Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds
Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds [video]
A woman who rescued an injured crow has been receiving 'thank-you gifts' from the birds, according to a video shared on Hacker News. The story highlights the remarkable behavior of crows, known for their intelligence and memory, and their ability to recognize and reward human kindness.
Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds
- ngruhn
I saw some video once about intelligence tests on crows. In one experiment they had a tall but thin glass of water with some treat floating on the surface but it was too low for the crow to reach. So the crow started dropping rocks into the glass, causing the water level to rise, until it could reach the treat.
I was so impressed, I wanted to replicate that. I went to a park around the corner with some nuts to befriend some crows. My plan was to just feed them for a while so they would trust me. But after a few days I had flock of crows following me everywhere through the city. That was a bit too much.
- rglover
Birds are wild. Found a chickadee fledgling in the road earlier this year and nursed him for a couple days before we found a legitimate rehab. Little guy would just hop out of his box, perch on your finger, and sing as loud as he could until you fed him scrambled eggs. Really got me thinking about how special birds are. We have a hummingbird that visits and he'll do stuff like fly into the garage if the door is open, hover and stare at you for 1-2 seconds, and then take off. It's happened so many times I've stopped being startled by the sudden brrrr noise you hear from their wings flapping (they're so fast they can show up in the blink of an eye).
The bumblebees do something similar (I've oddly nursed three different bees with sugar water—all just happened to be in my field of vision crawling around on the ground but not flying). Now you get a bumble or two per day checking in with a quick hover and bob kind of movement before shooting off into the distance.
Does anyone know of any research into this or books identifying behavior like this?
- prmoustache
My ex mother in law bonded with a crow. She had it spending time on her shoulder whenever she was spending time in her garden.
It was quite a sight, especially when she was wearing dark clothing.
A few centuries before people would have had her burned for being a witch.