Birds

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See VideoExtraordinary Mating Ritual of Birds of Paradise

The dance-like mating rituals of Birds of Paradise are unlike anything you have seen before. This video filmed in Papua New Guinea shows some of the intriguing behaviors of Birds of Paradise.

02:5031 Jul 20065406.1
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 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 VideoSmall-scale chicken keeping

A short guide to keeping chickens.

03:2413 Sep 2007275.0
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
See VideoSequential tool use by New Caledonian crows

This Oxford University experiment shows that New Caledonian crows are even more intelligent than previously thought. In the video a crow is shown using three tools in the right sequence to achieve an objective, without prior training.

01:016 Aug 2009475.0
See VideoCockatoo dances to Backstreet Boys

Dancing was previously thought to be a uniquely human ability. That is, until cockatoo "Snowball" showed off his moves to a YouTube audience. Researchers from Harvard University and The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego confirmed that the bird does indeed synchronize with the music.

04:2815 Oct 200739524.8
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