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catbyte

(34,404 posts) Fri Feb 26, 2021, 06:39 PM Feb 2021

This raven is the Einstein of the bird world

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This raven is the Einstein of the bird world (Original Post) catbyte Feb 2021 OP

I was hiking an island we paddled to in the Inside Passage AllyCat Feb 2021 #1

Very cool. If I had a raven I'd try to teach it "nevermore." Auggie Feb 2021 #2

I was thinking the exact same thing... Guilded Lilly Feb 2021 #3

UW did a very extensive study of corvids, and some of the results were incredible. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #4

Obviously an actual raven is soldierant Feb 2021 #5

schmok ,schmok , schmock.:) AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #6

to be fair, i think i would do anything for page too! Mr. Sparkle Feb 2021 #7

AllyCat

(16,192 posts)

1. I was hiking an island we paddled to in the Inside Passage

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 07:18 PM

Feb 2021

We kept hearing this eerie sound like water dropping but it wasn’t. Turned the corner and saw a raven, the source of the sound!

Auggie

(31,174 posts)

2. Very cool. If I had a raven I'd try to teach it "nevermore."

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 08:01 PM

Feb 2021

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)

3. I was thinking the exact same thing...

Reply to Auggie (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 08:16 PM

Feb 2021

“Quote the raven...”

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)

4. UW did a very extensive study of corvids, and some of the results were incredible.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 08:31 PM

Feb 2021

In one test, they put a tall, small diameter cylinder of water in the cage, filled to a level that his beak wouldn't reach when he got thirsty. The bird's solution blew my mind.

He took pebbles and dropped them into the cylinder until the water level rose to where he could reach it. I quite literally know people that wouldn't think of that in any kind of short timeframe.