Feathered Apes?

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Feathered Apes?

Post by xl_target » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:23 am

Crows are smart!

http://www.wimp.com/incrediblecrows/
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Re: Feathered Apes?

Post by prashantsingh » Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:02 am

Amazing. That was faster than I could have ever imagined. :D
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Re: Feathered Apes?

Post by Oggie » Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:53 am

Fantastic ! Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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Re: Feathered Apes?

Post by dr.jayakumar » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:10 am

so the the old fable is true..crow filling pebbles in a jar.
here is something interesting..http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/pla ... ge=0&&tt=b
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Re: Feathered Apes?

Post by Mark » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:12 am

Pretty cool!
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Re: Feathered Apes?

Post by timmy » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:33 am

If you think about birds and mammals from the perspective of an evolutionary timeframe:

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Then it perhaps is less useful to think of birds as a "lower form of life" than mammals, and more useful to think of birds as another branch that is evolving simultaneously with mammals.

My understanding is that the three creatures who display the approximate intelligence of a 3 year old are the chimpanzee, the dolphin, and the macaw. I also understand that, in a murder of crows, if the designated "watchman" fails in its duty, the others will peck it to death. Also, they can be trained to talk. The video was very interesting, for sure, but I can't say I'm especially surprised. They are tricky creatures!
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Re: Feathered Apes?

Post by slingshot » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:10 am

Amazing
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Post by brihacharan » Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:16 pm

xl_target wrote:Crows are smart!
http://www.wimp.com/incrediblecrows/
Tks xl target for sharing this very interesting clip :D
If you recollect the film "Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock - the story has that he had hired a bird trainer who brought with him over 50 crows all trained to "Mock Attack" the actor Rod Taylor in the movie :D
Yes! Crows are smart & intelligent and can be trained to do acts.
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