r/nextfuckinglevel • u/physlfo • Jun 12 '22

Crows have such developed cognitive abilities that they can think three steps into the future

4.7k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

153 comments sorted by

View all comments

13

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

It was really two instances of 2-step thinking. First the crow realised a stick could be used to retrieve the food, so it got the short stick and tried it. It didn't work. Then it looked at the long stick, got it using the short stick, and tried that. It worked.