In one of the most fascinating animal intelligence experiments ever, researchers discovered that crows can recognize human faces — and teach others who to fear. 🪶🧠 A scientist who had been feeding the crows peanuts wore a mask and carried a dead crow. The flock immediately sounded alarms. Days later, she returned maskless — and they still watched her closely. Even crows that hadn’t seen the event learned from others that this masked face meant danger. Crows share memories across generations, p

Creature of the day: The Crow "Corvidae" 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial terms, the crow family is made up of corvids; currently 139 species are included. The genus Corvus containing 50 species makes up over a third of the entire family. The raven is the largest passerine bird. Corvids display remarkable intelligence for animals of their size