And a single raven can carry off half a pound (220 grams) of meat. When the birds arrive in the dozens, that can make even a downed bison disappear quickly, Marzluff said.
"Ravens get a lot more out of this deal than wolves do," he added...
But "never did we anticipate or expect them, I think, to be able to hold in their brains, which aren't much bigger than your thumb, information over thousands of square miles," he said.
"We've underestimated them."
Humans think we're the smartest animal when we'd do well to learn from our siblings and cousins.
The one I saw in a parking lot had sense enough to refuse my buddy's MacDonald fry, too. Maybe it was already full, maybe it was hoping for an apple core.
A new study reveals that scavenging ravens possess the remarkable cognitive ability to memorize and map out vast wolf hunting territories to efficiently track their next meal.
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Maeve@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 168d
Humans think we're the smartest animal when we'd do well to learn from our siblings and cousins.
tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 167d
That's amazing, I never saw them with anything larger than a nugget. So much corvid lore on here relative to other sites
Maeve@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 167d
The one I saw in a parking lot had sense enough to refuse my buddy's MacDonald fry, too. Maybe it was already full, maybe it was hoping for an apple core.
tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 167d
There are possibilities
he follows Leangains
he adheres to BDS
idk I just feel better after I eat an apple
Oliver@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 168d
A new study reveals that scavenging ravens possess the remarkable cognitive ability to memorize and map out vast wolf hunting territories to efficiently track their next meal.
tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 168d
Me and who