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If they developed an adaptation to step eating for over a day by associating a dead bird with poisoned food or some other danger, wouldn't a more effective resp
by bfe 14y ago
If they developed an adaptation to step eating for over a day by associating a dead bird with poisoned food or some other danger, wouldn't a more effective response be to leave for somewhere else? They stop eating for over a day while also calling each other over and gathering together around the dead body. Applying the term "funeral" is a really unscientific and poorly chosen description, but that is an interesting collection of behaviors.
I get an eerie feeling sometimes watching Western scrub jays, gray jays, and Steller's jays and how complex their behavior can seem.
- lutusp 14y ago> I get an eerie feeling sometimes watching Western scrub jays, gray jays, and Steller's jays and how complex their behavior can seem. All members of the family Corvidae (along with crows and ravens), and all quite intelligent -- so intelligent that the meant-to-be-critical phrase "bird-brain" seems too wide of the mark. I just discovered that Corvids pass the mirror test. I've always known them to be very smart, but this is a new twist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test