People have found some clever uses for cars over the years, like roving power supplies, homes on wheels and even sophisticated ice cream makers. Now, an ingenious murder of crows has found a new use ...
Math isn't just a human thing. All kinds of animals, from African grey parrots to chimpanzees, are thought to have some kind of mathematical ability, but it can be hard to test. Now, a new study finds ...
(CNN) — Perhaps “birdbrained” isn’t such an insult after all –– crows, the ubiquitous urban bird, can vocally count up to four, the latest research has found. Not only can the inquisitive creatures ...
Crows can count... out loud! They do so similarly to human toddlers who are learning to tally things up. A neuroscientist trained birds to produce a number of calls in response to random visual cues.
Scientists trained three carrion crows to produce one, two, three or four vocalizations based on various visual or auditory cues. pete beard via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 DEED Carrion crows, European ...
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Math - regardless of how you feel about the subject, most of us have mastered the basics at an early age. For instance, toddlers know how to count. But, you know, we now know that counting isn't just ...