Friday, 7 August 2009

The Intelligent Crow


Here is a fascinating tale about the ubiquitous rook, a member of the crow family. Aesop's 2,000 year-old fable was, indeed, true. Rooks may not be the handsomest of birds, nor the most attractive; though their intuitiveness and avian intellect is quite remarkable.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7 August 2009 at 19:03

    An interesting post. Such intelligent birds.

    An excellent wildlife photographer/animal conservationist in British Columbia tells of seeing ravens lead a pack of wolves to the site of a dead animal. The ravens use the help of the wolves to tear open the kill so they can then feed. Here's a link on his website to some photos of ravens and wolves together:

    http://www.pacificwild.org/site/gallery.html

    Ravens are also known to steal fish from ice fishermen as this PBS video shows:

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ravens/video-raven-intelligence/1549/

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  2. Timothy Belmont7 August 2009 at 23:26

    They are remarkable birds.

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