Wednesday, September 24, 2008

He says I'm more like a Chimp than a Crow

Auckland University's findings about New Caledonian Crows solving problems explained. (Chimps get frustrated and break tools when they can't solve a problem, ergo the post title.)

Reading


Vid mini lecture part 1



Vid mini lecture part 2



PhD student explains experiment


So, "birdbrain" is no longer an insult, just so you know.

2 complaints:

phlegmfatale said...

Yeah, I've heard so much about the intelligence of birds, particularly crows. It's wild, innit? And kind of cool.

Meg in Nelson said...

Yeah, there are scary stories about urbanization and crows back home. Like groups of crows attacking one particular person who was mean to one crow in the past... Lucky we don't seem to have them around here...