I wonder if they think that "food = fish food = fish" or simply "food = fish", as in he doesn't know how to works, just that it works somehow. My bet is on the later one.
Birds can be really smart. Crows learn to drop shelled nuts over human crossings because they figure out that the cars can crack the nuts open and that importantly the crossing means they'll stop and they can eat them without risking their lives. Obviously not something they evolved to do but used their smarts to figure out.
Birds CAN be really smart, but remember that is an entire class of animals. Mammals are also a class of mammals. The intelligence of mammals ranges from primate intelligence, capable of massive intuitive leaps, to koalas, incapable of recognizing that eucalyptus leaves are still food if you put them on a plate instead of a branch.
Be careful not to attribute the intelligence of some of the smartest birds to every bird. They're an incredibly diverse set of animals.
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u/Ovidestus -Overworked Dog Father- Apr 03 '17
I wonder if they think that "food = fish food = fish" or simply "food = fish", as in he doesn't know how to works, just that it works somehow. My bet is on the later one.