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This little gif is pretty impressive. It speaks volumes to the intelligence of birds. It also reminds me of a speech given by Joshua Klein at TED 2008 about the intelligence of crows. Joshua created a machine that passively teaches crows through a series of steps to use a vending machine, in theory with widespread implementation the vending machine could be a way to use crows to help pick up litter or some other task that is mutually beneficial.
Joshua talks about a trick learned by crows in Japan where they drop nuts into traffic to be crushed by cars, then wait for a red light to safely retrieve the soft and nutritious insides. His speech is most definitely worth a watch if you find this topic interesting.
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