Download Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans AudioBook Free
New research indicates that crows are among the list of brightest animals on the globe. And teacher of Wildlife Research at the College or university of Washington John Marzluff did a few of the most extraordinary research on crows, which has been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as on NPR and PBS. Now he groups up with designer and fellow naturalist Tony Angell to offer an in-depth take a look at these incredible animals - in a reserve that is filled with surprises. Redefining the idea of "bird brain," crows and ravens are often called feathered apes for their brilliant tool-making and their capability to respond to environmental challenges, including those posed by humans. Indeed, their long lives, cultural habits, and large complex brains permit them to see and learn from us and our cultural gatherings. Their wonderful brains allow crows to believe, plan, and reconsider their activities. In these and other enthralling revelations, Marzluff and Angell portray animals that are nothing in short supply of amazing: They play, bestow gift items on people who help or give food to them, use cars as nutcrackers, seek revenge on pets or animals that harass them, are tricksters that lure parrots to their deaths, and goal. The writers marvel at crows' action that we humans would find strangely familiar, from delinquency and risk-taking to interest and frolic. A testament to years of painstaking research, this riveting work is an exciting take a look at one of nature's most wondrous animals.
