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Sunday, July 15, 2012

10 Really Weird Crow Facts





Crows are the smartest creatures on earth, after humans. This is why, many scientist started referring to these birds as feathered apes.




 




Pet crows give their owners names. This is identified by a unique sound they make around specific people that they would not otherwise make and Crows are also able to remember the faces of people who mistreat them. 





 



Crows have funerals for their dead comrades in which hundreds of crows from all around attend.




  




Female Crows mate for life, but males will cheat.





 

A crow has been observed while eating the nuts that initially it couldn't crack. The ingenious bird put the nuts on a highway so that the vehicles to pass over them. The bird was so intelligent as it placed the nuts only under the wheels of smaller cars, as prior experiences proved that setting them under a bigger car, there are slight chances to find the kernel.


 



Healthy crows help crippled crows but they have a dark side. Crows occasionally murder each other for reasons that mystify scientists.




 



 Crows can count to six.






 



Crows have the ability to judge the character of human beings by reading their faces and expressions.





 



The first crows appeared in Miocene, 17 million years ago, in Australia and Oceania.




 

 


A crow may live up to 13 years in natural living and more than 20 years in captivity.