Murder of Crows

[WhoIsNumberNone]

I'm watching this show on PBS about crows. Some amazing shit according to the program crows are among the more intelligent species on the planet;

Here's the complete program:

http://video.pbs.org/video/1621910826/

[libodem]

1. Is this the one

Where they recognized human faces and passed the info along to the next generation, concerning dangerous mugs? They are smart. We had one when I was a kid.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

4. Yes this is the one

They don't compare them to whales and dolphins, but among land animals, they suggest crows are the third most intelligent non-human species on the planet after apes and elephants (In fact, there are some complex tasks they do better than chimps)

[applegrove]

2. In the middle ages they used to congregate and battlefields before an arrow had been shot. They

knew there would be easy pickings as soon when the battle ended.

[libodem]

6. hmmmm

Thus the name, a murder of crows? I would guess? Interesting. Our neighbor hated ours. It was mutual.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. They seemed to have figured out to scram when West Nile Virus came around Illinois.

[elleng]

5. Great.

Thanks for the video.

Earlier, I told folks to watch:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022405551

[union_maid]

7. I've been told they're good family birds

My sister told me they go back and visit their parents after they grow up and leave the nest. Those are nicely brought up avians. I'll have to watch the whole special when I get the chance. Bedtime now.

[Arugula Latte]

8. They seem amazingly smart. How little we know about the depth of animal intelligence.