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6. Some birds are really smart. African greys are amazingly so.

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 07:48 PM

Jun 2016

On the other hand, the swallows that are raising this year's crop of babies just outside my front door are amazingly stupid.

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We Finally Know Why Birds Are So Freakishly Smart [View all] pokerfan Jun 2016 OP

I'll have to send this to my friend who has a parrot! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #1

Also matt819 Jun 2016 #2

So it's a good thing someone calls me bird-brain? Auggie Jun 2016 #3

Absolutely pokerfan Jun 2016 #5

Polly for President Ellen Forradalom Jun 2016 #4

Some birds are really smart. African greys are amazingly so. SheilaT Jun 2016 #6

Crows. Volaris Jun 2016 #7

So are crows smart or stupid? SheilaT Jun 2016 #8

Corvids are smart as fuck. Volaris Jun 2016 #10

Last week I heard a loud bunch of crows in my side yard. djean111 Jun 2016 #27

Crows watch every move you make pscot Jun 2016 #12

Even though we have a 60 acre farm the crows watch the house csziggy Jun 2016 #23

Somewhere on the internet... Chellee Jun 2016 #14

Is this it? pokerfan Jun 2016 #25

That is it! Chellee Jun 2016 #28

They also enjoy sledding arcane1 Jun 2016 #26

PBS did a good report on the intelligence of crows Omaha Steve Jun 2016 #9

My wife and I have shared our home Plucketeer Jun 2016 #11

Yeah, true. Chellee Jun 2016 #15

Confirmed! lastlib Jun 2016 #21

It also happens that they're much better judges of character NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #17

I taught I saw a puty tat get outsmarted by a tweety bird itsrobert Jun 2016 #18

So being a bird brain is a good thing. GeorgeGist Jun 2016 #19

unless the bird in question is a domestic turkey! lastlib Jun 2016 #22

Makes me feel even worse about the poor chickens and geese. :( n/t Triana Jun 2016 #20

Birds lungs are much more efficient than ours too. harun Jun 2016 #24