Encephalization?
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Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use but also tool construction. Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals with an encephalization quotient approaching that of some apes.
In medieval times, the crow was thought to live an abnormally long life. They were also thought to be monogamous throughout their long lives. It was thought that the crow could predict the future, in that it was thought to predict rain and reveal ambushes.
I look up at her. Wow, there is more to you than I thought.
“Donk.” Another poop hits the radiator. There’s something even us humans can’t do; poop in our sleep. Well, we could but…never mind.
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There are countless recorded incidents of crows at play. Many behaviorists see play as an essential quality in intelligent animals.
Crows in Queensland, Australia, have learned how to eat the toxic cane toad by flipping the cane toad on its back and violently stabbing the throat where the skin is thinner, allowing the crow to access the non-toxic innards; their long beaks ensure that all of the innards can be removed.
I swallow and look up at her again. Still sleeping. Good.
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Crows have demonstrated the ability to distinguish individual humans by recognizing facial features.
This pops a memory bubble. When was that? Last week maybe, one of these guys was fighting with a walnut up ahead of me. He/she flew as I approached and when I got to it, I crushed the walnut. When I looked back, he/she was pecking away at the meat. Now I’m really feeling like an idiot. She found me? To thank me? Idiot.
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In Hinduism, crows are thought of as carriers of information. They give omens to people regarding their situations. For example, when a crow crows in front of a person's house, he is expected to have special visitors that day. Also, in Hindu literature, crows are believed to embody the souls of the recently deceased.
Yes! She crowed in front of my house and now I have a special visitor. And crows are omens, I remember that from the ancient Greeks. It’s all true! Okay, not all. I do not have a recently deceased soul sitting on my towel. No.
I must have dozed off in the chair right about then.