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To expand on your mention of crows. Not only do crows learn to recognize PEOPLE by their FACES, they teach their offspring to avoid/mistrust those same people.
by UI_at_80x24 5y ago
To expand on your mention of crows.
Not only do crows learn to recognize PEOPLE by their FACES, they teach their offspring to avoid/mistrust those same people. Those offspring teach their offspring.
So the "grandchild" of the original bird learns to avoid a specific person. *(Note the documentary I watched with this revelation didn't follow any further generations. We don't know how many generations are taught this lesson.)
Think about that for a minute. I don't recognize the people that live 2 houses away from me, these birds teach their young that SPECIFIC humans are dangerous.
This isn't the study I watched, but it's close.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/grudge-holding-crows-pass-on-their-anger-to-family-and-friends https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/grudge-holding...
- Jake_Barnes 5y agoYES! I am pretty sure I have watched the same documentary! It was the one that a town hired a falconer to try to get rid of a murder of crows that had decided to move in? That documentary was so interesting(in my opinion at least). I think it might be on Youtube, but I don't remember the name.