How Smart Are Crows? | ScienceTake | The New York Times

[@enriquemartinez6695]

Just last week, I saw a crow doing taxes in my local Walmart.

[@ramucherry5617]

😂😂

[@natsudragneel6370]

Actually???

[@imd1d493]

@@natsudragneel6370 yep i was there

[@natsudragneel6370]

@@imd1d493 I'm dead 💀

[@Ghost_-_]

@@natsudragneel6370 I was also there.

[@GoronTico]

To be honest, i dont think i would have the idea of using stones to raise the water level on my own

[@rojogilroy1730]

@karsow 2054 hahahaha rite! Dumass

[@rojogilroy1730]

Lol

[@spookyquinnie3293]

12 Monkehs r/woosh

[@johndetheshape3095]

Ya i feel very outsmarted too 😂 My IQ is proably only _9447

[@ryanj7027]

Crows hunt for food. All we need to do is buy them at the grocery stores. So crows are more clever when trying to get food.

[@kernal5183]

There’s a man who has a family of crows living in his tree, and one day the babies fell out of the tree and were stuck on the ground, so the man came out while the parents were going crazy and picked up the babies and carried them up the tree, later he put food and water out for them if they fell again, so one day he found these sticks with soda can lids around them on his front porch and he realized they were gifts made by the crows

[@Peacemakerblue]

Is that true story

[@K0well]

@@Peacemakerblue yes, very common from them to gift shinny things after You feed or help them 👍

[@serenabee9928]

Aww ❤️ how sweet

[@cursedaccount6067]

thats legendary i want a murder of crows near my home too

[@skeleton_kiddo5544]

@@cursedaccount6067 WTF? A MURDER OF CROWS?

[@xLostProficyx]

Crows are very intelligent. Apparently it was said Crows were used in medieval times to deliver messages from different regions of Europe until they decided to take out a small business loan and start T Mobile

[@globin3477]

You're confusing them with pigeons. Corvids have never been widely used as messenger birds.

[@aa_battery7]

ya in the past crows were hated. because you know, people are stupid and make up stories, they believed crows were afflicted with witches and killed off other animals and stool their nest

[@meghan95]

I think he was being sarcastic.... Lol

[@billy_boi]

Not crows, pigeons

[@DrDeusExMachina]

xLostProficyx that was Vultures and they started Verizon...

[@Fomites]

A crow graduated third in my medical school class. She had problems taking pulses and with the stethoscope so she went into psychiatry and I believe she is doing well.

[@klown839]

Lol

[@ScpDrRisha]

😂

[@Hey-yk1en]

Tell her I said hi if you see her! 😊

[@maple1255]

They are remarkable animals, man is not the only one who can use tools and learn new skills :)

[@bingbonghafu]

Though humans can do many more complex things :/

[@korean6706]

Yeah but we are the one who made iphone so..

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@korean6706 well... not you but sure

[@sandisandii2033]

Dont forget apes they're tool makers as well. 😉

[@sandisandii2033]

@@korean6706 iphones arent that great..Samsung is waaay better 😊

[@phildavenport2467]

Definitely smarter than flat Earthers!

[@deleted4913]

Crows have the intelligence of a seven year old, they are very *very* intelligent compared to other animals

[@philtomo375]

Nice name

[@sandisandii2033]

Lol definitely !

[@philkinney9015]

@@philtomo375 Nice name. This is now the club of Phils.

[@Vince-ko9bj]

Smarter than liberals and commies too!

[@michelsoliman7426]

After that video I am proud of myself ... because when I was younger I have studied a story exactly like the experiment of crow rise the water level using stones. And I had an oral examination and I have been asked in that story & the last question was Do you see that this story is realistic? and I said yes it's. the reaction of the teacher was, that he accused me with the Idiocy and naive. I wish to know where the teacher is, to gift him this video, but I think he is gone from our world.

[@rubenscott3972]

Michel Soliman don't worry I did that a lot when I was in school 10 years ago teacher only knew what was in a book not much ppl researched online I always did lucky I had a computer

[@mahmam3128]

Michel Soliman I wonder where you from, cause i remember the crow story from school, i was living in the middle east

[@JIGGAO]

The same story in Chinese school book

[@hashimal3bdali809]

I have an oral examination tomorrow About crows

[@billgod8940]

cool story bro

[@dubbedcrazy]

i've always acknowledged their intelligence ; but gained even more respect after witnessing a crow kick an eagles butt 1 on 1. when the crow was flying away, it dropped a huge eagle feather from the sky in dramatic fashion!

[@skeleton_kiddo5544]

Just like an anime, cool af

[@alexk9642]

hold on how

[@alexanderleeart]

0:32 that's smarter than most humans

[@xsdrew19]

i would have said its impossible to get the bread crumb, then cried to government to just give me the bread crumb.

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

to be fair it says they were taught to pick up the rocks

[@luz2949]

@@spinosaurusaegypticus8341 the fact that they can be teached says enough, no human knows anything unless you teach them while young.

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

@@luz2949 it's moreso that they're substantially worse at problem solving than people are, since they needed to be shown how to solve the problem in order to replicate it. they're incredibly smart but incredibly limited

[@Safeguard1]

This makes me smile, I love the last part when the Crow uses that tool to actually grab a piece of food, that's incredible!

[@latchie8893]

Best one I seen of a crow or raven(can't mind which) was this one who was watching fishermen, catching fish with bait. The bird proceeded to take some bread or biscuit from them and use it as bait to catch a fish. Ridiculously clever.

[@aishwaryasiva4514]

In front of my home... a baby crow fell from tree and it wasn't able to take a step All other crows may be its family crows.. crowded on the wirelines above it and cawed chorously . A small boy took the baby crow in hand and placed a little aside from our home.. But also all the crows moved and crowded above it and cawed more vigorously. Our street looked like a horror movie location Then my grandma understood something and said me to keep water near the baby crow Then all the other crows came down slowly and encouraged the baby crow to fly I witnessed the most touching scene ✨

[@Jack7967]

I've always thought crows were pretty cool since the video I watched as a kid of crows using cars to crack the nuts that they couldn't.

[@qadoqawa93]

Sam but I didn't watch the video, I was watching crows everyday, always dropping nuts on the road.

[@lisakado]

@@qadoqawa93 -- that used to happen on a street near me. Unfortunately someone cut down the hazelnut tree -- I miss watching the crows dropping the nuts (and perching up on the telephone wires waiting for the cars to come by). I used to step on the nuts to crack them for the birds -- sometimes I'd eat a couple myself, and the crows seemed to view that as a reasonable trade.

[@ivo3185]

I'm pretty sure I'd fail at the water-level experiment.

[@carolinemontgomery144]

So are we just not gonna mention the fact that Additional Photography was done by Christopher Bird

[@stopthehatechild]

He’s probably a crow.

[@jimh.5551]

The Crows in my neighborhood act like a Military Scout Recon Squad. One single, "Scout" Crow lands on my roof to see if I'm feeding the ducks by the lake, behind my house. If he/she sees me out there, it will immediately "Caw-Caw-Caw!" alert the other Crows..... and soon, 5 more will come flying in from all over the place. Oh, do they LOVE peanuts in the shell ! Smart birds. Fun to watch!

[@oilairnalo]

An Ant Scout Ranger does similar mission. Once the Scout Ant finds something to eat, it reports to HQ, and Commander Ant sends a battalion to attack .

[@zlatkajupe]

I adore crows. I was feeding the squirrels some peanuts in the shell in my neighborhood (yes I'm that lady lol) years ago and I noticed a curious crow wanted one so I tossed him a peanut. He literally picked the peanut up, and slammed it on the ground multiple times until it broke open. He ate the peanuts and flew away. Was so amazing and I've loved them ever since.

[@lisakado]

On the street I walk along to get to work, I noticed a bunch of hazelnuts -- dropped there by the crows. If the fall didn't crack the shells, they had learned that cars would come along and run them over. So I started stepping on the hazelnuts to open them whenever I saw them, and the crows would come down and eat them.

[@Quinceps]

There are no limits to the intelligence of crows that we can grasp.

[@Quinceps]

I mean, some experiment has tried to show how human intelligence is different from that of crows, but it's a fail, methodologically speaking.

[@Mechaghostman2]

Until it comes to the thickness of the tube, or not being able to see it.

[@jimmyjohansson5672]

Apes destroy us humans in short term memory!

[@shttnmoney9434]

I hit a crow with my car and his arm seemed damaged so i took him home and fed him but he was flyin around the house shittin everywhere so i tied his leg to a chair because i had to go out and when i came back he was on top of the table eatin a loaf of bread that was ontop of the fridge, (in conclusion crows act like kids but are smart asf)

[@alexk9642]

he probably chewed the string/rope somehow

[@stopthehatechild]

Arm?

[@Michael_black777]

Watching this makes me want a pet crow so badly

[@xXxFroztyy]

Was working this construction job with my friends, and we’d go to the taco shop and bring it back to the parking lot of the job site everyday, around the same time everyday. I noticed this crow in the parking lot after lunch and I tossed him the rest of my breakfast burrito when I was done, gonna go to waste anyways, so I tossed it near the crow. Next day it was back and I gave him the rest of my burrito again when I was done. Next day he was back with 2 friends, broke my burrito up into thirds and threw it to them when I was done. Next day it was like 5. They are smart, he brought his whole fam lol, and I broke it into a bunch of little pieces for them each time before I went back into work lol. I worked there for like a month and a half and I always threw them some scraps of what I was eating. My friends did too, they became our little friends lol . Such cool animals and smart too, they knew when lunch time was lol

[@oilairnalo]

The crows had day jobs, too. They took lunch breaks.

[@baguette2343]

Fun fact: crows are actually as smart as a 7 year old, they have self control (ex: they will not est a treat if they know they will get a bigger reward if they wait) which some children struggle to possess.

[@aliluv7816]

And the fact that 7 year olds usually can read, speak around 2 languages if they're raised that way, speak full sentences and such. A crow has that much intelligence

[@youchubista]

When I was a kid, I saw a crow stole a lollipop from a poor kid and the crow was like this is mine now looking like a bully. The poor kid just cried.

[@hail2jigglypuff168]

Like stealing candy from a baby.

[@richhoops2413]

@@hail2jigglypuff168 yes

[@VGMvega]

This video is 5 years old. This crow is now CEO of a major company

[@edwardmurdoch5070]

So... you assume CEOs are smart. lol

[@antoniorsoftware]

Now imagine what they could achieve if only they had hands.

[@SaltyCrap]

Once my teacher had to move out of her apartment because a crow had a vendetta against her lol

[@benmiddleton9984]

As smart as a human four-year-old. Highly intelligent birds

[@peejar2175]

I dont think a 4 year old would think of using rocks to increase the water level, most of these kids forget that they have lunchboxes in their hand and tried looking for it

[@deleted4913]

More or so as a seven year old or ten maybe

[@身赤-w3w]

actually 7 :D

[@alexk9642]

actually 5-7 years old, these birds are insanely smart for their size and species

[@AloisAgos]

"They need to see the cause and effect to understand the problem." Humans are the same way. Especially these days...

[@lordofrims]

Doesn't work with politics though.

[@TheDocbach]

@@lordofrims Only because everything has become such an egotistical power trip in Washington. Identity and loyalty have replaced common sense and dignity.

[@lordofrims]

@@TheDocbach id you think Washington is bad, you should check what the current president and lackeys are doing here in Argentina. Its almost as if they want everyone poor and under their thumb.

[@three1seven419]

Not only are they smart, but also valiant in their defence of walls against armies of the white walkers.

[@SERGIO-cr6uy]

Crows are smarter than me for sure... As I read "how smart are cows"

[@Howlingburd19]

That’s unreal! I love Crows, they’re so incredible :D

[@sonsofthetribe]

I once saw a crow driving a truck.

[@Mogget01]

‘They need to see the cause and effect to understand...’ So basically just like humans.

[@cestlina]

I searched “crows intelligence” on google just now because today I saw a crow in a goldfield that looked right into my eyes and tilted like going ‘hey, you again.’ The funny thing is when I thought I could recognized the one it gave me that look it recognized me right back. Not that it matters if it was exactly the one or not,.- last time, one crow was giving me this weird look then it hit me it did something fishy. I put some food near my feet for a dog that the golf-club keeps, the crows picked the food and was checking me out afterwards. I jumped and checked the food but there was nothing. The strange thing was I realized it from the look on the crows eyes.

[@jamie68560]

Yeah crows can recognise humans. If they've seen you once they will remember you. So be nice to them lol

[@thuynh7961]

Crows are smart... they know how to look for me via my window, making sounds to get my attention so I can feed them.

[@ctdvargas]

these crows are smartere than my coworkers... and I work as a nurse.

[@jeremiahmahoney1970]

local crows follow me and make caws because I feed them sometimes. I can't go around the neighborhood without being recognized

[@ulisout8233]

Bruh that crow copied my solutions for the test wtf

[@loopyloops1985]

I love crows!! My favorite birds. Beautiful and intelligent

[@Orangecatenergy]

I like crows. I like birbs in general. So cute

[@davea2960]

My great grandmother was a Crow. For real, her maiden name was Crow.

[@tee4222]

I know some people that would die of starvation before they figured that out...

[@adamlutsch1975]

Sure... All fun and games till they learn to make fire.

[@ScpDrRisha]

Because their animals, that doesn't mean they aren't smart.

[@btoz4899]

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[@warriorssoldiersandfriends]

1:19 I love that conclusion Why do these crows think like this? We don't fully know we need to study more lol I love the honesty, keep on it

[@CHNOPS1000]

Rick and two crows!!!

[@abpccpba]

I remember as a child reading one of aesop's fables about a Crow who could not reach the water in a pitcher so it proceeded to drop pebbles one by one until it could have a drink.

[@glennedward6477]

this was the first story-fable i ever heard, at school, long, long ago

[@kamikamieu]

Plot twist: Crows are the reincarnation of our loved ones who had passed away

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

There is a crow where I live that torments my neighbor's shitbull. I always compliment him when I see him.

[@JaydenWang-vz3pt]

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[@wikisam92]

After rick and morty i want two crows

[@AfrikanAssassin]

I don’t think I could have thought of using those tools. 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Pepperkaas6]

Over here the crows don't need a car to crack a nut. They just drop it from high enough on something hard and it cracks on its own.

[@denissaliaj9459]

My chemistry teacher in high school, mrs. Natasha was a Crow

[@parrotquack]

Clever Crow- Robert Muldoon

[@navis2904]

This bird is smarter than my girl

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

NaVI S. I wanna ask ya, lad. And be honest. Are you cheating, with a crow? Are you a Crow-mosexual, and haven't come out yet? You can be honest, we don't judge, we just want the floating food

[@TheDocbach]

@@TwoHeadedMeerkat Crow-mosexual...... LMFAO!!!

[@TheDoomWizard]

They possess primary conciousness it was just reported.

[@BouncySquare693]

I'm calling it now! Crows are going to be the next dominant species after we're gone.

[@alexk9642]

actually plausible theory. they live in multiple continents as far as im aware and understand tool use, cause and effect, some basic physics, meaning they have the intelligence of a 5-7 year old. Not to mention they have a complex language aswell since they're able to describe faces to other crows.

[@Beaneabean]

@@alexk9642 so youre saying a 5 yr old could run the world?...

[@alexk9642]

@@Beaneabean if there ain't a human society

[@Gdb987]

Smarter than many people I’ve seen. Wow ❤

[@solomon3845]

This is my observation, all crows seems to have different personalities but similar traits and they love to entertain each other. By doing so they learn each other tricks and collectively they learn new ways to solve problems. I guarantee with this theory I am putting out. That crows from different regions will collectively and individuals, will develop different skills and personalities. In addition they also learn from observing their environment, including people and other species of animals.

[@infernoferocious7029]

its only a matter of time until crows start getting straight A's and graduating from Harvard

[@ABC1900.]

Nagyon okos.

[@B58_Bless]

Ohh no way. I actually saw a crow as a judge in a court room serving justice ⚖️

[@ravindertalwar553]

Congratulations 👏 and all the best for your success and happiness ❤️

[@michaelakerguitar]

There was a baby crow who fell and died from a tree in my backyard and the crows who lived there put sticks around where it had fallen

[@alexk9642]

wow that's so sweet

[@Svoorhout85]

When crows recognize patterns, its "intelligent" and "cool". But when I do it, i'm a "conspiracy theorist"!

[@norinori5101]

Crows actually thaught humanity how to burry dead people

[@9thgenvids]

Doing an essay on this. Moral of the story I really don’t like crows right now. 1,200 words later I still don’t like them

[@tomsavage7279WalteroftheSea]

Pretty smart-mine told me that smart alec scientists were trying to figure out how smart he was. Being really smart he knew that if they knew he’d be made to work full time!

[@aaaknowkneemoos4811]

there was an account that during medieval time crows often followed marching soldiers because they know if soldiers are marching there would be a battle and crows do feed on the meat of those killed

[@shrutithegreat]

Very smart and intelligent bird

[@georgeodeh7914]

love those smart birds

[@OddWoz]

The smartest thing the NYT has put out in 10ys.

[@Beccydenis]

Balarama QR code scan cheythu Vanna tha😅😅

[@ak11472]

...Even before scientist evidences, when I watched crows , I always know they know much more than we think...)

[@blackdevil4210]

ബാലരമയിൽ കണ്ട് വന്നവരുണ്ടോ 😍

[@Sambriddhi_]

what a intelligent crow is he

[@oilairnalo]

The crow found out that solid objects could raise water level more than hollow objects do. It shouted: "Eureka!". The crowans call it "Crow Principle".

[@aishatfrank8457]

You know how it feels like

[@user-os4eo5eu6h]

my favourite animals are crows and this is just fascinating✨

[@Darkalice1028]

I love crows and ravens ❤🤗

[@dylanplumley280]

If humans ever go extinct, crows might be the next species to develop sentience. Imagine 200 thousand years from now you have crow civilizations dotting the globe.

[@MrAdy0207]

So the answer is .. we don't know yet.

[@alexh8613]

"The moral of the story, more research is needed of course. And with you donation, we can make that happen. Just make out the check out to...."

[@saintanthonyofpadua290]

is it just me or the crows are kind of cute

[@MrBgBoy23]

What a fabulous animal !

[@Sauspreme]

have you ever seen a birds nest? I couldn't build something like that if my life depended on it! Even with my thumbs!

[@SacredMilkOG]

This. Is. Beautiful. :)

[@Reyey222]

dinosaurs rule

[@aa_battery7]

Roy Hey yes they do. many people are confused as to how the Theropods evolved smaller. well it isn't dumb it worked out. you don't see any trexs, only small Theropods, the birds. and look at that, very intelligent. the smartest dinosaurs to have ever lived actually are Parrots and Crows!! nothing wrong with evolving small, its what kept them alive!

[@aa_battery7]

Roy Hey if they hadn't of became smaller. we would never get to actually see a dinosaur in person. and many people don't see Aves as dinosaurs but they are classed as them, so much evidence

[@Mechaghostman2]

@@aa_battery7 They didn't exactly become smaller. It's just that it was the smaller therapods that survived.

[@aa_battery7]

Mechaghostman2 well, all dinosaurs evolve from a common ancestor. I meant more down the line. of course they probably did have a large ancestor. I study Maniraptors, and they vary in sizes. but yes birds first appeared in the Jurassic, but even before came from a smaller ancestor. but way before, that smaller one came from a larger one

[@LUCKYNY718]

They lost in Rock paper Scissors. They chose Scissors and the Universe chose Rock.

[@funy0n583]

definitely smarter than dogs

[@somfplease]

these birds are trained to do this. he even said it. then goes on to say "it's a mystery how they can do this stuff"

[@robowisanveithasung6022]

i mean its still impressive even if trained

[@klaxoncow]

The remarkable thing is that they're exploiting displacement of water. You know, the thing that Archimedes is famous for shouting "Eureka!" about and running around the town naked in celebration that he'd worked it out. We praise Archimedes as a great mind, recognise his insight. But these crows are also working it out, no problem, taking it in their stride, for a food treat. Think about that.

[@Kotifilosofi]

I have no doubt about crow intelligence. But I wonder how quickly they would have started to use objects to rise water level if they weren't served "on silver plate". Like, if there was just casual rocks in the ground etc.

[@mariasindile9647]

Kotifilosofi interesting point. It is unlikely that such a scenario would be met in the wild in the first place since most sources of water are ponds, lakes, rivers. Kind of hard to make water raise with pebbles....they create fishing rods to fish though and that wasn't an experiment conducted in a controlled environment. They are quite remarkable.

[@Kotifilosofi]

Maria Sindile interesting to know. I meant the test tubes would be placed in the wild and tools weren't especially served ;)

[@mariasindile9647]

Kotifilosofi woops my bad. I misunderstood what you meant. Ya that would be really interesting to observe!

[@Kotifilosofi]

That's fine. Have a nice day ^^

[@glados4765]

Remember when NYT used to actually do intelligent pieces like this? Now theyre a tabloid blogger.

[@sanstheanimator1964]

Probably a elementary Kid:oh! I know this!! My science teacher read this story to us!!!

[@screenapple1660]

1994 The crow movie is really good in 2023.

[@BK-el9jx]

CROW PRO

[@superbird6176]

I've seen a Crow sing and play guitar. Check out Tuesday Night Music Club.