Bird brains

 How smart are crows? 

I'm smarter than you might think!

No one doubts that humans are the smartest creatures in this planet. And we all know that whales, pigs, dolphins and of course dogs and cats are intelligent. But what about crows? Interestingly crows have demonstrated through their behavior that they are just as smart as any of the other animals mentioned, and in fact, maybe smarter than any other creature except humans. Crows have shown the ability to remember human faces and communicate information about those faces to other crows AND to remember those specific faces for years! In other words crows have memories like humans and communicate their feelings about these people to other crows who haven't even seen these individuals. 

Don't underestimate me!

Crows also have shown the ability to use multiple materials to make tools they use to get food. These brilliant birds also keep tools to use at a future time. In general,  all members of the corvus (crow) family have a great deal of brains and the more that scientists learn about their behavior the more intelligent they seem to be!

Question: If you could be a bird, which kind would you choose?

The More We Learn About Crow Brains, the More Humanlike Their Intelligence Seems