Date: 30/06/2018 15:06:57
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1246427
Subject: New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools...

New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools Could Change Our Understanding of Intelligence

It’s a known fact that crows craft and use tools, but how do they know what to do? A new study has blown us away, showing the birds can memorise tool shapes and recreate them from memory.

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Date: 30/06/2018 18:20:43
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1246513
Subject: re: New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools...

Tau.Neutrino said:


New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools Could Change Our Understanding of Intelligence

It’s a known fact that crows craft and use tools, but how do they know what to do? A new study has blown us away, showing the birds can memorise tool shapes and recreate them from memory.

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> New Caledonian crows

Yes, those are the most commonly mentioned.

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Date: 30/06/2018 19:55:03
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1246600
Subject: re: New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools...

> Some, as the above graphic shows, were definitely better at it than others

Um, even I don’t understand how it works.

Can you see? Which crows were best at making tools, and why do you think so?

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Date: 30/06/2018 19:58:43
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1246607
Subject: re: New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools...

mollwollfumble said:


> Some, as the above graphic shows, were definitely better at it than others

Um, even I don’t understand how it works.

Can you see? Which crows were best at making tools, and why do you think so?


Joe’s forked items look useful.

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Date: 30/06/2018 20:45:24
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1246651
Subject: re: New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools...

How the tools were applied would be useful to know.

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Date: 30/06/2018 20:49:39
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1246655
Subject: re: New Discovery of How Crows Use Tools...

Tau.Neutrino said:


How the tools were applied would be useful to know.

In nature, not the vending machine experiment.

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