Joshua Klein on the intelligence of crows

We're seeing a population boom with crows.

In fact, that's old hat for crows.

This is a vending machine for crows.

So, this is a vending machine for crows.

So the moral being, don't piss off crows.

So we know that there's lots of crows.

I think that crows can be trained to do other things.

And this is where we see the difference between crows and other animals.

And crows and other corvidae, ravens, rooks and so forth, are incredibly smart birds.

So, I spent the next 10 years reading about crows in my spare time.

So what's significant about this isn't that crows are using cars to crack nuts.

Crows, on the other hand, show up, and they try and figure it out.

And were entertained to discover that for the rest of the week, these crows, whenever these particular students walked around campus, these crows would caw at them, and run around and make their life kind of miserable.

It turns out that crows aren't just surviving with human beings they're actually really thriving.

Video Crows have become highly skilled at making a living in these new urban environments.

So, it turns out we've been finding more and more that crows are really, really intelligent.

And since that time, all of the crows in the neighborhood are picking up this behavior.

So, when they get really used to that, we move on to the crows coming back.

For example, in Sweden, crows will wait for fishermen to drop lines through holes in the ice.

And crows eventually come by, and eat the peanuts and get used to the machine being there.

So, what's significant about this to me isn't that we can train crows to pick up peanuts.

And of course, we human beings are way out on the end of the distribution like the crows.

But the story of the vending machine is a little more interesting if you know more about crows.

And these crows use sticks in the wild to get insects and whatnot out of pieces of wood.

And when the fishermen move off, the crows fly down, reel up the lines, and eat the fish or the bait.

Jesus said to him, Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.

Jesus said to him, Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.

So now, students at the University of Washington that are studying these crows do so with a giant wig and a big mask.

So childhood is the reason why the crows end up on the cover of Science and the chickens end up in the soup pot.

Other creatures, like the crows, aren't very good at doing anything in particular, but they're extremely good at learning about laws of different environments.

And I'm talking specifically about synanthropic species, which are species that have adapted specifically for human ecologies, species like rats and cockroaches and crows.

Mind you, there's 216 million dollars' worth of change lost every year, but I'm not sure I can depend on that ROI from crows.

On an entirely different tack, at University of Washington, they, a few years ago, were doing an experiment where they captured some crows on campus.

Until they finally graduated and left campus, and glad to get away, I'm sure came back sometime later, and found the crows still remembered them.

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. He went out and wept bitterly.

Jesus said to him, Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. He went out and wept bitterly.

Jesus said to him, Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.

Some students went out and netted some crows, brought them in, and were weighed them, and measured them and whatnot, and then let them back out again.

The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times.

The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times.

So we know that these crows are really smart, but the more I dug into this, the more I found that they actually have an even more significant adaptation.

Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning

Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning