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red dog 1

(29,782 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:02 PM Dec 30

Casual understanding of water displacement by a Raven

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Casual understanding of water displacement by a Raven (Original Post) red dog 1 Dec 30 OP

Eureka! JoseBalow Dec 30 #1

Bird brain, eh? keithbvadu2 Dec 30 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Wifes husband Dec 30 #6

That bird is smarter than Trump voters. 3catwoman3 Dec 30 #3

I love this video. I don't think it's -that- simple a thing to get that. electric_blue68 Dec 30 #4

That Is Tremendous! And Inspiring . . . The Roux Comes First Dec 30 #5

I saw a similar video once of a chimp wnylib Dec 30 #7

This is one of Aesop's fables brought to life. Aristus Dec 30 #8

That is one smart bird! Martin Eden Dec 30 #9

Wow! Smarter than the average MAGA! - nt GReedDiamond Dec 31 #10

Understood enough that the bigger stones would Figarosmom Dec 31 #11

One of Aesop's fables Cairycat Dec 31 #12

JoseBalow

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1. Eureka!

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:14 PM

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keithbvadu2

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2. Bird brain, eh?

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:54 PM

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3catwoman3

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3. That bird is smarter than Trump voters.

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 05:16 PM

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electric_blue68

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4. I love this video. I don't think it's -that- simple a thing to get that.

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 06:22 PM

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The Roux Comes First

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5. That Is Tremendous! And Inspiring . . .

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 06:50 PM

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wnylib

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7. I saw a similar video once of a chimp

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:58 PM

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in a problem solving test.

A piece of food was placed into a long glass cylinder that was too narrow for the chimp's hand to fit inside. Not sure what the food was, maybe a grape. The chimp filled his mouth with water from a nearby trough and spit it into the cylinder. He repeated that until the food floated to the top, then grabbed it with a finger and ate it.

Aristus

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8. This is one of Aesop's fables brought to life.

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:20 PM

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The moral was: “Little by little does the trick.”

Martin Eden

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9. That is one smart bird!

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 11:37 PM

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Quoth the Raven "Problem solved!"

GReedDiamond

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10. Wow! Smarter than the average MAGA! - nt

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Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:56 AM

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Figarosmom

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11. Understood enough that the bigger stones would

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Tue Dec 31, 2024, 02:35 AM

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Bring the water up faster than small stones

Cairycat

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12. One of Aesop's fables

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Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:00 PM

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_and_the_Pitcher

"The Crow and the Pitcher is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 390 in the Perry Index. It relates ancient observation of corvid behaviour that recent scientific studies have confirmed is goal-directed and indicative of causal knowledge rather than simply being due to instrumental conditioning. "

It's always cool to see animals' minds working ....

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