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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by iaw on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:56PM (#12131050)
A decade ago I was driving through a quiet street when a crow limped into the middle directly in line with my tire. I slowed and tried to steer around but the guy seemed intent on limping into his own demise.

Rolling forward at 5 MPH he disappeared under my car only to dart up at the last moment to a telephone line overhead. I looked in my rear-view mirror out of confusion to find that the crows "limp" was in fact a walnut that he was aligning with my tire for me to crack.

Corvids are smarter than I can understand.

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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by Someone on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:41PM (#12131412)
They're smarter nowadays; they place the nut on zebra crossings with traffic lights, and wait for the light to turn green (possible using 'pedestrians cross the road' as a clue) before hopping onto the road (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0)
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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by iaw on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @05:06PM (#12132515)
In this area there weren't any traffic controls. The level of planning and understanding that corvids demonstrate in most tasks exceeds anything I've seen from even the smartest of dogs.

I wish I could know what they were thinking.

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