Re: [Biofuel] Animal Intelligence -- Was: New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-10-02 Thread mark manchester
Crows and ravens are particularly smart birds, capable of imitative (deceptive) calls, and teamwork in hunting. I have seen three crows herd a pheasant toward a fourth crow who killed it, and then all four ate. But humour, that's the least expected part of the animal world: horses tell jokes!

[Biofuel] Animal Intelligence -- Was: New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-10-01 Thread robert luis rabello
Keith Addison wrote: The video's at the top right. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2178920.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Crows prove they are no birdbrains Experiments show the humble bird is better than the chimp at toolmaking. This doesn't surprise me. I've seen a crow take

Re: [Biofuel] Animal Intelligence -- Was: New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-10-01 Thread Mike Weaver
With all my brains and all my tools I can't catch mice 1/10th as well as my cat can. robert luis rabello wrote: Keith Addison wrote: The video's at the top right. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2178920.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Crows prove they are no birdbrains Experiments