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Video source: https://www.facebook.com/quartznews/videos/1277115812322118
More info with another video: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37354588
knasitaket
If they're so damn clever why are they nearly extinct?
AvtomatNikonova
Clever girl...
Tuoni
I, for one, welcome our new crow overlords.
StandardDeviant
What if they saw people using tools and learned it from us?
tht1goalie
Just wanna point out that crows also have a long memory and are accurate at recognizing faces. They also experience some feelings like anger
TheWholeBlueberryExperience
That crow that ate the wee lil maggot after the other crow did the tooling.
LetsGoShakeTheirHans
I'm pretty sure this was an episode of Wild Thornberries
difficultdifficultlemondifficult
Yeah- I think Eliza gave needles to all the birds and ended up wiping out the entire bug population
NotGonnaSugarCoat
This is the extinct in the wild Hawaiian Crow.
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
You know how it happened? There were two crows, and one was making fun of the other one for using tools to get food. The other didn't die1/2
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
of starvation. 2/2
aladan8
Here come the birdpeople
sf111
Jumping to conclusion there at the end. Crows grown in captivity may have obsereved humans - just as likely as a "genetic disposition".
ASmallSockFullOfSNAKES
Guys, they're evolving
BSusername
Look up the crow box project. It'll blow your mind.
youllnevergetmeluckycharms
It has a gun!
SlurpeeBuddha
We need to train and use... ATTACK CROWS!
TheBasementNerd
I think it comes from being a useful tool, and crows being smart. How do you genetically use tools?
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Different areas in the brain have different structures, used for different mental tasks. The size of these areas is genetic.
Ledan
Fuck yeah! Corvids! Don't piss them off. They'll teach their cland and kids about you.
Thonanon
Crows are infamous for being like actually Ape-level smart. If something happens to us Humans the Crows might end up inheriting the earth
Sionas
Well I hope we can reintroduce them back into the wild.
aerodynamit3
its unlikely they will be able to. behavioral problems from being raised by humans.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
There are plans on doing that soon. Only around 109 individuals alive now. Knowing about this tool use is important for reintroduction.
slidewhistlesymphony
All corvids use tools.
Toolbone
Shh you are going to burst @OP bubble.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
That's not true. Where do you get your information?
Campcirclejerk
Not quite... Crows and rooks do. That being said Corvids are extremely intelligent birds, Eurasian magpies are known to mourn their dead
DontusetheMword
Considering they've been raised in captivity it's possible they learned it just watching their caretakers using tools
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
That's unlikely. Caretakers were told not to use tools around the crows. If that were the case other captive species would use tools too.
JayInTheNorth
Hey friend (@op), haven't seen you on here for a while!
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
Hey! Yeah I've been trying to avoid Imgur but when work-related things are interesting enough I can't help but post! How are you?
JayInTheNorth
And you should, your work is awesome! I'm good thx, really enjoying teaching bio/chem and have a trip coming up to Iceland with a class
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
Awesome, I'm envious!
Yinzanity
Took an injured crow to a rescue. Left the cardboard box we used out by recycling. It's mate found the box that night, sat in it and died
CorvidCorvusCrow
Ugh, I absolutely adore crows. They are one of my favorite animals in the world. It's sad most people just see them as vermin.
MadamBojangles
I've got a coworker that shoots any crows that come by his property. It makes me mad every time he jokes about killing them for fun.
CorvidCorvusCrow
No! That's horrible! I'd prolly hurt him myself if I ever saw him in action.
clubunicorn
Did a project on these birds freshman year of college. Website and all http://nt90184p.wix.com/the-hawaiian-crow#!
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
Awesome!
PhilDimeRexVinnie
Evolution is an ongoing thing
YatekMorah
TheHaloFollower
War of the Crows
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
2) While it is true that crows typically roost in big groups and can recognise faces, the rest of the story is highly unlikely.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
3) Adult paired crows are territorial, and younger unpaired ones form "juvenile gangs" just roaming around without a territory.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
1) This often gets posted and too many people believe it's true. First of all, 4chan is definitely more about funny that true things.
celestedrake
Eh, whether or not it is true, it is entertaining.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
4)In other words, there wouldn't be two large groups permanently living next to each other with clear boundaries. All would fight over fries
YatekMorah
I know it is highly unlikely, although it is certainly fun :)
HitlersRupturedColon
Free for all. Fight
TheBasementNerd
I don't think anyone ever took a 4chan story seriously
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
You'd be surprised how often people seriously asked me about this greentext.
Barnicals
Crows are scary smart. Probably one of my favourite animals.
Cereaza
Nevermore
TonyBalogna
http://imgur.com/WBSXkg6
ForALimitedTimeOnly
What the fuck?
MixHypnotic
They're kinda assholes though
oreosesame
Have you seen Japanese crows? Those motherfuckers are huge and they are not afraid to steal your shit.
dauntlessds
dey is wikeed smaht
Teas
They are my favorite animal.
faceofpoopy
all I remember when people say this is a crow snowboarding down a rooftop and agree.
TiRhino
http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows
soulscythe
Wicked smaht.
Selerox
They snowboard. That in and of itself should say it all. https://youtu.be/3dWw9GLcOeA
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
Where's the 4Chan crow post?
ForALimitedTimeOnly
You won't be saying that when a hungry crow flies though your window and screams for bread. (A flock live near my house)
Barnicals
No crows in NZ. Maybe some in aviaries. The closest we have are magpies, I suppose.
mineovermatter
Magpies are part of the Corvid family, as are some jays.All smart little shits.
Nintendough
I actually have 3 that visit me every morning. They like cat food and are friendly (thankfully)
SpaceCatJeffy
*murder
daddywhyamigay
Why would he murder a crow?
EverydayPaul
A flock of crows is called a murder.
Cryelex
wooosh
Teas
That would make me so happy, except I would probably become a hotspot for filth and birdshit and run outa food to feed them.
ForALimitedTimeOnly
Yeah, that's what happened. Every day crows, turkeys, and butcher birds come, wanting bread and mealworms
Teas
Where do you live that has free range turkeys? We have some at the next house over out in the country by my mom's, but they don't wander. O:
ForALimitedTimeOnly
Australia, we have brush turkeys
devasto
Wasn't there a study in LA about crows and facial recognition where they tormented crows while wearing masks, tagged them and released -
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
Yes, it was done in Washington. Untagged crows got aggressive because tagged crows were. They didn't "tell" them, it was social learning.
devasto
But they specifically went after the masked people, right?
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
Yes. People wore masks when catching and tagging people (no other "tormenting"). Crows only attacked people with these masks.
devasto
It's still fascinating to me
devasto
them? While they were walking around campus wearing the masks, the tagged crows started dive bombing them. About two weeks later -
devasto
untagged crows started dive bombing them as well, indicating that they not only have memory, but a method of specific communication
TrustMeImABassist
Or the crow scientists are conducting an experiment using tagged and untagged humans. Who knows?
KillerTofu615
The crows at Camp Pendleton in the training areas know to dive down and take recruits' hats off and while they're chasing the hat, other 1/2
KillerTofu615
crows will grab the food that is now unguarded.
TittiesMcgeeDaTurd
Yeah I saw a vid on it in college. Nixon mask, when a crow saw it, they'd go nuts and the murder would gather and fuck the mask wearer up.
devasto
Well, that may have just been a deep, unrelenting hatred for Nixon. Which is perfectly understandable