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Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers? | Inside the Animal Mind | BBC Earth

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Animals & nature

What it is

A BBC Earth clip from Inside the Animal Mind in which a crow named 007 solves an eight-step puzzle to get a reward. It showcases crow problem-solving.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared in crow-intelligence threads as a striking demonstration that changes how people see crows.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “I hope that people here will enjoy this amazing video”

    Shows next-level crow intelligence

    ablekh, 2017-11 · Strong recommendation · in “The Secret Lives of Urban Crows”

  2. “This one impressed me so much, I never looked at Crows again the same way”

    Changed how the commenter views crows

    belter, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Crows have been shown to understand the concept of zero”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: crows, problem solving, bbc earth, cognition, birds

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