Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows



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http://www.ted.com Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.


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Could we be seeing ... ( 1 month ago by thynocturne)
Could we be seeing the emergence of the next "great intelligence"?
Awesome!
i thought that was ... ( 1 month ago by leanonme1)
i thought that was supposed to be squid :P
Array ( 1 month ago by ishaan55)
@catabuse
That is so funny! I'm in a library right now trying so hard not to laugh out loud!
Now I LOVE those ... ( 1 month ago by dorotwhy)
Now I LOVE those crows that squawk at me when I'm in the garden.
I've always ... ( 1 month ago by fatuesque)
I've always respected the intelligence of crows.
That's amazing. ( 1 month ago by kitsunde)
That's amazing.
Carlos Casteneda ... ( 1 month ago by yokolee666)
Carlos Casteneda wrote about how a shaman turned him into a crow ... growing a beak, eyes going sideway... viewing the world a crow does..
Jurassic Park ... ( 1 month ago by tardesnegras)
Jurassic Park reference? Nice
Rather incredible. ... ( 1 month ago by aquatix)
Rather incredible. I'm going to have to look more into crows, never realized how intelligent they are.
No wonder Edgar ... ( 1 month ago by jackjen1)
No wonder Edgar Allen Poe wrote a famous poem called "The Raven". That was in 1845.
Crows and ravens ... ( 1 month ago by korechnyevaya86)
Crows and ravens are actually two different birds.
Raven belongs to ... ( 1 month ago by jackjen1)
Raven belongs to genus Corvus, it is a 'Crow', and there are many different types.
A decade of work ... ( 4 weeks ago by Truthiness231)
A decade of work but it paid off. This is now one of my favorite videos from TED; that was all sorts of awesomeness in just over 10 minutes.
... correction, ... ( 4 weeks ago by Truthiness231)
... correction, that was an even 10:00.
very much enjoyed ... ( 4 weeks ago by goingwithzed)
very much enjoyed that in particular the synopsis. we have a need for things that other species would gladly do in exchange for something we come by easily... nuts and search and rescue was a great example
Respect the crows! ( 3 weeks ago by xiner)
Respect the crows!
wow crows are ... ( 3 weeks ago by BeeMagz)
wow crows are awesome
Ravens are crows - ... ( 2 weeks ago by revjimbob)
Ravens are crows - members of the crow family.
I remember a few ... ( 1 week ago by BoozyBeggar)
I remember a few years back Adam Carolla talking about trained attack crows on loveline and how cool it would be to have attack crows.
Fantastic. ( 1 week ago by importpunch)
Fantastic.
This reminds me of ... ( 1 week ago by tigsdk)
This reminds me of a German (I think) experiment where they found out that one old crow recognised herself in the mirror, which is a VERY intelligent thing to do.
I was hoping that ... ( 5 days ago by papatoony)
I was hoping that after all the coins were gone off of the ground the crows would go out into the city, pick up change and then fly it back to the vending machine to buy peanuts. Wouldn't that be a logical next step??
I know, even I ... ( 5 days ago by papatoony)
I know, even I wouldn't have thought of that! LOL
it sounded like his ... ( 2 days ago by zettabyte)
it sounded like his sub msg was "crows aren't working so lets train them to need money and then give them jobs"



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