Animal intelligence

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See VideoIntelligent crow bends wire to get food out of jar

A crow bends a metal wire to create a hook which can scoop food out of a jar.

00:4124 Jul 2007766.0
See VideoIntelligent crows - tool use (BBC)

David Attenborough looks at crows' creative use of tools in their hunt for grubs. Embedding disabled - watch the video on YouTube

04:1212 Feb 2007746.0
See VideoJoshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows (TEDTalks)

Crows are so successful at survival because of their high intelligence and ability to learn from each other. Hacker/writer Joshua Klein explores whether crows could be trained to pick up garbage or other useful tasks.

09:4715 May 2008796.0
See VideoFishing crow using bread as bait

An intelligent hooded crow uses bread to lure and catch fish (cichlids).

00:5319 Jan 2007346.0
See VideoCoconut shelter: evidence of tool use by octopuses

Octopuses are probably the most intelligent of all invertebrates. This video shows an octopus using a coconut as a tool by taking it along for use as shelter and protection against predators.

01:2521 Apr 20081056.0
See VideoDog makes a clever escape

An intelligent dog ingeniously manages to find a way out of his confinement, while the other dogs look on in amazement.

01:4812 Sep 200895085.9
See VideoElephant Paints Self Portrait

Elephants can paint - this video is proof of that. However, according to naturalist Desmond Morris, it is actually the elephant trainer that provides the directions. The trainer tugs at the elephant's ears to move the paint brush in different directions.

08:2928 Mar 200890195.8
See VideoIntelligent crows crack open nuts using traffic

Crows crack open nuts by dropping them in front of cars, then wait for the traffic light to turn green before picking it up.

02:1413 Jan 2008525.5
See VideoBonobos that write, start fires and play Pac-Man (TEDTalks)

Bonobos can walk upright, understand spoken language, write and develop stone tools. Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobos forces us to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology and how much by cultural exposure.

19:2517 May 2007565.5
See VideoIntelligent crow uses small stick to get large stick to get food

New Caledonian crows can not only use tools, but also use one tool to manipulate another tool. This crow uses a small stick in order to get a larger stick, which it can then use to obtain food.

00:2516 Aug 2007915.0
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