The Cognitive Implications of Crows

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The crow brain is really quite different in a lot of ways than the mammalian brain. Avian brains don't have those faults, it's totally smooth. New Caledonian crows were the first species besides chimpanzees that we discovered make and use tools. They seem perceptive to when they're being spied on, for example.

Crows have funerals? CROWS HAVE FUNERALS. The inky black bird with the big brain warns and maybe mourns around their fallen friends and Dr. Kaeli Swift is here to tell us all about it. As an avid wildlife researcher and corvid specialist, she's observed death behaviors that will shock you to your bones and ruffle your hackles -- while somehow also making you cry about peanuts. Also: so much inspiration to keep being yourself and to work hard toward what you love. She is a hero.

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