Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Crows@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoClever crow outsmarts TWO turkey vultures with ONE moveyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: videos@lemmy.world
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkClever crow outsmarts TWO turkey vultures with ONE moveyoutu.beSilverchase@sh.itjust.works to Crows@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: videos@lemmy.world
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-230 days ago“I know! I’ll sneak up behind them, pull their tail feathers, they’ll get spooked and leave, and then I can bathe in peace.” Well done, crow. I’m not sure I would have thought of that…
minus-squareCoelacanthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·30 days agoIt’s more that it gets the one to chase after the other and gets rid of both in one trick. Though I guess whether you believe it was intentional or not is another matter, but given how smart we know they are I choose to believe it.
minus-squareSilverchase@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoThe corvid sense of theory of mind at work
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days ago it gets the one to chase after the other I hadn’t noticed that. That’s… even more impressive.
“I know! I’ll sneak up behind them, pull their tail feathers, they’ll get spooked and leave, and then I can bathe in peace.”
Well done, crow. I’m not sure I would have thought of that…
It’s more that it gets the one to chase after the other and gets rid of both in one trick. Though I guess whether you believe it was intentional or not is another matter, but given how smart we know they are I choose to believe it.
The corvid sense of theory of mind at work
I hadn’t noticed that. That’s… even more impressive.