2001: A Crow Odyssey

[faustus]

It would have made a different opening twenty minutes:

Crows match apes in skilful tool use [16 Aug 2007|11:02pm]
the_guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/17/1

Science and technology: · Task revealed Caledonian crows' advanced logic· Birds' strategy echoes early human evolution

"Oh my god it's full of caws."

Comments

The Crow Read

[pigeonhed.livejournal.com]

Actually Marzluff and Angell discuss this in their gorgeous and fascinating book In The CompanY of Crows And Ravens
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Company-Crows-Ravens-Paul-Ehrlich/dp/0300122551/ref=sr_1_1/026-8821905-2593249?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187353228&sr=8-1

Highly recommended.

Re: The Crow Read

[pigeonhed.livejournal.com]

My favourite example is of Crows placing nuts under the wheels of parked cars to crack them.