Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute

Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by monkeybutton on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:48PM (#24585363)

Your comment reminded me of another article about crows. It sounds like gifting is a known phenomenon but isn't that well established or researched.

https://www.audubon.org/news/did-crows-actually-make-these-g...

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by lemmonii on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:40PM (#24586357)

Is there a possibility of human-crow co-evolution? I really can't think of any other reason the crow would give gifts.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by b0rsuk on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:44AM (#24589096)

According to a book I read, Cheyennes divide birds into three groups: plain, great, and sacred. To my great amusement they count magpies into the sacred ones. They like them because they live close to humans, talk, and announce visitors.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by r721 on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:49AM (#24588806)

There was a news story about dolphins bringing gifts as well: https://7news.com.au/news/wildlife/dolphins-bring-gifts-from...

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by fossuser on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:49AM (#24587207)

Not sure this is required?

If crows are social and they have their own theory of mind it’s not a huge leap to suspect they’d make friends or try and give friends what they think are valuable gifts and that wouldn’t need to be limited to just other crows.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by jacobush on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:38AM (#24587149)

There is an idea about Crow-Wolf co-evolution. Humans could take the Wolf place quite easily IMHO.

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