Why Ravens and Crows Are Earth’s Smartest Birds
https://www.nationalgeographic.com:443/animals/article/year-of-the-bird-brains-intelligence-smarts
OverviewRavensCrowsAfrican Grey ParrotsCockatoosGreat-Tailed GracklesTheir brains may be tiny, but birds have been known to outsmart children and apes.Until the 21st century, birds were largely dismissed as simpletons. How smart can you be with a brain the size of a nut?And yet the more we study bird intelligence, the more those assumptions are breaking down. St…Birds make good use of the allotted space for their tiny brains by packing in lots of neurons—more so than mammals, in fact. (Read: “Think ‘Birdbrain’ Is an Insult? Think Again.”)See more on nationalgeographic.com Their brains may be tiny, but birds have been known to outsmart children and apes.Until the 21st century, birds were largely dismissed as simpletons. How smart can you be with a brain the size of a nut? And yet the more we study bird intelligence, the more those assumptions are breaking down. St…Birds make good use of the allotted space for their tiny brains by packing in lots of neurons—more so than mammals, in fact. (Read: “Think ‘Birdbrain’ Is an Insult? Think Again.”)
Their brains may be tiny, but birds have been known to outsmart children and apes.Until the 21st century, birds were largely dismissed as simpletons. How smart can you be with a brain the size of a nut?
And yet the more we study bird intelligence, the more those assumptions are breaking down. St…Birds make good use of the allotted space for their tiny brains by packing in lots of neurons—more so than mammals, in fact. (Read: “Think ‘Birdbrain’ Is an Insult? Think Again.”)
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