So..imagine you are a crow
and you are bored. It's been snowing. What do you do?
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 19:53, Reply)
and you are bored. It's been snowing. What do you do?
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 19:53, Reply)
Well. You've ruined it now, haven't you, Ms Ruiner?
Let's all point Roberta Ruiner. *points*
(& tbh, I thought my pun was in a whole class above)
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:13, Reply)
Let's all point Roberta Ruiner. *points*
(& tbh, I thought my pun was in a whole class above)
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:13, Reply)
If they get any worse
I'm going to have to show you the jack door
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:13, Reply)
I'm going to have to show you the jack door
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:13, Reply)
Isn't it just trying to eat what's in the pot
and the sliding is inconvenient?
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:43, Reply)
and the sliding is inconvenient?
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:43, Reply)
Hoodie crow is more appropiate.
Not the most popular bird where I live as they can be a nasty piece of work as they attack new born lambs and eat the eyes but there's no doubt that they're smart buggers, especially one that lives next door who spends all morning winding up the dog.
In saying that, the one next door has taken up smoking which does show an overall lack of intelligence.
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:33, Reply)
Not the most popular bird where I live as they can be a nasty piece of work as they attack new born lambs and eat the eyes but there's no doubt that they're smart buggers, especially one that lives next door who spends all morning winding up the dog.
In saying that, the one next door has taken up smoking which does show an overall lack of intelligence.
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:33, Reply)
Doesn't matter to me
Corvids are the only birds I find interesting. They seem to be the only ones with any brains!
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:01, Reply)
Corvids are the only birds I find interesting. They seem to be the only ones with any brains!
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:01, Reply)
Here's a TED talk about corvid intelligence
www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows.html
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:14, Reply)
www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows.html
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:14, Reply)
Well that was a lot better than I thought it would be.
Someone send this to that nice Mr Attenborough
*click*
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:05, Reply)
Someone send this to that nice Mr Attenborough
*click*
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 21:05, Reply)
Oh you swine
I've just wasted hours watching TED videos and bought one of Paul Stamets's Life Boxes.
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:42, Reply)
I've just wasted hours watching TED videos and bought one of Paul Stamets's Life Boxes.
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:42, Reply)
Looks to me like he thinks there's food inside somehow
and doesn't understand if he stands in a sloping roof to peck at it, he'll slide down.
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:55, Reply)
and doesn't understand if he stands in a sloping roof to peck at it, he'll slide down.
( , Thu 12 Jan 2012, 22:55, Reply)
I was looking at it very critically, trying to see how he's using it with the aim of getting food.
But I don't see it, WiL. When he does it on the side roof, and it doesn't slide, he moves it to the other surface again, where it does slide. If he was looking for a surface to put it on in order to inspect it for possible food, he wouldn't do that.
He also doesn't even glance at the track it leaves in the snow, so he's also unlikely to be using it with the aim of uncovering anything.
He's playing.
( , Fri 13 Jan 2012, 1:14, Reply)
But I don't see it, WiL. When he does it on the side roof, and it doesn't slide, he moves it to the other surface again, where it does slide. If he was looking for a surface to put it on in order to inspect it for possible food, he wouldn't do that.
He also doesn't even glance at the track it leaves in the snow, so he's also unlikely to be using it with the aim of uncovering anything.
He's playing.
( , Fri 13 Jan 2012, 1:14, Reply)
The jammy bastard has his own lift!
Doesn't have to queue with French people...
( , Sat 21 Jan 2012, 17:22, Reply)
Doesn't have to queue with French people...
( , Sat 21 Jan 2012, 17:22, Reply)