Creature News: Corvid Cunning

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Corvid Cunning

Great post at BirdTLC about smart ravens (and other things.) I won't spoil it, you have to go and check it out (link below.) It's not just clever behaviour, but very human behaviour. Yes I know there's an oxymoron in there somewhere...

BirdTLC - Do birds visit other birds in the hospital?
The Guardian - Corvid Tool Use

1 comments:

Dave said...: Thanks for the link Matt. Corvids are one of my favorites.; 7:55 AM

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