> The Australian Magpie is also extremely intelligent, surprisingly they're not part of the Corvus family but they are very, very similar. I agree — they’re mo

> The Australian Magpie is also extremely intelligent, surprisingly they're not part of the Corvus family but they are very, very similar. I agree — they’re more intelligent than cockatoos, though it’s not as obvious. At the same university, I once saw two young magpies lying on the ground. Were they hurt? No — they were play-fighting with each other, lying on the ground and using their feet to wrestle. An amazing sight.