The fascinating intelligence of birds | Auguste von Bayern | TEDxTUM

[@nicolefurlan]

"We are the only species that can fully foresee the consequences for our own actions. As a consequence, we are also the only species that carries the full responsibility for our own actions. Therefore, my appeal to you is - if you want to be different, then show it, and take responsibility for your actions for the sake of this planet and all species living on it." Wonderful quote 👏👏👏

[@angry6394]

Nicole Furlan you say we are the only speices can you be more specific, What speices are referring are you referring to?

[@Hallands.]

Nicole Furlan Humans don't come close to "fully foresee the consequences of our actions", not by far! That's a mental self deception, also know as an illusion. What we do is attempt to strike a working balance between caution and risk, and we do so within the various limits of our individual limitations and through collectively debating and deciding. (Yes, we're in a faze of political decline and attempted censorship, I know, but at some levels we still must make collective decision) Striking a working balance between risk and the foreseeable is in no essential way different from what other animals do. Off the cuff I'd say that our most significant trait might be drawing, written language, our abstract monetary system and our extremely specialized weapons - but the latter two are probably just derivatives of the former...

[@Hallands.]

Riccardo Manuel La Rosa We vote.

[@Hallands.]

Riccardo Manuel La Rosa How is voting not collective? It feel like we have different definitions of the word...

[@Hallands.]

Riccardo Manuel La Rosa That's not what "collective" means. It isn't synonymous with "unanimous". It's synonymous with "common, public, by groups aso". Also you're arguing a minor technical point without getting the essence of my comment. Words can't be defined by example. Try Merriam-Webster. Bye...

[@giovannicamisa1453]

A friend, whilst decorating a house, used to take his lunch by a pond in the garden. He noticed tadpoles within it so he threw in a morsel of bread. The tadpoles swarmed around to eat it. He noticed he was being keenly observed by a crow and was later surprised to see it bring pieces of bread and drop them in the pond so that it could feed on the tadpoles it would attract.

[@theangrykorean5194]

Princess Augusta von Bayern of Bavaria. She's amazingly down to earth, adorably shy and soft spoken, and has a Doctorate in her field of research. It's good to know the Corvids have as good a representative as her to champion their cause. Amazing talk! People need to see how intelligent and interesting Corvids can be.

[@TeaParty1776]

Corvids are more intelligent and interesting than animal-worshippers.

[@TeaParty1776]

@@Pystoria Only man has intelligence.

[@taurus2016]

@Sith'ari Azithoth No, she is a princess. She is the great-great granddaughter of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III (1845-1921) King 1913-1918

[@rfresa]

"von Bayern" means "of Bavaria", so you don't have to use them both! 😉

[@strumstrummer]

How can somebody with a username using the word angry say such a sweet thing? Thanks for the info. ;)

[@adamkatav9752]

Once, a raven flew by me with a pecan and kept dropping it near me. So I cracked it open and the raven immediately took it and left.

[@friendlystranger167]

Adam: Crow's can be trained to drop found coins in a feeder for a bit of food. Train 1 crow, he trains the locals by example. Believe a feeder collects about $30. a month. Put 10 on roofs spread around busy spots of town and 'UREEKA' almost $300. a month in untaxed income. Now if you can teach them to not drop pennies. LOL.

[@TeaParty1776]

Like the raven ,you perceive w/o reasoning.

[@youmustpaythetrolltoll8517]

Nice!

[@Raz.C]

That was good of you because ravens/ crows have been observed using traffic to do this; They'll take nuts to a road and drop them where they know cars travel. They wait for a car to pass and run over the nut, cracking it, allowing them to get at the inside bits. Not the safest thing for crows/ ravens to do, so I'm glad this one trained humans to do it more safely :)

[@binkydonna]

did it ever come back to do something nice for you?

[@sleesullivan2796]

Years and years ago, I was sitting inside the passenger side of my mother's car, gazing out the window at two large trucks that happened to be parked in front of me. They both had jutting mirrors on both sides, and the right side mirror of one nearly touched the left side mirror of the other. In a streak, a swallow passed above, ducked, cut as closely as possible under the mirrors, then up again, and like a shot flew away. I was just a young teen but it was as clear as anything I could know that the bird did that for fun, because there was absolutely no practical reason to take that risk. Ever since, I've been fascinated by birds of every kind.

[@mickeyklein6008]

She has my respect for her willingness to put herself in obviously an uncomfortable position for her love of corvids

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

CORVID19... the new threat...

[@patrickcollin2949]

i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.

[@deanjerome1981]

@Patrick Collin instablaster =)

[@leisulin]

Agreed, Mickey. It takes a lot of courage for her to stand up there and make this presentation in English, which is obviously not her native language!

[@K4113B4113]

@@deanjerome1981 lmao lamest promotion I've ever seen. Let me guess Patrick Collin is supposed to be thought of as a different person than you?😅

[@sgste]

I felt so bad for her losing the bird right at the beginning. She seemed really shy and put off by the whole thing - but powered through and gave a fantastic presentation. Not to mention Tuli provided a well timed source of comic relief to keep engagement!

[@abcrane]

she suffered separation anxiety for sure:)

[@DJWRailroad]

Most definitely. The concern in her eyes as she looked up and scanned the rear of the auditorium toward the end of the video was sad but sweet, she was obviously very concerned. Excellent (Ausgezeichnet), fascinating presentation.

[@abcrane]

i once felt that way about a certain German Short-haired Pointer named "Gus" lol

[@halflanding]

Agreed wholeheartedly ! You can tell she is a really genuine person, a princess presenting in a foreign language no less.

[@MrNimbus420]

She believes she is better than the bird.

[@waterbird91]

My belief is that there is no line between us humans & animals. Animals have emotions exactly like us. Their lives MATTER. WE ARE EQUALS & ALL ANIMALS DESERVE OUR RESPECT..

[@TeaParty1776]

They are equal to you.

[@TeaParty1776]

@Berserker I am equal to me. I matter to me.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

"animal" comes from "having breath/moved by a soul", from the root word anima (breath/soul) for instance, to animate is to instill a soul into something, to give it breath, make it alive of course we all are animals, humans are just a kind of animal you don't have to "believe" anything when you can know it for sure

[@TeaParty1776]

Only man reasons.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

@@TeaParty1776 you say that after you watched a video demonstrating the problem solving abilities of birds you talk about reasoning yet you do no reasoning

[@NymphetaminexXxGrrrl]

I noticed something the other day with crows, i have a rottweiler who is very overly enthusiastic about life and wants to investigate everything so he saw some birds in one of the trees in my yard and went galloping like a freaking horse racing up to the tree and all the other birds who were higher up and clearly at a safe distance still panicked and flew away, yet the crow who was only a couple feet away from my dogs jumping height remained on his lower branch completely unphased and then only after a few minutes of sitting there looking bored while my dog tried to jump higher, the bird finally flew away at its own convenience as if mocking my dog. It understood perfectly well that it was safe while other birds 10 feet higher or so still fled. So it seems to have a good concept of not only the size of the potential threat but how high it can jump and within a moment calculated it had nothing to worry about.

[@henzsol6771]

Curiosity was probably the driving force, not lack of anxiety. Corvids and very inquisitive birds. They want to investigate everything.

[@TeaParty1776]

> So it seems to have a good concept Sense, not concept. Concepts are of units.

[@TheBirchCreek]

I have read reports of crows staying still in the trees when a hunter / a forester approaches without a rifle, but fleeing immediately when they see the very same person at a distance, carrying a rifle on their shoulder.

[@sobreaver]

I bet it was a raven rather then a crow, ravens tend to be smoother and calmer, less high pitch, less nervous, anyhow :P

[@deckearns]

Often when driving on the motorway I notice crows eating road kill. As soon as any car comes along the crows simply hop to the side of the road just onto the other side of the road marking the slow lane. Then, once the car passes they go back eating. They have literally learned that cars won't cross the road lines/markings and that they are safe

[@ognjenstv4477]

i've seen crows put nuts on the centre of the road while traffic lights are on and then wait for cars to go over them and crack them

[@tommyt1971]

Have you seen the Ted talk with the guy -- first name is Joshua I think -- who showed how a crow got a piece of meat out of a tube? Watch that one, it made me jaw drop when I first saw it.

[@katiekat4457]

She did a great job considering that she’s doing a public talk in a second language and has the distraction of having her bird on her hand and then having the bird on the loose. Her bird was heckling her during most of her talk....lol

[@erstereihe.tvhighdefinitio1491]

very brave performance, thanks for your presentation and courage to take us into your world of discoveries!

[@oliverrojas3185]

While in flight I am always amazed how cooperatively birds work together. It also appears that when feeding, birds legimately wait their turn to feed amongst each other, rather than engaging in a frenzied feeding fest.

[@missFindlesticks]

Birds are awesome, I have observed many intelligent behaviours in my pet chickens over the years, everything from looking round the back of my laptop to see what may be causing the live images on the screen, one of my female turkeys did this too, saw the screen and immediately moved her head to check around the back. I had a chicken who was sleeping behind a curtain and when I pulled it open to let her know it was getting up time she grabbed the curtain with her beak and pulled it back again

[@TeaParty1776]

> intelligent behaviours in my pet chickens you can hypnotize chickens with bits of food in a straight line.

[@patcampbell2664]

Love chickens. Had 19 of them and they were fascinating

[@anndaniels3545]

That's so cool!!

[@CC-uv2wo]

I had a parrot who was such a fussy eater. I tried to tempt him like a child by tasting the food and saying " mmm, so good" and put the food up to his beak. With his beak, he proceeded to push the food toward me and said"mmm". All I could do is laugh. Then, I adopted for him a girl parrot. She ate anything. Suddenly he was eating everything. Many conclusions can be drawn from his behavior. I was just grateful that he was eating a good variety to stay healthy.

[@shintenkai1648]

I respect people who take their time to understand animal intelligence instead if exploit economic value

[@ElliottRodgers]

Corvids are amazing. Big respect for Princess Auguste doing a TED Talk especially in her second language

[@janjapolanec9426]

Obviously she speaks French,too. And rides horses?

[@ArthurMoore-ii8nn]

Ask any dog or cat owner and they'll tell you that animals think, communicate and have feelings/ emotions. Not sure why so many think animals are like moving vegetables or something.

[@iamunamed5800]

@@karstentopp And they're not incapable of reason. They can do more than just be trained to do amusing tricks for us. When my dog is bored he starts taking books out of the bookshelf to get attention.

[@ishmaelforester9825]

.nobody familiar with animals thinks that negative,. but corvid birds are special

[@ishmaelforester9825]

they're tremendously intelligent, also relatively comfortable around us and tameable

[@corvidox]

You clearly didn't pay attention

[@kalandkarazor-el3088]

She is adorable!! I saw a bunch of her actual research videos then found this. She seems very shy and nervous but that was a great presentation. It's difficult to grasp when just explained but to see the birds in action is something else

[@stevelarouche1780]

Birds are fascinating, they are Earth's expressions of beauty, elegance and intelligence. They are omnipresent in our lives and remind us of the necessary most important relationship between us and all animals. Birds are a bridge between us and Earth...they convey our planet sacred wisdom...we should really pay close attention their messages; we must take better care of our home...our very existence depends on it. You want to see angels ...Observe birds. You want to hear the angels ...listen to birds. You want your prayers answered ...ask the birds. Love birds...love Earth...love yourself. I am 2Crows. Great talk, thank you. It's time. 💫⚡💞🌎💞⚡💫

[@stonecoldranblesfan862]

It's obvious the crow was thinking 'your voice is all over the place, I'm gonna go check it out'

[@feralcorvid4122]

That's a jackdaw

[@rfresa]

Interesting. I hadn't considered that the sound system of the room might have confused her.

[@colaforest1]

She forgot to mention she's also a princess of bavaria

[@corvuscorone7735]

Because it is not important for her research or her brilliant ability to give this talk ;)

[@merrybolton2135]

Ok but so what

[@deadfishy666]

Best princess ever.

[@marialuke2116]

Well, I figure it would distract from the focus of the speech. It was about birds, not her position of royalty/power. She wanted people to think about what she said based on how she presented the facts, not based on her position of power.

[@Ijumpandfly]

Why would anyone care if she said that? She didint come to say who she is but she came to speak about birds...

[@gushutchinson8758]

I hand reared a Magpie,Jason,when I was a kid and it was so amazing. I always wanted to go on to hand rear a Jackdaw who they say are even more intelligent and whacky. The idea with Jason was always to allow him to return to the wild at his own pace ,which he did over a 2 to 3 year period, giving us all so much comedy value and sharing his mind blowing abilities like meeting my train back from school!!! Mad eh?

[@davescopes249]

Gus Hutchinson hi. I had a Jackdaw for about 10 year's. she was fantastic. sadly she died after 10 year's. last summer in fact. she was crazy. funny. but very interesting and intelligent. I kept her in a big shed and aviary with my pigeons and chicken. she could go out whenever she wanted. but she always Chose to come back. if ever you get the chance to get a baby Jackdaw then grab that chance. I'm not saying take one from the nest but if you know where some nest then have a look around because nearly always find at least one that has fallen from its nest. 👍

[@emilywhittle1420]

I live on the Island of Newfoundland, and my father told me when he was a kid, they used to catch young crows and tame them as pets because they couldn’t afford Canaries or other birds like Parrots. (And honestly, with our weather, I don’t think those species would’ve survived pre-whole house heating) They taught these Crows to talk and mimic. Mind you I don’t think “taught” would be a good term for them. Their so smart that I think they taught THEMSELVES to say what people wanted them too simply because they knew they’d get treats/food. They used to house them in chicken coops at night, but during the day they used to keep them on their forearms or shoulders with a tie down. Although, Dad said they hardly ever flew away until they became breeding age, which when they got that age, they’d release them. But the crows that HAD been pets routinely stayed in the area of the houses because they knew food was there.

[@blindlibertyartkollective3463]

I love how she can recognize Tuli's various calls. What a beautiful relationship

[@macpduff2119]

I l ove crows. They are very smart and social. I hope she got her crow back safely

[@iAWP-]

Great talk, exactly what I was looking for! I'm 23 & have loved birds all my life.. but only recently when I started learning about consciousness, evolution, cognition etc did I start realising the extent of avian intelligence. such a fascinating topic :D our winged brothers and sisters (of 300million yrs ago) are much cleverer than we give em credit for lol

[@fishypaw]

Great talk, the only thing missing is ... I wanted to watch the fun of retrieving Dohli at the end. ;0)

[@albertbozesan]

I can tell you about that - it involved tasty worms and staying in the lecture hall for quite some time after the event, with Auguste trying different bird calls. Dohli came back safe and sound :)

[@psg6065]

I met one single magpie at the San Diego Zoo- and ever since I have respected birds for their intelligence.

[@_Muescha_]

Hammer Vortrag! Auch sehr symphatisch und mutig trotz der unsicherheit in der Sprache sich auf diese Bühne zu stellen. Respekt!

[@sleesullivan2796]

I can read this much German. "Birds are Jerks! You done a good job!"

[@laurenzerl5159]

so unsicher in der Sprache ist sie nicht, sie hat in England studiert

[@reme001]

Auguste, that must have been so difficult trying to give a talk with your little friend getting noisy. I wish you had shown the video about the crow who figured out that if he filled up a tube with water the peanut would rise to the top. Have to give you kudos for making it thru the talk. Oh, a Princess and a professional animal researcher. What an exciting, challenging life.

[@emmalol5202]

Part of working with/raising birds is understanding them lol. If anyone here has ever had a bird for an extended period of time it just becomes second nature to be able to translate their every sound and move just like she did. "Now she's bored, she's complaining" it's really sweet

[@kulmainer]

Dear Auguste, thanks for this great video. You are right, birds are maybe one of the most interesting and fascinating animals in this world! Look at the pigeons - they can find their way home to the partner even after released hundreds of kilometers away from their home and isn´t that something magic? I think your jackdow "Dohli" is showing this to you every day! In my youth I had a Magpie for one summer but sadly didn´t come back one day. But birds, maybe especially the species of the corvids are certainly so intelligent and dear Auguste of Bayern I want to thank you again for all of your researches you provided to us! All the Best out of Bavaria - viele liebe Grüße aus Bayern und der Oberpfalz bei Weiden, Auguste nochmals vielen Dank!

[@firewaterbydesign]

Cockatoo's are by far the most intelligent birds on this planet!!! I have been owned by one for many years now and I continue to be amazed by her intelligence, as well as her emotions. Of the many years that I have had and raised birds, nothing could have prepared me for the intelligence of a cockatoo!! She is like having a child that NEVER grows up, but grows smarter by the day. I never dreamed that I would be having a battle of wits with a bird on a daily basis, and some days I do not win!! lol!!

[@firewaterbydesign]

@King Louis!! As can a cockatoo!!

[@firewaterbydesign]

@King Louis!! My cockatoo use to have 2 crow stalkers when I lived just off of the promenade in Seaside. They followed us home from our walk one day. They would sit outside on the power line and wait for her to come out on the deck. I never allowed for them to get close to her due to diseases. I think that they delighted in the fact that she could scream just like the did, only exponentially louder!! They stayed close by all that summer, but come the high winds on the headlands come mid fall and winter, EVERY birdie and touron (tourist+moron) evacuates the our area until and we get our coastline and hurricane winds back until spring. 🌊🐳🐚

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

When i was born my parents took me overseas to see my grand parents for the first time. 10 years later i went back and this bird wouldnt leave me alone. My grandmother told me "oh thats the crow. The one that liked you when you were born" i thought she was telling me a church tale or something.

[@theravendiaries]

What baffles me is how long it's taken the scientific community to figure out what those of us who work hand and hand with live animals have been saying all along. Animals are surprisingly smarter than what the scientific community gave them credit for. Brain size has very little to do with it.

[@carlpen850]

We don't give other animals the credit they deserve... we use the term "animal instinct" rather then admit they have certain levels of intelligence. I really doubt we would have survived as a species if it wasn't for dogs befriending us.

[@peepopalaber]

and you also know that many people who work hand in hand with live animals often tend to anthropomorphize the animals. not the size, its the density. and the scientific community where the first who credited animals for their intelligence.

[@MankindDiary]

Maybe because scientific community follows facts, not personal preferences.

[@Arcae95]

theravendiaries brain size 100% does matter. Brain size relative to body size of course but nonetheless it still matters

[@PrimateProductions]

Grizzoh well..they didn't "domesticate" us..not at all.

[@bobthompson4319]

I love how she knows what the crow that is bonded with her is saying.

[@PabluchoViision]

Excellent presentation. The description of the bird working a splinter off the aviary frame and then using it to maneuver a peanut to where the bird could get at it-followed by film of the incident-was quite powerful. I think it’s beyond all doubt that the bird analyzed the problem, formed a plan in its mind, and executed the plan. A complex task, calling for considerable intelligence. (The speaker also admirably prevailed, as a number of readers have pointed out, over adverse circumstances in the form of the bird’s escape, and the language challenge.)

[@ericfelds6291]

Fantastic and enlightening performance. I’ve always understood they were intelligent creature, but I didn’t know it was anywhere near great apes! Wonderful talk!!!!

[@bobthompson4319]

i love the fact that corvids will make a tool so they can use that tool to make another tool and use it for a task that they had in mind figured out how to get the task done by making the tool. and that when they imitate a sound like a word that they will do it so well that they even imitate the accent of the person that they are trying to imitate. they are ssooooooo cool and amazing creatures. 💖

[@chrisdavis9325]

Great talk. I've been promoting bird intelligence for a few decades now. Birdbrain? Insult or Compliment? I'll side with the latter. I mostly studied African Greys but as a keen ornithologist I study birds in general and never tire of studying them. Although very often I felt like I was the mind being studied. Again, thankyou for your talk and insight you've given. 🐣🐥🦅🕊

[@Slowmotion1225]

You could tell she loves that bird. Anxiety shot through the roof after awhile.

[@georgequiroz5691]

I respect this Woman Beautiful Performance. Not many people can speak in front of a camera let alone an audience.

[@redbirdjams]

My neighbors set out food for crows and all around the feeding area are trinkets and odd little items that i believe were left there by the crows, perhaps as a "thank you". Having pets myself, i can totally understand the distraction of being concerned about Dohli. Great subject, nice talk, one of the best smiles ever....

[@Silverstreak7878]

Crows have been known to leave little thank you gifts for food.

[@elizabethm7090]

Great talk! Love Corvids, so intelligent! I have a whole family that lives outside my home. They are truly amazing :)

[@sadisticnobility6579]

While they’re not as smart as CORVIDs, pigeon intelligence is underrated. Pigeons can actually be trained to read, and they’re capable of passing the mirror test. Another unique thing that they are capable of would be distinguishing art, plus birds in this family can categorize.

[@DonFahquidmi]

At 6:30 she stated that we humans have the ability to dream up ways to escape our natural limitations in ways that animals could never do. But then again that journey to flight and the succeeding one to space may not have occurred without the inspiration of the animal kingdom. Would the Wright brothers have followed their dream so fervently had not the birds, the bees, and the butterflies demonstrated that it was indeed possible?

[@erissablackthorn9444]

I think certain planes were based off of birds. Like the eagle's curling wingtips that help it with something. Some planes have almost the same design with the tips of the wings raised up to decrease drag.

[@TeaParty1776]

And Marx observed ants and then created “scientific communism."

[@ThePoisongirl1973]

Amazing Lady! And giving this presentation in a foreign language. She doesn't need to mention she is a Princess of the House of Bavaria. That' s not relevant. She is a scientist. Wonderful presentation!

[@0neChecker]

Thank you for this, very enlightening!! The difference between human and animal. Simply I loved this!

[@ambraiezzi5037]

Brava. This is it, what ultimately distinguishes humans from the other animals. Great job!

[@sillysallyceli]

I love crows and ravens and now jackdaws

[@PrimateProductions]

sillysallyceli they are all pretty close to the same thing

[@mwmentor]

I think that her bird might have been confused because her voice was being reproduced via loudspeakers at various points around the auditorium... hence it wasn’t sure where she was... I think that the speaker was a bit upset by her jackdaw flying away... nevertheless great talk and really interesting... birds are amazing 😃👍🏻

[@tijan8948]

I turned my back on a raven once and he stole my sandwich!

[@DonFahquidmi]

Ravens are thieves. They love shiny trinkets. They're also extortionists. In New Mexico, there was a gang running a protection racket. they showed up at my camp acting like thugs so I appeased them with Doritos. One year I showed up without the Doritos and they made a big fuss. Fearing for my safety, I made a trip to the general store and got some. I also had a stash of costume jewelry bracelets and would occasionally leave one where they could steal it. when they did, I would put on a show of righteous indignation. I miss those guys.

[@187Ares]

Jody Fulford I bet you stole the Ravens bike before! 😂 no offence mate :D

[@jaschabull2365]

At least he didn't steal any of your celestial bodies...

[@ruthsherratt9731]

@The Rockall Times share and share alike

[@ishmaelforester9825]

a gull will take a sandwich because food. a raven will take and hide anything because interesting.

[@celestial1933]

Sometimes I think birds are smarter than we are. I have 2 African Greys that are amazing talkers. They only talk when they feel like it, and always seem to make conversation when the atmosphere is right. Only a fellow bird owner would know what I mean.

[@amberstarr23]

celestial1933 😂

[@BaxterRoss]

Ya, gimme a call when they learn to build a nuclear reactor.

[@sleesullivan2796]

Absolutely. And when you video them, they shut right up.

[@oxcart4172]

An African Grey called Alex was the first animal to ask a human a question! They were teaching him about colours and at some point he asked "What colour am I!"

[@MatthewSmith-vc8go]

I adore this woman and admire her research.

[@reaganwiles_art]

I saw a crow at Grandfather Mountain, NC pick up a large piece of gravel, fly over a crowd of tourists and drop the rock from a height of some thirty or forty feet above the crowd. The rock bounced off the outcropping that the people stood on. I laughed out loud in genuine astonishment and admiration of the crow.

[@tommychong5466]

She’s so intelligent i love her

[@novanettle7497]

I have noticed that wild jackdaws are way more comfortable around me when I don't look directly at them. So when I wait for the bus in the morning before work and a jackdaw walks up closer to me, I will avert my eyes so that they can go about their buisness without me making them nervous.

[@josephhebert8760]

Awesome presentation. Beautiful all around.

[@billnorris7999]

I know my comments are very late but I just saw this. I enjoyed it very much Augusta. I am Australian and lately had the time to do research on subjects I actually enjoy. I have seen many Australian Crows, or maybe there Ravens, in the Bush and Desserts but many scavenging on our outback roads/tracks. I believe they are very intelligent. Another bird I often see is the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. They roost by the thousands along the Murray River. .

[@christinekennedy601]

Thank you. Crows are always fascinating

[@jimmyhawk3270]

When you call her, your voice, coming from the speakers, echos around the auditorium, confusing/scaring her.

[@malovela]

I once bought a pretty big bag of crisps and went to sit in a park and eat some of them. I sat down, opened the bag, took a couple of crisps, and then a magpie swooped down and flew off with the whole bag. At the sight of the bird flying off with a crisp bag perhaps thrice its size, my amusement far overshadowed my regret. :) I wonder if it wanted the bag for its glossiness, the crisps inside it for food, or maybe both?

[@rldittmann2629]

The speaker language stumbled a little -- but I enjoyed her presentation and learned a lot from her and would willingly listen to another presentation from her.

[@malovela]

My mum used to raise chickens, and there was this one chick that kept escaping the coop. My mum examined the coop a few times, finding no way the chick could get out. Finally, one day, she happened to catch it in the act. There was a feeding trough very close to the wall, with a narrow gap behind it, and the chick sort of made itself flat and dropped through the gap on purpose, then ran underneath the floorboards to a hole that led to the outside. Pretty clever. The question is, did it drop through the gap once by accident and then later remembered how that led to freedom, or did it decide to try it out based on a theory?

[@caddyjoint96]

As far as the birds being smart and handy with using small sticks as tools, you have to remember that they've been practicing using spindle-like objects ever since they evolved from ground-dwelling animals to flying animals living in trees. Birds build nests using twigs and any other small spindly objects they can find to build a durable mesh, so they've been naturally adept at mentally grasping three-dimensional structures and the purposeful manipulation of the same -- for a very long time. However, that does not make their intelligence any less amazing.

[@caddyjoint96]

@King Louis!! All life on earth began in the oceans as one-cell animals. Nothing began existence as flying creatures or even crawling creatures. Single-cell animals are microscopic in size and do not have wings, legs, eyes, ears or anything else that we recognize today as familiar "animals." Some small four-legged creatures not much larger than mice became accustomed to running in leaps and bounds to escape predators. Through the process of natural selection the ones who could leap the furthest and highest became better survivors. It got even better for them when they developed feathers and lighter bodies (by having bones composed of closed-cell bubbles (like a foam structure which is mostly air). This allowed birds to jump even further and higher until they reached the point in evolution where they could actually remain aloft and escape the ground completely.

[@steveyv963]

Excellent presentation!

[@zacjarguar2619]

good presentation...understanding of this complex bird sanitation is an interesting fact, you got to love wild life for that.

[@watjejanssen7535]

Real stunning presentation love it !

[@dylankopff1935]

I had to raise a Robin I was amazed how intelligent it was ,he was like a little computer remembering every routine, interaction,it understood everything I tried to do for it

[@michelekurlan7950]

very compassionate presentation. Other animals do have volition and feelings and more. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's classic," the hidden life of dogs" bears this out.

[@visamap]

thank u all very much

[@MostlyPeaceful__]

Crows used to show up to the drive through window I worked at. They basically tried to open the window or would just scream at me until I gave them a French fry each. It was hilarious, I shake my fist every time I see a crow now.

[@mlambrechts1]

the bird flew away bc it heard her voice through the speakers; everytime she called it, the bird did not know where the voice was coming from.

[@john-brady]

Three cheers for the Corvids! Another thought provoking TED talk. More animal behavior talks please

[@briana3467]

Am I the only one who thinks she's really cute?

[@navi6981]

Brian A i was just thinking that as well. She looks distinguished, too.

[@briana3467]

If I were twenty years younger I would not hesitate taking her home to meet my parents,and they were quite discerning.Dignified,refined=VERY attractive.+If that's your pic in avatar I'd say you easily fit in the same category.,very beautiful.

[@TheTrailRabbit]

Princess Auguste Marie Philippa von Bayern is the oldest daughter of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. She is married to the lawyer Ferdinand Prinz of the Lippe-Weißenfeld family. (source: Wikipedia). Sorry Brian, I don't think the Princess of Bavaria wants to go home with you to meet your folks.

[@briana3467]

And I'm still not twenty years younger.

[@CraigPestell]

The intelligence doesn't hurt either.

[@patrickboudreau3846]

When i was young, a friend of mine had a crow. We use to go walk on the beach around tourists while the crow was flying above. To impress the tourists, we would put our arms out and call the crow. Of course he would come and land on our arm immediately. We ere only able to call one crow...but attracted many young girls this way ;) Crows are very intelligent and so were we lolll

[@manalani3724]

wonderful talk...thank you.

[@reallivebluescat]

well, did the bird come back??

[@CynthiaDarksteel]

I love the fascinated attitude from that jackdaw, she wanted to explore the place.

[@galidorn1]

besides not wanting to sit continuously in bright direct light, the speakers of the auditorium projecting Auguste's voice was probably making her curious, id say soon as she called her without the speakers on she'd zero in and come back.

[@thejudge9812]

I have befriended 2 crows in recent months. They are so so intelligent! Like the lady here says they are a couple and they know that I will leave a few nuts at my front gate every morning. I’ve also done some little experiments with them one of them I will share with the comments here. One day I put a number of nuts out for the birds as I would do as normal. But one day I went back outside after I’d left the few nuts outside and took 3 nuts back inside and I could not believe they knew that those 3 nuts were missing and I watched the pair from afar searching everywhere for those missing nuts. I did put them back eventually but it taught me that they had counted what was there the 1st time which was amazing. They also hide the nuts but if they think another bird or animal is watching them they will pretend to leave them at a given spot and even hide a stone instead.

[@leopardspotsmusic]

Fascinating! Thank you!

[@tommyt1971]

[Bird flies off, won't come when called] Doralee, you're making me look bad!

[@saxchillz2328]

Great work excellent work Auguste very interesting Thankyou for your work your Amazing

[@nandansubramanian5889]

The ending of the monologue just did it for me!

[@bobthompson4319]

the crow is great. when she was board it sounded like laughter

[@MeganDinerman]

I wanted to see her rescue Dohli!

[@oliverrojas3185]

Excellent talk. Thanks

[@nekoayazz5481]

I have always loved crows or animals in general

[@pecassidymccluskey1936]

yes, she was amazing. fascinating lecture

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Her voice is like a Lullaby. I feel sleepy now in the morning!

[@mikeoak5289]

On a backpacking trip in the mountains I heard angry, shrill voices cursing at each other. I want to investigate and saw that it was 2 ravens.

[@perbacksten2285]

Corvids are interesting, i use to give the magpies and jackdaws that live in my area food sometimes ( not bread, dogfood). They now recognise me and Arent as afraid, but i have no intention in taming them. Sometimes the magpies and jackdaws fight a little . But i noticed the jackdaws come two, One keeping watch were the angry magpie are, the other going for the food 😄

[@Prezzo1990]

Thank you Auguste von Bayern!

[@isobellabrett]

It is pretty amazing that Dohli was still alive in 2017! She must have been close to 10 ys by then.

[@johannageisel5390]

They can become 20 years, even in the wild. Crows get similarly old.

[@runpurebloodrun2355]

We are truly all connected

[@julesdelorme5192]

Crows are just so cool!

[@sloaneglover1026]

What about octopi?

[@callyz]

amazing birds and presentation

[@shemirama1408]

Great talk - just want Dohli to come back at the end!