get it she does, in a feat of intuitive problem solving.
Want to know why crows are so smart? Check out this talk from TEDxRainier by bird researcher John Marzluff, on the wildly fascinating intricacies of the bird brain. (Take that one out of your insult bucket.)
Watch the talk here »
P.S. Do not skip 14:38, when you get to hear a crow speak English.
Published on May 26, 2014 19:09