The Role of Radioactive Tracers in Crow Morning Behaviors

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The research was done on taxidermated crows in a hotel room. The researchers were able to see what parts of the birds' brains lit up when they saw another dead crow or just like a pencil. They are not allowed to say for certain, but she did give me a clue that it's perhaps the amygdala, which is an area associated with fear acquisition and higher cognitive tasks.

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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