30 October 2009
How intelligent are crows?
Posted by Cecilia under: Nature; Science .
Crows exhibit a remarkable intelligence. They can show amazing tactical thinking abilities, such as hiding food from their rivals.
Researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria observed crows as they hid the food. They wait until other crows stand in the “blind spot” to hide their food reserves.
In order to confuse would-be thieves, some crows periodically move their hiding place. One day they even confused the researchers when they pretended to change the hiding place and then moved it to a new location.
Researchers call this intelligent crow behavior “tactical cheating”.
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