- Joined
- Nov 27, 2001
- Messages
- 1,780
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2178920.stm - crow puts monkeys to shame
-
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
OT: Crows...
- Thread starter beoram
- Start date
- Joined
- Mar 5, 1999
- Messages
- 34,096
Interesting stuff and thanks. Maybe being a bird brain is not so bad after all.
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2001
- Messages
- 20,978
I wonder why scientists are so surprised when an animal uses an object as a tool.
You should see the things my cat comes up with...
You should see the things my cat comes up with...
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2001
- Messages
- 1,780
Originally posted by pendentive
I wonder why scientists are so surprised when an animal uses an object as a tool.
You should see the things my cat comes up with...
the interesting thing is that the crow not only used an object as a tool but actually fashioned the object into a tool....
what things does your cat come up with? I knew of a cat that learned to ring doorbells
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2001
- Messages
- 20,978
Well, let's see...
He taught himself how to pee in the toilet...
One day, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, I heard this sound in teh house. I grabbed a knife and headed for the kitchen (just like out of the movies). I was so scared, but so ready to do some damage. I walked past the bathroom and heard the noise again, but it was a suspiciously familiar sound this time... Long story short, I didn't have to hurt nobody and the cat has been peeing in the toilet since (this was back in '96, long before "Meet the Parents"...)
He taught himself how to pee in the toilet...
One day, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, I heard this sound in teh house. I grabbed a knife and headed for the kitchen (just like out of the movies). I was so scared, but so ready to do some damage. I walked past the bathroom and heard the noise again, but it was a suspiciously familiar sound this time...
Long story short, I didn't have to hurt nobody and the cat has been peeing in the toilet since (this was back in '96, long before "Meet the Parents"...)
Great birds, crows. Have liked and respected them for years.
A tip to attract them to you (hopefully to observe and not kill) is to rub a piece of dampened polystyrene packing on a glass bottle to make a high pitched squeek. Apparently sounds like a crow in distress and gets 'em interested. I tried it and managed to get 7 or 8 perched on the roof opposite us.
Jeff.
A tip to attract them to you (hopefully to observe and not kill) is to rub a piece of dampened polystyrene packing on a glass bottle to make a high pitched squeek. Apparently sounds like a crow in distress and gets 'em interested. I tried it and managed to get 7 or 8 perched on the roof opposite us.
Jeff.