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Same with "bird brain" as an insult, meanwhile corvid's display quite a bit of intelligence

• jazzyjackson 5y ago
  I’ve always wondered if the corvids notice how bird-brained all the other birds are.
• the_af 5y ago
  It depends on the bird though, doesn't it? I seem to remember (from one of Konrad Lorenz's books maybe?) that while corvids are extremely smart, some other birds are pretty dumb by human standards... I think some raptors, like eagles and hawks, are very simple-minded. It struck me reading this as a kid because I thought eagles were majestic, how come they aren't also smart? Disclaimer: this may very well be outdated scientific understanding of raptors.