Crow Solves 8-stage Puzzle

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You’ve seen how smart crows can be. These amazing birds use tools, they can count, they hold grudges, they like to play in the snow, and they know how to get what they want. But even after all that, this will impress you.

One particular bird, named 007, was confronted with a novel puzzle he must solve to get a bite to eat. He was familiar with the separate components, but here he must use them all together, in a specific order. Dr. Alex Taylor takes us through the experiment in this clip from the BBC TV show Inside the Animal Mind. -via Daily Picks and Flicks


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Look at the photo. See those big empty areas in the middle? That's tissue loss. Lots of tissue loss. When Terry Schaivo was finally allowed to die, they measured her brain, which had atrophied to I think 39 percent of it's original size. Even if these people can be reached, which I doubt, what does that mean? Are we keeping them alive for the "benefit" of their families, but they are suffering?
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Excellent. Being able to answer yes or no questions means a patient would be able to let others know their wishes about being kept on life support or allowed to die.

At least, some would be able to communicate their wishes--I'm sure that brains atrophied to different degrees and in different regions would prevent communication.
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