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A cheeky experiment was done to prove this back in the aughts: https://www.science.org/content/article/caveman-or-dick-cheney-crows-know-difference https://www
by nullhole 2y ago
A cheeky experiment was done to prove this back in the aughts:
https://www.science.org/content/article/caveman-or-dick-cheney-crows-know-difference https://www.science.org/content/article/caveman-or-dick-chen...
"In a creative experiment that relied on rubber masks of former Vice President Dick Cheney and other distinctive mugs, researchers have shown that American crows have an uncanny ability to pick a familiar human face out of a crowd."
- 000ooo000 2y agoI vaguely remember a doco (about a study?) where they established similar fear in crows using similar masks. They tracked these crows, waited for them to breed, and tested how the babies responded. Saw this over a decade ago now I'd guess, so my memory is fuzzy, but IIRC the takeaway was that the parent crows were able to communicate the knowledge to their offspring that these masks were bad news.
- eru 2y agoI remember that story from the documentary called 'A Murder of Crows'.
- Modified3019 2y agoStudy in question: https://sci-hub.st/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.022 https://sci-hub.st/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009....