Some scientists even suggest that crows are more sophisticated tool builders than chimps, since they can transmit their knowledge on to successive generations and improve the tools over time.
Scroll down the article for interesting Quicktime video of Crow making tool. (unfortunately with annoying Boston.com sign in)
Yeah, but I wouldn't worry too much until they learn how to make weapons. When that happens, we're screwed.
I’ve seen a number of treatments of this story lately, along with some work on Ravens that compared their intelligence to that of a 2-year-old child (might be cutting the Raven short.) Kevin McGowan up at Cornell is the local corvid expert. Then again, you might wonder if this is really news?
Real world footage via Birdchick.
Awesome video.
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Scroll down the article for interesting Quicktime video of Crow making tool. (unfortunately with annoying Boston.com sign in)
- jimlouis 10-06-2007 5:12 pm
Yeah, but I wouldn't worry too much until they learn how to make weapons. When that happens, we're screwed.
- mark 10-07-2007 12:36 am [add a comment]
I’ve seen a number of treatments of this story lately, along with some work on Ravens that compared their intelligence to that of a 2-year-old child (might be cutting the Raven short.) Kevin McGowan up at Cornell is the local corvid expert. Then again, you might wonder if this is really news?
- alex 10-07-2007 12:57 am [add a comment]
Real world footage via Birdchick.
- alex 10-07-2007 1:55 am [add a comment]
Awesome video.
- mark 10-07-2007 8:05 am [add a comment]