The mind of a crow.

[WhiteFeather]

The Crow. May be the most intelligent species in the animal world of its kind, given the size of its brain. Have a gander if thou will, my Avalonian friends.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaITA7eBZE

[lucidity]

Good catch WhiteFeather ! :-)

Alas, many humans wouldn't be able to solve that problem.

It leads me to wonder which neural centres in the crow's brain
grant it such excellent reasoning abilities ?

Can you imagine if these crows were the size of Ostriches ...
with all that extra brain volume...
would they be conscious and self aware?... i wonder.

be happy

lucidity :-)

[Sunny-side-up]

What I would like to now is:
Just what was the Crow saying/asking the presenter at the end of it's test?

0.o

great vid thank you WhiteFeather :cool:

[boja]

All we need to do now is :-
SWAP OUR WORLD LEADERS for A BUNCH OF CROWS

It's got to be an IMPROVEMENT

[ghostrider]

animals haven't been genetically altered like mankind has ... we get ten percent brain use , the bird probably 100 percent ...

[sandpainter]

Thanks for sharing your appreciation of the intelligence of these amazing beings! Corvids have one of the largest brain/body size ratios of all living creatures on Earth; comparable to ourselves and dolphins. Crows can recognize the differences between individual,human faces. http://io9.com/crows-could-be-the-key-to-understanding-alien-intellige-1480720559

[Deega]

Amazing, whoua!, thanks Whitefeather, and the crow wasn't coached in anyway!, outstanding!

The best to you!

[angelfire]

Crows and ravens are my favourite birds, so thank you, Whitefeather. and here is one of my favourite videos which never fails to astound me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1aoLAMRMc

[Grizz Griswold]

Every morning, a crow shows up at our house, it will sit and squawk for hours.
Our miniature Dachshund Molly, is in the house barking and going wild. We let
Molly out he back door and she runs across the deck, like she is going to eat
that crow up. The crow, who is safely on a high limb at the edge of the yard,
gently flies off, it actually sounds like it's laughing. We think the crow is just
having fun, picking at Molly. This has happened every day for over a year.

We have always had crows around our house, they are smart. If you talk to
them they will try to mimic you. We have always enjoyed them being around,
just like friends.
Speaking of friends, how you been doing WhiteFeather?


Namaste
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[Cidersomerset]

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I bet them pesky crows can't do this.........Well they could, they'd just fly there !


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Squirrel vs Crows

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Uploaded on 31 Dec 2007

The squirrel is trying to guard a nut feeder that has dropped down. He's desperate
to bury as many nuts as he can before the crows get to them.

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playing ball....

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This is odd ....LOL

BIRD FEEDS CAT & DOG -

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[Jaycee]

Some years back we were feeding a lone crow outside our shop in a park, but we had to stop it as the crow started flying in the shop scattering the customers!! It really wasn't a problem to us but I think the customers must have seen Alfred Hitchcock's film...

Anyway, I had to walk outside away from the shop this day & the crow flew in from behind landing in front of me on the grass. It then looked up at me, opened its beak & I swear to you, it said "Mum"..... I was so amazed, I answered back "Goodness, was that from you??"... & I kid you not, it opened its beak again & repeated "Mum"....................

It was a wonderful moment there for a while until I realised that my daughter was calling me from the shop doorway & it just happened to coincide with the beak opening in sync.

[Jules]

I think that crow is smarter than some humans. Perhaps because of our egos, we don't appreciate the intelligence of other creatures. On a side note, it reminds me of an occult story that Athena once had the crow as her companion. Since the crow was a trickster, and she grew tired of his pranks, she decided to trade her companion in for an owl, also revered for intelligence. I don't believe in such stories, but find them interesting.

[3(C)+me]

I also have some crow musings. I hear them talking to each other while they are each in different trees. I wish I knew what their caws mean. I observed one may start with three caws and another bird repeats and this goes on then one bird will start with four caws that goes on for a while then another will do one caw. This conversation can go on for some time. They also chase away the hawks gang up on the hawk till he leaves the space. I basically I love birds, crows too.
I am currently having this hello how are you relationship with a hummingbird. Obviously has a nest close to my property because I see this one in particular almost daily. Comes by the back window hovers until I say hello then it's gone. Always puts a smile on my face.

[Hym]

Always have had great connections with animals and some insects, all of which, at the time they happened, felt very natural.
I used to run to a small lake about 8 miles away from home, when I was 11 to 13 years old and when I arrived I would always be surrounded and followed by dragonflies and butterflies. I quickly learned that I couldn't outrun them, so I just got used to them enjoying the lakeside, the sun and the plants with me.

Once found a young crow that had been shot and took care of her for 5 days, returning her to a celebration of crows when I returned her to the mustard grass field. Ever since then crows have warned me of things about to happen. Recently, driving into a town far away I had a crow cross the highway only to fly directly in front of my car for about a mile. Since I was used to them I didn't think about the impossibility of that happening until I mentioned it to a co-worker with the last name of 2Crows....We were all going about 70 mph at the time and it travelled with me for a mile or more. I know we, the crow and i, were going downhill from a series of hills into Albuquerque, so there may have been a downdraft adding to his speed....but that seems too fast. I still find nothing unusual about these things in my life, just them being unusual explaining to people.
The distance between us and the animal and plant world is truly one only bound by precondition, not the reality and grace of our interplay and fun.

[joeecho]

Going to have to change what "bird brain" means after seeing a video like this.

http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/assets/img/posters/animal-minds-birds-vi.jpg

[onawah]

I love this demonstration of a crow's fun loving nature:
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[WhiteFeather]

animals haven't been genetically altered like mankind has ... we get ten percent brain use , the bird probably 100 percent ...

I thought that too. Lol.

[Grizz Griswold]

Wilma has been a good friend of the family for almost 20 years.
First time i saw her, she flew up on a limb about 40 foot away, she
said it almost like a parrot Wilwa! After telling her, no it's Wilma for
about 20 minutes, she finally changed it to Wilma, clearly pronouncing
the M. Wilma has a very distinct voice, so when she comes around,
we know it's her.

My oldest son, when he was about 15, was having a discussion with Wilma.
Asking her, Are you Wilma or do you want Wilma? Finally he exclaimed,
Wilma's not here! She suddenly flew off with a, Haw Haw Haw, as if having
a good laugh. Wilma still on occasion comes around.

Crows can also become a bit peeved. A few years ago, my wife was making
biscuits with breakfast almost every morning, throwing out 3 or 4 to the crows.
They really became accustomed to the easy life, then a dog turned up, for a while, he got all the biscuits. They squawked and fluttered their wings, letting
us know their disgust. To keep the peace we started throwing out loaf bread,
i think they like it better than biscuits.

Growing up Scottish and part Cherokee, grandmother had a saying about, crows.
Her and Mom both used to say, the reason a crow looks sooty black is because
early on, they tried to steal fire and were scorched. There was also a story about
crows being shape shifters, and could be in 2 places at the same time.

Didn't intend for this to be so long.
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[WhiteFeather]

I love this demonstration of a crow's fun loving nature:
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Saw that one too awhile back Onawah. It's called Crow boarding.

[WhiteFeather]

I had noticed that crows sense energy changes. They seem to sense these energy fields when there is a death. They flock/congregate around the home of where the family mourns the deceased. Many thought that the crows brought bad luck. But IMO they sense that energy field change.

[sandy]

No need for consciousness they are>>>>> SOURCE

Love Crows, Ravens and Magpies as well as all the other creatures Mother Earth shelters, :)

[Fox]

Nice timing! I had just watched the documentary that that OP clip was from last week.

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So many fun facts about our feathered friends.

[Bright Garlick]

Thanks WhiteFeather -a wonderful video indeed !

Today when I was in the city I watched 2 ravens (most ozzies mistakenly think of them as crows) strategically open up a folded McDonlads bag and raid left overs. I've also heard them mimic sounds, right up their with the best of bird mimics and I've seen them use stones and sticks to break objects and lift up pieces of wood and rock looking for insect food. Wonderful animals. I once had a pet one called Copernicus ! My life has been full and enriched with the lives of these wonderful birds ! ;-)

[aranuk]

Many years ago I witnessed two crows tricking my dad's collie dog out of a juicy bone. While one crow flew in front of the dog chewing on his small meaty bone the other one circled around over his head. The crow in front walked towards the dog encouraging it to chase it. This happened about three times and the last time it flew just ahead of the dog, the dog almost biting the tail feathers and then the other one swooped down and picked up the bone. The dog was comletely out manoeuvred by the two crafty crows. The dog was a really intelligent collie. But certainly not a match for two crows. The first two attempts the dog after chasing the one in front realised his bone was vulnerable to the crow above him. But the crow on the ground flew away slower each time giving the dog the illusion that he was going to catch it.

Stan

[Heartsong]

Most summers we have 2 pair of nesting crows and 2 pair of squirrels on our little half acre. The neighbor sets out peanuts for the squirrels. It's a whirlwind of activity and noise in this yard. I am blessed.