hand fed a crow hot cheetos right outside the palace of fine arts. good times.
Crows are even smarter than we thought
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#132What is the difference between a raven and crow?
"If you see a corvid and think, 'ooh, is that a raven?', then it's a crow. If you instead think, 'dear lord that's the biggest bird I've ever seen', then it's a raven."
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#134We put a lot of effort and funding into trying to contact other intelligent lifeforms in this universe. Why should we believe we can understand each other if we can't even understand the intelligent lifeforms right next to us?
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#135This is interesting. However, too bad a British university is working with a russian university
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
We should establish that the crow would only 'attack' any human living in this flat (and neglect any other human walking by this back alley).
I’m surprised no one has attempted to train crows for use in asymmetrical warfare. At least before the advent of cheap drones.
This is a bit in a Chris Morris movie called Four Lions.
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#137Have posted this before, but it really left an impression about crows, and the bond between their mates: Years ago I was putting out the garbage in the back alley behind our building where I lived on the 8th floor. A crow attacked me out of the blue. Distracted by the attack, the back door slammed shut behind me. Since my key was only good for the front door, I had to walk around the building. That damn crow followed…
We should establish that the crow would only 'attack' any human living in this flat (and neglect any other human walking by this back alley).
Should also establish that the crow on the balcony is the same one that attacked after line of sight was broken during the trip back upstairs.
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#138Have posted this before, but it really left an impression about crows, and the bond between their mates: Years ago I was putting out the garbage in the back alley behind our building where I lived on the 8th floor. A crow attacked me out of the blue. Distracted by the attack, the back door slammed shut behind me. Since my key was only good for the front door, I had to walk around the building. That damn crow followed…
Corvids can recognise faces and they are territorial and know the humans in their territory.
> Corvids can recognise faces
They can also "share that knowledge of dangerous humans with other crows". [1]
[1] https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/grudge-holding...
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#139Make sure you are kind to our crow friends, judging by the trajectory of these articles I fear their intelligence is growing as fast as ours is dropping.
While that's definitely a joke, I wouldn't be that surprised by a human getting outwitted by a crow even today.
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#140We put a lot of effort and funding into trying to contact other intelligent lifeforms in this universe. Why should we believe we can understand each other if we can't even understand the intelligent lifeforms right next to us?
“Science? Nonsense! In this situation mediocrity and genius are equally useless! I must tell you that we really have no desire to conquer any cosmos. We want to extend the Earth up to its borders. We don't know what to do with other worlds. We don't need other worlds. We need a mirror. We struggle to make contact, but we'll never achieve it. We are in a ridiculous predicament of man pursuing a goal that he fears and that he really does not need. Man needs man."
- Solaris