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How Crows Recognize Individual Humans, Warn Others, and Are Basically Smarter Than You

How Crows Recognize Individual Humans, Warn Others, and Are Basically Smarter Than You | Science News | Scoop.it

This excerpt, from the great new book Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans, by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell, details an experiment in which students and faculty at the University of Washington tried to discover if crows can recognize individual humans--and what they'd do with that information. . . .

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The intelligene of crows would shock most people if we took the time to watch their behaviour

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Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use

Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use | Science News | Scoop.it

New Caledonian crows are proving they are not bird-brained by using tools not just to find food, but also to assess danger

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Crows show advanced learning abilities

Crows show advanced learning abilities | Science News | Scoop.it
New Caledonian crows have, in the past, distinguished themselves with their advanced tool using abilities.
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