crows

Crows learn about holes. I love hearing about this sort of research - think of it as an antidote to all the woo (clever Hans notwithstanding!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M52ZVtmPE9g

http://www.ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/weblog.php?/weblog/clever_raven Really remarkable....

I’ve been thinking about crows and death lately wondering if Hollywood Western movies have perpetuated a myth. The usual image is of crows or ravens circling or anticipating the death of a person to later feed on the carcass. Do these animals really anticipate death? If so, how do they do it...