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I've posted this comment before but I grew up in Florida on a decent amount of land for a curious child. One day I was feeding the crows some stale cuban bread,

I've posted this comment before but I grew up in Florida on a decent amount of land for a curious child. One day I was feeding the crows some stale cuban bread, there were probably 5 of them sitting on the fence watching me throw the bread. Each one would fly down and take a piece. One of them flew down and tumbled, his friends started laughing something fierce. His friends then all took turns mimicking his tumble in the grass, you can just tell they were laughing. One would dive bomb into the grass and flop around like an athlete faking an injury while the others were squawking up something fierce. Probably the funniest thing they saw in weeks.

meowface 2y ago
They probably have rich social lives. I wonder how fine-grained their communication signals are.
- azemetre 2y ago
  Probably very good. They've been known to communicate highly specific dangers to other crows and supposedly understand recursion: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crows-perform-yet-another-skill-once-thought-distinctively-human/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crows-perform-yet... I haven't read it yet but there's also a sci-fi book about intelligent society of crows (Children of Time series): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Memory_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Memory_(novel)
  - fuzzfactor 2y ago
    "It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows . . . "
  - shafouzzz 2y ago
    the first book in the series is amazing. Unfortunately it goes down from there. Could not finish the third one ( Crow one )
    - stanac 2y ago
      Third one was interesting but out of place. It didn't move the story forward. Maybe a little bit (I don't want to spoil the ending).
    - azemetre 2y ago
      That's disappointing to hear, I do own all three and plan to hopefully finish them before the years end.
  - BeFlatXIII 2y ago
    > supposedly understood recursion TIL the average corvid is notably smarter than the average compsci undergrad
jug 2y ago
I guess more social fun than this crow using a plastic lid as a sled! https://youtu.be/L9mrTdYhOHg https://youtu.be/L9mrTdYhOHg
- azemetre 2y ago
  I have no doubt in my mind that this crow showed his friends his new pastime. :D

meowface 2y ago

They probably have rich social lives. I wonder how fine-grained their communication signals are.

azemetre 2y ago
Probably very good. They've been known to communicate highly specific dangers to other crows and supposedly understand recursion: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crows-perform-yet-another-skill-once-thought-distinctively-human/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crows-perform-yet... I haven't read it yet but there's also a sci-fi book about intelligent society of crows (Children of Time series): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Memory_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Memory_(novel)
- fuzzfactor 2y ago
  "It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows . . . "
- shafouzzz 2y ago
  the first book in the series is amazing. Unfortunately it goes down from there. Could not finish the third one ( Crow one )
  - stanac 2y ago
    Third one was interesting but out of place. It didn't move the story forward. Maybe a little bit (I don't want to spoil the ending).
  - azemetre 2y ago
    That's disappointing to hear, I do own all three and plan to hopefully finish them before the years end.
- BeFlatXIII 2y ago
  > supposedly understood recursion TIL the average corvid is notably smarter than the average compsci undergrad

jug 2y ago

I guess more social fun than this crow using a plastic lid as a sled! https://youtu.be/L9mrTdYhOHg https://youtu.be/L9mrTdYhOHg

azemetre 2y ago
I have no doubt in my mind that this crow showed his friends his new pastime. :D