Comments on: Crow-Cam Reveals Tool Use http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/ The Neat Side of the Web Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:07:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jezebel http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-250284 Jezebel Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:27:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-250284 Studies also confirmed crows were among the species that could also manufacture and then use tools. A crow fashioned a hook out of a paperclip and used it to retrieve food. That puts them up there with humans and chimps as one of the very few species that can actually make tools. Studies also confirmed crows were among the species that could also manufacture and then use tools. A crow fashioned a hook out of a paperclip and used it to retrieve food.

That puts them up there with humans and chimps as one of the very few species that can actually make tools.

]]> By: peach http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243897 peach Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:35:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243897 don't the cams get pooped on? or are they filming the pooping? don't the cams get pooped on? or are they filming the pooping?

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243504 ted Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:33:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243504 Well, crows using cameras, even in their butt-cheeks would qualify as tool use, I guess. Well, crows using cameras, even in their butt-cheeks would qualify as tool use, I guess.

]]> By: Vonskippy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243406 Vonskippy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:50:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243406 Great, now I have to worry about crow's borrowing my tools instead of just my neighbor Boris (and no his wifes name is not Natasha). Great, now I have to worry about crow's borrowing my tools instead of just my neighbor Boris (and no his wifes name is not Natasha).

]]> By: grcooper http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243377 grcooper Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243377 I honestly thought this was photoshoped in, but then I was looking through my local newspaper today and saw the exact same picture. Pretty funny... I don't think the people at the paper saw this though. I got a good laugh out of it though! I honestly thought this was photoshoped in, but then I was looking through my local newspaper today and saw the exact same picture. Pretty funny... I don't think the people at the paper saw this though. I got a good laugh out of it though!

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243374 Alex Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:14:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243374 It's a <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/05/boing-boing-tv-butt.html" rel="nofollow">"special" advertising</a> for crows, as recently covered in Boing Boing. It's a "special" advertising for crows, as recently covered in Boing Boing.

]]> By: Will M. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243289 Will M. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:32:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243289 David Attenborough did a bit on New Caledonian crows and tool use for The Life of Birds (1998) where he discussed their tool use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwVhrrDvwPM He also did a bit on crows in Japan using pavement to crack nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0 David Attenborough did a bit on New Caledonian crows and tool use for The Life of Birds (1998) where he discussed their tool use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwVhrrDvwPM

He also did a bit on crows in Japan using pavement to crack nuts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0

]]> By: L.B. Jeffries http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243157 L.B. Jeffries Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:19:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243157 Does this mean that animals using tools is no longer a sign of sentience or that I'm descended from crows? Does this mean that animals using tools is no longer a sign of sentience or that I'm descended from crows?

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243121 Miss Cellania Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:40:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243121 The arrow is pointing to the camera! The arrow is pointing to the camera!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-243056 ted Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:36:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-243056 What's the arrow for? Are they carrying stuff in their buttcheeks? Do crows have buttcheeks? What's the arrow for? Are they carrying stuff in their buttcheeks?
Do crows have buttcheeks?

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/comment-page-1/#comment-242547 Adam Stanhope Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:40:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/04/crow-cam-reveals-tool-use/#comment-242547 Neat! Neat!

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