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It's plausible, but I disagree for these reasons. 1. The crow stands on the lid as soon as it puts it down 2. Sometimes the crow waits on the lid 3. T
by jaekwon 15y ago
It's plausible, but I disagree for these reasons.
1. The crow stands on the lid as soon as it puts it down
2. Sometimes the crow waits on the lid
3. The crow slides down with the lid instead of flying off of it
4. The crow flies back to the same spot
5. We already know that crows are rather intelligent
- martinkallstrom 15y agoAll five points would also be true in the case he's trying to find food and being frustrated with not getting any. And missing in your list is "6. The crow is spending most of it's energy picking at the lid." which is not explained by the theory that it is just spending a day in the slopes.
- jaekwon 15y agoNah, don't you think crows know a little better than to expect food to come out of a flat lid (with no container)? If you saw a monkey doing the same, would you think it was looking for food? Why get on the lid and wait, if you're looking for food? Why fly back to the top, if you're looking for food? Why slide down with the lid? etc. I would expect the crow to take other actions, if it were frustrated & looking for food. The crow picks at the lid, possibly to cause a stir to slide further down, but I don't presume that far. There are many reasons for picking at things, if you're a crow.
- scotty79 15y agoAlso when lid got stuck in the snow (at the end of the second good slide) crow could peck it for as long as he liked. If he wanted to get something out of the lid he would continue to do it not fly again to the top. I think the pecking only purpose is to make the lid slide down. Apart from that pecking is the same for him as the touch is for us. We tend to move our hands and fingers a lot to improve our sense of touch when we operate an object.
- martinkallstrom 15y agoHe flies to the top because he needs something hard under the lid, not the soft snow. After two thirds of the video the crow figures out that by having one leg on the "ground" the jar won't slide down when he picks and pulls at it, then spending the last third of the video in this position.