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Jul
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Youtube Tuesday: Crows
Crows. Those big, black, ugly birds that caw and squack, harass owls, eat roadkill, and congregate in cities in the winter, crapping all over place. They’re hard to like, but it turns out they’re the smartest kind of bird. They can even be compassionate, as in this amazing video originally from AnimalPlanet:
The New Caledonian Crow is smart enough to use three tools in succession to obtain food. They also know how to make hooks to fish grubs out of trees. No other animal, not even the chimpanzee, is more effective at using tools.
