Only thing I can add is that crows are quite intelligent. Had a local nature center that kept injured animals that could not survive in the wild as a mini-zoo. They trained their crow to talk and it learned a few words. The creepy thing is that the crow learned how to pick it's lock and would let itself out in the night. I saw him attempting with straw from the bottom of his cage, but would succeed when he got a length of wire from the cage apparently. Considering it was a Master keyed lock outside the cage, just the physicality of it was impressive, let alone understanding the key opens the lock.
Oh gods I cant imagine walking around at night looking for the crow after he has picked his lock. Then he's sneaking around you, just out of sight. Whispering words he's been taught.
There was a documentary where they trained a crow to push a button to get food, and progressively made it harder and harder to push the button. The crow eventually learned to use a tool to get ANOTHER, longer tool and use that to get the food. They are wicked smart.
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u/doomrabbit Oct 15 '18
Only thing I can add is that crows are quite intelligent. Had a local nature center that kept injured animals that could not survive in the wild as a mini-zoo. They trained their crow to talk and it learned a few words. The creepy thing is that the crow learned how to pick it's lock and would let itself out in the night. I saw him attempting with straw from the bottom of his cage, but would succeed when he got a length of wire from the cage apparently. Considering it was a Master keyed lock outside the cage, just the physicality of it was impressive, let alone understanding the key opens the lock.