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Crows are even smarter than we thought
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.
Earlier this year, a team of researchers from Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia and the University of Bristol found that a species of crow called the hooded crow—which has a gray bust and black tail and head feathers, making it look like it is wearing a “hood”—is able to manage a mental feat we once thought was unique to humans: to memorize the shape and size of an object after it is taken away—in this case a small piece of colored paper—and to reproduce one like it. That year, researchers published findings showing that Betty, a captive New Caledonian crow, was able to spontaneously bend a piece of wire to create a hook that she could use to grab a hard-to-reach treat. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is freelance science journalist who covers quantum technology, AI, diversity within the tech industries, animal intelligence, corvids, and cephalopods.
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