Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows
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http://www.ted.com Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
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| Rather incredible. ... ( 4 months ago by aquatix) |
| Rather incredible. I'm going to have to look more into crows, never realized how intelligent they are. |
| No wonder Edgar ... ( 4 months ago by jackjen1) |
| No wonder Edgar Allen Poe wrote a famous poem called "The Raven". That was in 1845. |
| Crows and ravens ... ( 4 months ago by korechnyevaya86) |
| Crows and ravens are actually two different birds. |
| Raven belongs to ... ( 4 months ago by jackjen1) |
| Raven belongs to genus Corvus, it is a 'Crow', and there are many different types. |
| A decade of work ... ( 4 months ago by Truthiness231) |
| A decade of work but it paid off. This is now one of my favorite videos from TED; that was all sorts of awesomeness in just over 10 minutes. |
| ... correction, ... ( 4 months ago by Truthiness231) |
| ... correction, that was an even 10:00. |
| very much enjoyed ... ( 4 months ago by goingwithzed) |
| very much enjoyed that in particular the synopsis. we have a need for things that other species would gladly do in exchange for something we come by easily... nuts and search and rescue was a great example |
| Respect the crows! ( 3 months ago by xiner) |
| Respect the crows! |
| wow crows are ... ( 3 months ago by BeeMagz) |
| wow crows are awesome |
| Ravens are crows - ... ( 3 months ago by revjimbob) |
| Ravens are crows - members of the crow family. |
| I remember a few ... ( 3 months ago by BoozyBeggar) |
| I remember a few years back Adam Carolla talking about trained attack crows on loveline and how cool it would be to have attack crows. |
| Fantastic. ( 3 months ago by importpunch) |
| Fantastic. |
| This reminds me of ... ( 3 months ago by tigsdk) |
| This reminds me of a German (I think) experiment where they found out that one old crow recognised herself in the mirror, which is a VERY intelligent thing to do. |
| I was hoping that ... ( 3 months ago by papatoony) |
| I was hoping that after all the coins were gone off of the ground the crows would go out into the city, pick up change and then fly it back to the vending machine to buy peanuts. Wouldn't that be a logical next step?? |
| I know, even I ... ( 3 months ago by papatoony) |
| I know, even I wouldn't have thought of that! LOL |
| That was what he ... ( 3 months ago by tekemperor) |
| That was what he implied. |
| it sounded like his ... ( 3 months ago by zettabyte) |
| it sounded like his sub msg was "crows aren't working so lets train them to need money and then give them jobs" |
| i can see the ... ( 2 months ago by SpoolDonkey) |
| i can see the stadium idea working... if they can pick up coins they can pick up trash, the problem is greed, you will need real big garbage colecting machines and a load of peanuts, after the stadium is clean they will not stop, they will keep fetching more and more trash, rocks other dead crows and anything they can get there ''hands'' on. |
| wow!!! thats kinda ... ( 2 months ago by eoinycroiny) |
| wow!!! thats kinda freaky |
| second time ... ( 2 months ago by tardesnegras) |
| second time watching this still amazes me. |
| They are highly ... ( 2 months ago by runnergunner3) |
| They are highly adaptable, so this could be controlled with the introduction of a colored light to trigger them that the machine is now accepting trash. I do find it humorous to think that they may steal someone's hanging laudry or swoop in to nab someone's groceries in order to obtain a peanut. |
| That's amazing ( 1 month ago by Thrillseeker666) |
| That's amazing |
| i always thought ... ( 1 month ago by eightdollarwater) |
| i always thought crows were incredibly dumb. guess i was wrong! |
| so thats wut ... ( 2 days ago by justforwatchingcraps) |
| so thats wut happened to the velociraptors... |
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