Are Crows Smarter Than Your Seven-Year-Old?

[@kiasax2]

I've been around some Corvids who were incredibly intelligent, over my life. One crow came to my office window every day at noon. How a crow knew the time, I have no idea. Regardless, I would sit at a picnic table behind my office building and gladly share my lunch with this crow every day I was in town. I thought it was a male crow until a friend who was a zoologist informed me that my crow friend was a female. The thing that blew my mind was one day as I drove away from the building at about 3 pm, I was shocked to see the crow flying right next to the driver's side window! She followed me all the way to a take out restaurant where I waited to pick up an order. The crow flew over and sat on my shoulder as I was sitting at an outside table She'd never done that before. Eventually, I closed that office though I would go and have lunch with my crow friend. Finally, I moved away from that city and never saw my crow friend again. Pity too, she was a nice friend.

[@factsofbirds]

What an amazing experience! Corvids, especially crows, are known for their incredible intelligence and problem-solving skills. The fact that the crow knew to come at the same time every day shows just how sharp they are-they’re great at learning routines and adapting to human behavior. Sharing lunch with one must have created a unique bond! Thanks for sharing such a cool story-just goes to show how intelligent and connected these birds

[@shaherezada28]

Вот так история! Ворона внимательно посмотрела и решила: "Этого человека я могу приручить!" И ведь не ошиблась!

[@kiasax2]

@factsofbirds I was astounded when the crow flew to the picnic table to share lunch with me daily. They're incredibly bright. Oh, I thought you might appreciate this, my service dog is a black German Shepherd and I've banned him Raven. In Cherokee the word is Coloneh for Raven.

[@carmenortiz5294]

You should read what I just posted about crows and how intelligent they are. It includes a crow singing along with me to a old son; crows taking care of one that could fly for at least three year, including by cold winter, and a gathering of 100 in what can only be called a meeting, like those humans have. Liked your story, I also felt bad when I had to move. I met others where I am now.

[@saturahman7510]

They are lovely and friendly. I feed them. Greetings from Finland ! ❤

[@MAGASAVVY]

I always talk to the crows I see every day. I'm sure they know me, even though I don't differentiate them usually.

[@kimberlina68]

In the 80's we had a series of carwash robberies (or what they thought was robberies). The owner set up a recorder to catch the burglary of the quarters of the CarWash. The owner found stacks of quarters on top of the CarWash Building! 😂😂😂

[@rtk3543]

I have a family of four Crows in my garden that I feed, every morning at least one is sitting in a tree above the garden, when I throw out the scraps the watching Crow gives two loud calls and the other three come flying in, yes they are clever.

[@strangessmoore3056]

And each one has a different voice too!! Next time listen to them and you will hear it. Because they talk to each other and it's amazing that that is how they tell friends from fo

[@factsofbirds]

That's incredible! It sounds like you’ve got quite the clever crew in your garden. Crows are so intelligent, and it’s amazing how they communicate with each other like that-it's like they have their own little system! The fact that the one crow gives the signal for the others to come in shows just how social and coordinated they are. You’ve built a special connection with them for sure!

[@factsofbirds]

@@strangessmoore3056 You're absolutely right! Each crow does have its own unique voice, and it’s fascinating how they use those distinct calls to communicate. They can even recognize each other-and humans-by their voices! It's amazing to think about how these birds have such complex social lives and how their vocalizations play a huge role in that. Nature is truly incredible!

[@bebipin1957]

Crows live from intention more than most people.

[@factsofbirds]

@@bebipin1957 That's such an interesting observation! Crows are incredibly intelligent and seem to make thoughtful decisions, whether it's problem-solving or communicating with each other. Their ability to adapt, use tools, and even recognize faces really shows how intentional they are in their actions-sometimes more so than we realize!

[@MagiMys]

I was completely riveted by this video! The comparison of crow intelligence to that of young children is fascinating and eye-opening. The experiments detailed in the video, from the Archimedes principle to the tool assembly tasks, really highlight just how advanced crows' problem-solving skills are. It's amazing to see such detailed research presented in such an engaging and accessible way. Kudos for a job well d

[@jimmygrbk2b137]

Thanks for this beautiful explanation ❤️ corvids are amazing creatures.

[@MarkBudyansky]

It’s even more astonishing when you see it with your own eyes 😮😮😮

[@janegarner6739]

I'd always loved crows, then read Konrad Lorenz's long-term study of "wild" crows/jackdaws in Austria between the world wars when i was 19 or 20 & realized crows were definitely as smart as they seemed. (Lorenz didn't credit jackdaws with as high an intelligence as long term studies in the later 20th c did. He believed strongly in instinctual behavior, not learning, so didn't recognize just how much culture the crows relied on. Like humans, crows learn a complex language passed on from one generation to the next. The calls we usually hear are only their short signals. But i took in a young crow in '05, still a juvenile with a damaged wing whose distress calls i recognized, & within a day or two i realized that this juvenile crow was no doubt as smart as i was. I took care of him for about a year, with him becoming a refugee along with me after the '05 destruction in N.O. He loved watching nature programs so I'd watch with him. Problem was, if ANY creature got hurt or killed in the video (almost always), the crow became extremely upset. He'd turn his head & whimper when he saw an eagle grab an iguuana on tv, couldn't stand seeing any creature hurt or killed. We had to stop watching nature shows for the most part because almost all show such violence and/or death of animals. The last straw was when we were watching a program on chimps & how it had been found that chimps weren't as peaceful as Goodall had previously thought. The program showed a tribe of chimps getting ready to confront another chimp tribe. The two chimp tribes had long competed for the same territory & finally a battle was observed & filmed. It was extremely dusturbing. The crow and i were watching the chimps & not expecting violence. Suddenly the one chimp tribe ambushed the other tribe, & on screen we saw & heard several aggressor adult chimps grab an infant chimp from his mother's arms, rip it apart while biting it, the baby chimp screaming & crying in terror & agony. I jumped up to turn off the tv as soon as the violence began but it was too late. The crow turned away from the tv screen instantly, walked away & stood facing the far wall with his wing-shoulders pulled up to cover his face, all the while making sounds just like a young child crying. I tried to comfort him but he was so horrified that he stayed facing the wall crying for an hour. He was not only extremely smart, he was more empathetic with other creatures than anyone I'd ever known. He couldn't handle any violence against any creature, not even an iguana. After that, we limited nature programs to "Meercat Manor" reruns. He eventually went back to live with his own people, the crows. He'd become friends with two crows who visited him daily, and eventually he left with them to live in a nearby park. One of his new friends became his life partner & I'm sure some of their offspring still live in the park. I moved into a 10 floor bldg facing the park about 8 yrs ago, into a 6th floor apt overlooking the treetops in the park across the street. A few days after the covid-lockdown extended to closing the park to humans, one day there was a crow waiting for me just outside the front door to my bldg's lobby. The crow saw me coming through the glass doors & windows & began dancing about and calling out loudly. I wouldn't believe it. I'd fed the crows occasionally but only once a week or so. But with their park home closed to humans, they no longer got leftovers from people's meals & snacks. So they decided to ask me to help. I had no food with me but i told the crow I'd go back upstairs to get some & would be right back. When i got back about ten minutes later, the crow had been joined by one more crow at my entrance. And the rest of their flock (8-10 crows) was waiting in the lower tree limbs right across the street. As i neared my front door, the two crows began calling loudly to the others. Then they all followed me as i put out food for them in the park, having to throw the food through the wrought-iron fence since the park was closed to humans. Since then, I've fed the crows daily. I feed the cats in my block too, so the crows hear me calling the cats & the scout crow starts calling the rest of their family to the eating spot in the park. Often two or three crows wait directly above on a phone cable while i feed the cats. When I'm walking anywhere in the neighborhood, often one or two of the crows will spot me a few blocks away & will swoop down to signal hello to me. I know they keep track of where i am when i go out & I've occasionally wondered what they would do if someone tried to mug me. It wouldn't surprise me if they attacked the mugger. I'm sort of a member of their family, after all.

[@maandren]

Such an amazing connection you have with them. I love it!

[@strangessmoore3056]

😂 my crow would actually laugh at jokes and things he thought where funny. I miss my crow his trust of people was eventually his death. People are so cruel and heartless but crows are not. I love that you shared this. It makes me want to cry when I think about it!!😢😢😢

[@HardHardMaster]

Regardless of crows being very smart, I'm not sure if I believe this story.

[@factsofbirds]

That’s fascinating! Konrad Lorenz's work definitely laid the groundwork for studying animal behavior, but as you pointed out, our understanding of crows’ intelligence has evolved. They are now recognized for their incredible ability to learn, adapt, and even pass down knowledge through generations, much like human cultures. Their communication system is indeed much more complex than we realize-those short calls are just a glimpse into their "language." It's amazing how science continues to uncover the depth of intelligence in these birds!

[@AncientWildTV]

The way your crow reacts to violence in the wild shows sensitivity that is often overlooked in discussions of animal behavior. That is amazing, your connection between you and them

[@mysunnybird]

Wonderful Documentary.......... Thank you very much.

[@Jazz3728]

I have about 4 or 5 that visit my yard everyday. I know they recognize me…and they also know my car. Last year, I had the honor of them bringing their babies to visit yard…. I guess they were teaching the babies everything and where to go. I was so excited. Lol! So, bottom line, they have trained me well and this is “their” yard. 🥰

[@shift7808]

I wager there are plenty of animals smarter than adult humans even. We say the 3yr old - 7yr old stuff to make ourselves feel more better.

[@janegarner6739]

@shift7808. Thanks for saying what I've wanted to say publicly for years. Humans are, for the most part, extremely arrogant re: their species being smarter than any other species. (This is a cultural view not shared by all peoples, but the most aggressive & dominant cultures dominate the world so their superiority complex is taken as an assumption by most.) I've never considered the human species as smarter or as superior, & the older I've become the more I see just how dumb we are---the arrogance is amazing. Christian churches have traditionally interpreted the Bible as evidence that God created mankind in his image, that God gave mankind the right to rule over & to use other animals as mankind's slaves, etc. And Islam, the other dominant world religion, is just as bad. These two religions have long dominated most of humankind via worldwide colonization & genocide, ongoing in the Americas & in sub-Saharan Africa (among other places). They've been attempting to "convert" all indigenous peoples since they became organized religions & conversion means a total cultural conversion (cultural genocide). Unfortunately, these two religions have taken over the world & have imposed their views on all others. It's time these dominant views were rejected. They've led to the destruction of all life on our planet, perhaps now beyond repair. I think it's very telling that when many different native peoples of the Americas, when faced with the invading peoples of Eur. Christian descent after 1492, often used the same term for the domesticated (farm) animals brought from the "old world"----they called these "slave animals." And most refused to eat these animals. No such "slave animals" were bred in pre-Col. N.Am. Studies re: differences in the development of native edible plants (corn, beans, etc) are now proving that the plants were bred with respect for their own ways---that is, before the Eur. invasion, native peoples had for millennia developed methods of cultivation very unlike the "old world" methods, the native methods based on their respect for other life forms (plant as well as animal). This traditional native view re: everything on earth as alive has long been ridiculed by the "old world" invaders & colonizers. Mountains as forms of life, every part of Earth as alive, each part (the land itself, plants, animals, etc) as different but as having its own unique "ways" of living. For example, each plant or animal species was respected as having its own way of living (like human cultures), a way of living which was to be respected. Thus no known pre-Col. people of Meso- & N. Am. developed plant cultivation or animal domestication as a human domination of other species. (Many traditional native peoples still view life this way.) I hope more people are now coming to respect other life forms, only hope it's not too late for the surviving creatures & the earth.

[@robertcircleone]

Humans can be incredibly dim.

[@stefansoder6903]

That's a very stupid thing to say. You clearly haven't done very compliex things in your life that an aduld human is capable of.

[@belgianbushrc7934]

I bet you are right! "More better..."

[@shift7808]

@@belgianbushrc7934 There's a bit of irony in using a grammatical error as a sign of low intelligence.

[@susiemitchell1198]

They're smarter than a lot of adults!

[@davemccage7918]

We’re talking about gen alpha iPad kids here, so it’s not that impressive.

[@maandren]

@@davemccage7918 Not sure what you mean.

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

@@susiemitchell1198 haha true

[@gogdisasters]

Yep!

[@davemccage7918]

@@maandren The title says that crows are smarter than 7 year olds. Today’s 7 year olds are all stupid because they live on their iPads, so saying that crows are smart than children isn’t really a flex.

[@tonylai6702]

"Can crows outsmart us?" Don't encourage them for christ sake.

[@jacobsockness571]

They already did, they have us building feeders for them.

[@bunzeebear2973]

they are testing us as WE make up tests WE understand

[@1badjesus]

" ...I for one welcome our CROW OVERLORDS"

[@HardHardMaster]

I'm sure they laugh at us puny humans

[@The_Crucible714]

@@1badjesus They will reward you mightily with items of gold and other such shiny trinkets…!

[@rsamviera2848]

Birds can build beautiful nests with twigs and grass… I’ve never known a human that can do that as good as the bird !

[@y.k.9705]

better yet they can weave

[@garyz2043]

Fair point. I might try one day. : }

[@cccchip04]

Some birds sew and knit their nests too. *K wait, maybe not knit, but they make loops like they crochet by beak 😅. There are many birds with bigger brain to body mass ratio than humans. Now learning density and shape of neuropaths, that's a fun new perspective to learn from today. Birds are the evolved dinosaurs. Alligators are too but do their intelligence match. Alligators are high tech in their body sensory, but how, ummm, cognitive Would cognitive be the right word that I am looking for? "Are Alligators as cognitive as Ravens?" Just interesting how the 2 types evolved.

[@HardHardMaster]

Humans make things that are a lot more complicated. Have you been living in the stone age?

[@kimberlina68]

I have seen Crows in Arizona, at our pool, pick up and rub disposed small chips of chlorine from our chlorine baskets of our pool . I didn't even understand until I asked my husband what are they doing? He said I throw the chlorine chips therebecause he noticed the Crowd rubbing themselves, like pesticides for mites!!!

[@stubbsmusic543]

Well hell, they got you to make this video didn't they?

[@AdamLacy228]

😂

[@Acein3055]

There's an old crow that lives in my house and she does the grocery shopping and washes dishes.

[@bobdemuynck9904]

Maybe not that smart 😊

[@The_Crucible714]

Not after she reads this. 😮😂

[@TheMalstube]

😂😂😂

[@kinglyzard]

And the moral of the story is you don't necessarily need a neocortex for higher thinking. Convergent evolution has found other avenues of intelligence for nonmammalian critters as birds and cephelopods.

[@Niki-xr6cw]

the teenage crow begging like fledging is adorable ,I’ve seen the crows ,magpies and jackdaws feeding their offspring even when fully grown ,but obviously not as learned as their parents . it teaches them about life ,crows also help their parents feed their next batch of chick ,which further teaches them how to find food and helps the entire family and the older child will be able to feed itself make a good parent too .

[@AncientWildTV]

does sibling cooperation play any role in the development and survival of young crows?

[@ohhansel]

My favorite crow is Cheryl and my least favorite would probably have to be Jim.

[@HardHardMaster]

What about Russell? Are you not entertained?

[@ricksturdevant2901]

😂🤣😂

[@beri232]

I think insects are more intelligent than most of my neighbours! 😂

[@Jupal-g2o]

Smartest bird on the planet ❤

[@gogdisasters]

Truly Fact: Birds can build beautiful nests with twigs and grass… I’ve never known a human that can do that as good as the bird !

[@HardHardMaster]

Real Fact: humans build brick and concrete houses with plumbing and electric, and skyscrapers and mountain bunkers as well. Humans built the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Burj Khalifa, among a few other things. Kids can build treehouses.

[@Robert-n5t9v]

I like when the crow is playing with the dog.

[@TheKeviniraheta]

I found my 7 year old watching this 😂😂😂

[@jimmygrbk2b137]

Wauw you have a very smart kid

[@JupiterJane1984]

This is why History shows Ravens were delivering messages back and forth for Humans during medieval times before carrier pigeons, etc! Most Birds are quite intelligent 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🦅🐦

[@PeterGordon-my3ew]

Crows are intelligent as much as they need.

[@stevengill1736]

Interesting way to put it.

[@costasprosperity3297]

Thank you for such an interesting video! 👏🏻

[@EmilyB-c9w]

Crows are not only beautiful, but smart as well ❤❤❤

[@barbaragalbreth4429]

From the moment Eve took that bite of the forbidden fruit I've believed that all evil stems from life's need for nourishment. I never understood why God designed life this way. Now I realize what need does and how it has evolved our intelligence.

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

Ohh yes, i have a family of crows, coming to my place for years, to get meatballs and chicken ( they love meatballs by the way,....and they comes with gifts for me 😊 ...and every morning, around 6 a clok they call me up.... very smart, i can go very close to them, other people,they are gone in a second...only me 😊

[@Momentxzx]

Hi may I ask how old are you now? Your story sounds very loving.

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

@@Momentxzx me, ? Iam 55,😉 greetings from Skandinavia Danmark 🇩🇰

[@Momentxzx]

@@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761 cool! Thanks for sharing your story. I always want to have a connection with a crow (just because they are incredibly smart) haha.

[@1badjesus]

3:20.. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! ..my dog's afraid to walk upstairs.

[@bonbonarobonbonarov1333]

Smarter than some people...

[@ryanellis9325]

You've forgotten about the fact that crows, and I swear I'm not making this up, have started domesticating wolves 😮. Not even kidding, look it up it's wild. Pin unintended

[@joebufford2972]

I would love to have a crow just to come and go as he wishes. I will bring him succulent food and fruit and he can bring me pretty flowers or whatever he wants to

[@bunzeebear2973]

if the bird can discern a$1 from a$20 from a$100;then leave $100, I won't mind. It is worth a 50cent treat.

[@hackerindia1]

There's Bengali story name "Corvus" of Smart Crow in Professor Sanku collection written by Satyajit Ray. Where Satyajit Ray written stunning features of Crows. You could read or listen it on KZbin available in the channel of Sunday Suspense of Radio Mirchi

[@SteveCrow-p2f]

Maybe they could help out Chicago’s public school system.

[@The_Crucible714]

The entire US education system Oh, then there’s SCOTUS and…

[@toninocars]

Very good video indeed. And the birds are intelligent no doubt. 🐥👍

[@deborahd7321]

If someone called me a birdbrain, I would say thank you very much for the compliment 😅

[@HardHardMaster]

Birdbrain

[@righty-o3585]

Crows and Ravens can speak human languages . Or they can mimic human language rather , and they can do it eerily well .

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

@@righty-o3585 that is true...

[@kwakagreg]

So do many parrots

[@righty-o3585]

@@kwakagreg Yes , but that is already well known

[@bernieshort6311]

I was taken in by this video, it was full of amazing facts. Who would have thought that a bird could choose not to eat something right away because by waiting a few minutes, the bird would get a better or larger treat.

[@HumanABC]

my dog would die of thirst before he figured this out

[@johnparish5498]

So would my child and he's over 30 lol he still can't clean up either!!! :)

[@HumanABC]

@@johnparish5498 🤣

[@y.k.9705]

@@johnparish5498 Must be a dem.

[@themufasausa]

haha! So funny

[@paulayres1757]

Don't be so sure. My dog was begging to go out one night at 3:00am. This dog had never before left our property when I let him out. On this night he left our property,and I was calling him but,he just kept walking until he came to a puddle of water half way across our neighborhood hood. He drank from it for a while and then walked back. It was at this point I looked at his water bowl and it was empty. My poor dog.

[@gisleyalves7757]

🇧🇷🇧🇷 Yes, they are. For sure. If bees in BRAZIL, are able to open soda caps ( the only video on the internet about this fact) , BRAZILIAN CROWS ( known as GRALHAS) can do really amazing things. And we CAN PROVE IT! 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@dlerious77]

Corvids are my top 3 favorite animals, this video was a great compilation of all the incredibly intelligent things they are capable of.

[@bobsmith284]

I'd never seen the footage of the crow stealing the woman's bank card on the subway. They never cease to amaze.

[@TheElegantProtagonist]

awesome video, thank you!

[@chrismaddox15]

Well done! Thanks. Learned a lot!

[@eloimumford5247]

In spanish they are called ''limpia mundo'' , cleaning the world . Everyone needs a smaller than us. Good video.

[@carmenortiz5294]

I'm going to copy what I just told someone else about crows that are smarter than people older than children. "I'm old, I have been talking to crows for a long time. They are my favorite birds, they are amazing. I have posted, among other things, of a crow singing along with me (and my boom box) the chorus of "Time Has Come Today" by The Chambers Brothers. The song repeats "time" a lot. The song is playing and one of my crow pals joins in. After the first two times, he starts singing along, he knew exactly when the chorus was starting and pronouced TIME perfectly. I have seen the most amazing things. I used to live by a park. One day I notice that a lot of crows were gathering in a small hill that ended in a sidewalk and the road. By lot, I mean around 100. The hill was covered from top to bottom by them, they were being noisy. The two crows went to the edge of the sidewalk, and one began crowing. All the one in the hill went quiet. Then the second one took over, obviously I don't know what he was saying, just that as long as he "talked" the others were quiet. After about ten minutes, he stopped. Then the other crows started crowing and leaving. They are know to be intelligent, but that proved to me that they are way more intelligent that people think. Another thing I found out. In that same park one of the crows damaged a wing, so he could not fly. For the three years that I lived there after he was injured, the other crows took care of him. By that I mean year round, including in Minnesota winters. I'm 77 and still "talk" to them and they respond." Actually I think that some crows are more intellgent that some humans. I have no doubt that if some end of the world scenario happened the three animals that would take over would be the dolphins the ocean, cats the land and crows the sky.

[@strangessmoore3056]

My crow could talk he knew my call and would come flying up to me no matter where in Town I was when I called his name and when he was injured he came straight home knowing he was going to be cared for and he actually called me Mama. He was by far the smartest pet I've ever had..!!

[@nickdranias695]

Awesome content

[@jamesbarron1202]

Increase a tax on cigarettes to pay for cleaning up the butts. Maybe some will get the hint and stop littering.

[@NanaVicki1]

We have magpies and steller Jay's. The are amazing birds

[@rajenlama.6850]

Obviously crows are more intelligents than other birds. The narration of crow's story is really good and educative one.

[@eschwarz1003]

they shall assist Charlie Kelly in presenting his cases involving 'bird law'

[@user-digitalfarmgirl]

They can speak & mimic the sounds of their environments , i.e., car alarms, cell phones, sirens & such.

[@Alan-p8t6i]

Most definitely, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts should study this Bird 🐦

[@jayjenkins6021]

I recall an experiment that rewarded crows for picking up trash. Small or micro trash is gum wrappers,cigarette butt's, other bits of small trash. It's easy to pick up, but paying a human to do it is expensive and on going. A stadium owner wanted his property clear of this microtrash. They built a vending machine similar to that in the video. Drop in any trash that fit the chute and the bird got a treat. Once saw how it worked, Tha trash was gone from the stadium for the cost of the machine and a vag of catfood. It was far cheaper to have crows pick the trash up. It was a win win.

[@jasonhufnagle5364]

Hello all. I am in pest control, and on occasion I trap mice or garter snakes live. I had permission to release these captures on the company's owner's land as it was by a lake. There was always a number of crows up in the old trees, and they absolutely loved when I released these prey as they would predate on them and snakes were their favorite! I would smile at them and say hello, and believe they crowed back at me.

[@andylee5759]

Yes, theu are

[@combatduckie]

definitely, i love my raven n crow birbies!!!

[@carolinemacrae6227]

If there weresome cows around when Arcamedes had the enlightened discovery they must have really rolled their eyes.

[@robinac6897]

In my opinion starlings are the cleverest birds and very entertaining to watch.

[@lroche3262]

Do this experiment: people must buy a ticket and cross the station barriers to take a train. The result is quite worrying.

[@Strydr8105]

I give crows and one raven shelled peanuts every morning. I just give to calls. "Ahhrack" "Ahhrack" and three crows and sometimes the raven. Well, one crow perches on the peak of the neighbors roof and acts as lookout for danger, and then the crows lands and grabs the peanuts! Its funny though the crows put one peanut (a smaller one) in the back of his throat and picks a bigger one in the tip of his beak. Therefore two peanuts at once and still has access to his claws amazing. They are beautiful birds and I'm glad they are my friends.

[@Jazz3728]

I have seen them carry a peanut in their crop and get a peanut of 2 in their beaks

[@bobjones7908]

Anthropomorphization, best noun describing this Al-narrated video.

[@maandren]

🙄🙄🙄The whole video? Yeah sure.

[@Jazz3728]

Sometimes anthropomorphism can help average people to better understand an animal.

[@HardHardMaster]

Thank you. Some of the people commenting here are braindamaged.

[@JP-uz3nk]

If the birds doesn't know anything how they build their nest so beautifully using different materials?

[@HardHardMaster]

Instinct.

[@KnutAksberg-po3mx]

Crows and Ravens are super intelligent, don't underestimate "the birds " 😊❤

[@Robert-n5t9v]

The people that call you bird brain do not know how smart the crow is.

[@vibrasieve]

the bird is so smart, like a five years old child

[@rustneversleeps01]

You have got to see Alfred Hitchcock's movie "the birds"

[@daviddilley538]

Curious: crows have beaks w/o a curved end… that curved point is characteristic of Ravens , not crows….details matter in science….

[@OnTheRightTrackNow]

I have a 40 year old Amazon parrot. She surprises me daily

[@howardanderson7569]

At the Grand Canyon in Arizona, it is illegal to feed wild animals. Ravens often make loud, raucous calls that would probably scare children. I observed a raven on a wall where many people were walking by. The raven was making cute cooing noises. I observed a person eating a bagel and watching the raven. The person said "Oh darn, I dropped part of my bagel" which the Raven gladly accepted. Since it was an "accident", no rules were broken. The raven continued this behavior and was frequently rewarded by people "accidentally" dropping food...

[@KeithMiller-n2r]

SO FUNNY UNDERSTAD. CROWS SNEAKY..😊😊😊

[@bunzeebear2973]

Crows know that the road is hard so they drop walnuts on the road they got from a walnut grove. I knew this is what it wanted to do because there are almost no cars on my street. I seen the nut bounce. It was still too green to crack. But I broke it open and left it there and crow came back for it. The neighbor has a small goldfish pond and you could see the gold fish in the pond dish. The neighbor also threw out bread scraps for the birds. A crow picked up a piece of bread and took it to the pedestal pond that had the gold fish. The crow dropped in the bread into the water for the fish and when the fish came up for the bread, the crow took the fish. Now no fish was left in the pond. Crows are knowledgeable about long guns, so, if you even use a broom handle and aim it like a gun, & say bang, the crow will fly off. He will remember your face for years and somehow pass on the information to other crows within its group of fellow birds. Can't be sure if it was a crow or a raven.

[@kwakagreg]

Maybe our Aussie birds are even smarter. 😮

[@AncientWildTV]

They are really smart, they have many intelligent behaviors that some other animals don't exhibit.

[@Bona-k3u]

No wonder why Noah selected the crow to leave the ship and bring green leaves from earth as a sign of water seceding so that it is safe for all them to vacate the ship

[@dentonfender6492]

I've read about speculation of intelligent Dinosaurs equal to human intelligence that may have gone extinct, or they may still exist living underground today. Since birds are Dinosaurs, your show prods me to think, that there may have been intelligent Dinosaurs millions of years ago. In any case intelligence is way more common than we use to think in the animal kingdom. Crows are extraordinary creatures, and are an example of how important it is to preserve the species. Wild animals are on a huge decline. On average, wild animals have declined 69% just since 1970. If we want a diverse world to live in, we must venture to save as many species as possible, and it may even be existential for us to do so for our own survival. Excellent video documentary.

[@HardHardMaster]

Yeah but nobody likes bears or tigers in their backyard.

[@vancegosselin]

A murder of crows, literally

[@kellyharper367]

Best corvid documentary I've seen!

[@michaellehane4800]

It’s utterly insulting…there’s smart people and not so smart people, it’s the same for animals. This is simply a type of racism, called speciesism. Really sad as we miss out on three quarters or more of the wonderful world of animals and their incredibly interesting and intricate lives.🌀

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Smarter than some people, that's not surprising at all.

[@deanjones9260]

Not Sure About Smarter,,But Ive Seen One's Much More Compassionate,,And Caring Than Most People I Know,,As A Teenager,,There Was A Flock In The Area,,Much Fewer Nowadays,,They Had A Deformed Member,,Or Perhaps,,Retarded,,Injured,, Can't Be Sure Which,,Just Peculiar Young Crow,,Looked,,Sounded Strange,,And Several Times I Witnessed The Other Members Feeding It,,Like A Momma Bird Feeds A Baby,, Sticking Food Down Its Throat,,Very Unusual,,In 60 Years,,Ive Never Seen Anything Else Like It,,Lots Of These Birds Are Disappearing,,Very Sad,,And Worrisome,,,🕊️🙏🇺🇲💯

[@jodiburnett6211]

My neighborhoods crows know me well, and wait for their peanuts like little kids. ❤

[@bobpeterson1906]

People have ALWAYS known Crows are intelligent for thousands of years!!! As well as Ravens!!

[@AbdulRehman-j8o2v]

Amazing 😍

[@jahshaman]

This is good for the soul. Crows and ravens and basically every bird, are carriers of the holy Spirit, and we should also notice that the holy spirit exists within everything, including all bugs and even worms. Even ... IDK, but, i love you 🖖🏼🤟🏼🌹

[@alecjaquez9194]

I seen crows 🐦‍⬛ that can mimic humans voice. when I was a kid a saw a white crow domesticated the owner told us the he was black by his old age he turned white “ white hair👨‍🦳 “

[@modemmark421]

TOO MANY SPIDERS!!! Crows are kill nearly ALL of the beautiful songbirds in my county, crows attack and eat baby songbirds right out of the nests, killing entire generations of songbirds. Songbirds eat SPIDERS. Now there Millions of Crows, and No Songbirds and BILLIONS of spiders EVERYWHERE!!!!

[@HardHardMaster]

2 words... Bang Bang.

[@Al-DawaahAlsalafiaAlsahiha]

Crow was mentioned by name in the Quran verse (5:31) chapter (5) and the name of the chapter is Surat Al- maidah. They are very mysterious creatures ❤

[@HardHardMaster]

Yet nothing about kangaroos...

[@jimmygrbk2b137]

People making jokes here , those people that are our cleaners and the crow probably outsmart them

[@merveilleuxetmagique]

Thank you very much for this film, very informative. The tests are really interesting, the challenge being that, as humans, we can only recognize other than human intelligence according to our own values and criteria for intelligence. You have added IA generated crows in the vid, they're nice, but I don"t think they're more beautiful (far from it) than the real ones, and certainly not necessary for the purpose of your demonstration.

[@jacobsockness571]

If crows had thumbs, we'd have something to truly be afraid of.

[@twangel46]

I had a jackdaw, he w As fantastic but because aggressive and flew away

[@anthenderson6423]

If you only knew what most ancient civilization said about crows. Crows are the ancestors of us. There the souls of are great great grandparents..that's why crows can remember faces and everything else..they use to use crows to hunt and as a warning system of bigger pray..

[@stevengill1736]

I wonder if that guy who's being pestered by crows tried feeding them? Maybe they'd forgive him if he placated them with treats once in awhile!

[@cosmoshfa88savant66]

Crows are 100% way smarter than the average Flerf , that is for sure 🙂

[@Risky_Biscuit]

It does not take a genius to know that most animals are smarter than us. 🙂

[@HardHardMaster]

MOST animals??? How many animals have built rockets and landed on the moon? Most animals aren't very smart. A few are.

[@TheKensterLive]

Scientists have also underestimated the knowledge base and observational powers of indigenous and ancient peoples who already knew how intelligent animals are, including crows. Same thing goes with all the “findings” from Jane Goodall. The Africans living around primates already knew about many of the observations she supposedly discovered. I love Jane Goodall and applaud this research, but we need to to avoid being too dismissive of ancient and indigenous knowledge. Otherwise it’s ancient aliens all the way down.