[Zardon]

Oxford scientists have discovered that a crow called Betty is no bird-brain.

Betty astonished scientists by deliberately bending a straight wire into a hook and using it to extract food from a container, the journal Science said on Friday.

The feat, it is said, makes her the first animal other than a human that has shown a clear understanding of cause and effect, and fashioned a tool for a specific task using new materials not encountered in the wild.

Not even chimpanzees, our closest cousins, have this ability.

more information here http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe...tty/index.html

[Silentst2000]

I knew those birds were smart but damn....

[DallasStar]

Reminds me of an old story that my parents used to tell me when i was a tiny little kid about a bird that put rocks into a jar of water to get it high enough for it to drink

[Sourcer_2002]

wish i was that smart

[e-Seeker]

Originally posted by Zardon
Oxford scientists have discovered that a crow called Betty is no bird-brain.

Betty astonished scientists by deliberately bending a straight wire into a hook and using it to extract food from a container, the journal Science said on Friday.

The feat, it is said, makes her the first animal other than a human that has shown a clear understanding of cause and effect, and fashioned a tool for a specific task using new materials not encountered in the wild.

Not even chimpanzees, our closest cousins, have this ability.

more information here http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe...tty/index.html

Yeah, I've read the article in local newspapers... Which, I might add, is not surprising to me...
There was a time when I was fascinated with birds, especially with 'predators', such as falcons and eagles (...Bald Eagle!)...
Did you see how crows get ants out of a lump of wood? They make a tiny hole with their beaks in the wood and stick a small branch inside, and when the ants start climbing up they grad them... Kewl 2 see!