Corvid Thanatology (CROW FUNERALS) with Kaeli Swift
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Role of Radioactive Tracers in Crow Morning Behaviors
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.
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