Or perhaps the video might serve us better during a lesson on critical 
thinking.  Digging a tiny bit deeper:


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/01/16/snowboarding-crows-the-plot-thickens/

“Human beings have a strong, strong, strong tendency that if we see an animal 
do something that’s analogous to what we do, like use a tool or answer an 
arithmetic question, we assume that the animal is doing it and understands the 
situation in the same way we do,” [Alan Kamil, an expert on corvid behavior] 
said. “And sometimes that’s true but more often it’s false.”

Also,
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/science-can-neither-explain-nor-deny-the-awesomeness-of-this-sledding-crow/251395/



Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
[email protected]
http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
Twitter: mbritt



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