A Conspiring Black Bird Bearing Grudges?

I can imagine that the first thing that comes to mind is a conniving bird on CS, sending malicious PMs behind the scenes but relax ladies, I’m not talking about one of you. This is a REAL bird.

Crows are much smarter than what we may think. They top the avian IQ scale and that is not just because they can be taught speech like parrots.

They can count, recognize complex shapes and they learn by watching humans. They adapt to their environment and use it. They build and use tools by creating knives to cut leaves as well as hooks out of pieces of wire which they use to fish insects out of hiding places.

Crows throw clams, nuts, & shells on the roads and wait for passing cars to run over them. This helps break the hard shells and the crow can enjoy its delicious treat inside. And they watch the traffic lights to know when it is safe to deposit and retrieve their morsels of food. They provide for a rainy day by stashing food in secret caches and guard it.

They have an excellent memory and can recognize human faces. Scientists wore masks to tag a number at a certain university campus and the crows did not like it. When they go out on the grounds wearing the same masks, the crows attack them but when they walk around without the masks they are ignored.

Scientists suspect that their caws are not random. They believe it is a complex communication code but have not been able to unravel it.

These mischievous birds form complex social behaviors and act in concert to perform complex tasks such as theft. They conspire and set up decoys to deceive their victims.

Creative thinking is the hallmark of intelligence.


Now enjoy your and don't caw too much.