Intelligent Crows - Research Paper
Jan Karlo Pillula
Professor Ross
English 305
21 October 2013
Summary
This article is research about Brains, Tools, Innovation, and Biogeography in Crows and Ravens by Knud Jonsson, Pierre-Henri Fabre1 and Martin Irestedt. In their research they studied the relationships of different species of Crows and Ravens in different countries. Also, they measured brain sizes, body mass, tools that they used and strategies of feeding. As the result of their research they have found out that that crows originated in the Palaearctic in the Miocene from where they spread from North America then Caribbean, Africa, Australia and Asia. Thus, there is no explanation to the brain sizes of Crows and Ravens has any relation on tool use, strategies of getting food and colonization. Rather it appears that the large brain had already evolved from their ancestor of Crows and Ravens, causing a high cognitive and ability to overcome challenges using their innovative talent. According to Knud Jonsson “Having large brain doesn’t mean their smart but what matter is the knowledge in it”.
Summary-Analysis
In the article “Be nice to crows, otherwise they will scold you!” by Anindita Bhadra. She indicated that crows have been living close around humans for ages unlike other most featured creatures. According to the author crows have become part of our lore because of their smartness and behavior.
What is so special about Crows? Crows apparently are quite smart when it comes to tools. Crows can make or remodel tools and use it to get foods. Crows use the hook when using the tools to retrieve the food that they cannot reach and when they can’t find a tool with hook they can actually bend it to make a hook.
Why you shouldn’t mess with crows? According to the author crows are capable of learning and remembering faces that are connected with a good and bad experience from individuals. The author also mentioned that crows isolates individuals either they’re threat or neutral
Professor Ross
English 305
21 October 2013
Summary
This article is research about Brains, Tools, Innovation, and Biogeography in Crows and Ravens by Knud Jonsson, Pierre-Henri Fabre1 and Martin Irestedt. In their research they studied the relationships of different species of Crows and Ravens in different countries. Also, they measured brain sizes, body mass, tools that they used and strategies of feeding. As the result of their research they have found out that that crows originated in the Palaearctic in the Miocene from where they spread from North America then Caribbean, Africa, Australia and Asia. Thus, there is no explanation to the brain sizes of Crows and Ravens has any relation on tool use, strategies of getting food and colonization. Rather it appears that the large brain had already evolved from their ancestor of Crows and Ravens, causing a high cognitive and ability to overcome challenges using their innovative talent. According to Knud Jonsson “Having large brain doesn’t mean their smart but what matter is the knowledge in it”.
Summary-Analysis
In the article “Be nice to crows, otherwise they will scold you!” by Anindita Bhadra. She indicated that crows have been living close around humans for ages unlike other most featured creatures. According to the author crows have become part of our lore because of their smartness and behavior.
What is so special about Crows? Crows apparently are quite smart when it comes to tools. Crows can make or remodel tools and use it to get foods. Crows use the hook when using the tools to retrieve the food that they cannot reach and when they can’t find a tool with hook they can actually bend it to make a hook.
Why you shouldn’t mess with crows? According to the author crows are capable of learning and remembering faces that are connected with a good and bad experience from individuals. The author also mentioned that crows isolates individuals either they’re threat or neutral
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