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Clever crow outsmarts TWO turkey vultures with ONE move (youtu.be)
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Smart asshole

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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 2 months ago

Brilliant! I love seeing examples of corvid cleverness, blows my mind how smart they are.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"I know! I'll sneak up behind them, pull their tail feathers, they'll get spooked and leave, and then I can bathe in peace."

Well done, crow. I'm not sure I would have thought of that...

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 months ago

It's more that it gets the one to chase after the other and gets rid of both in one trick. Though I guess whether you believe it was intentional or not is another matter, but given how smart we know they are I choose to believe it.

[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

The corvid sense of theory of mind at work

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

it gets the one to chase after the other

I hadn't noticed that. That's... even more impressive.

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