humans dumber than previously thought

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Another story concerns the two ravens named "James Crow" and "Edgar Sopper". James Crow was a much-loved and long-lived raven. After noticing the commotion surrounding the other raven's death, Edgar Sopper decided he could "play dead" in order to bring more attention to himself. His trick was so convincing that the Ravenmaster fully believed that Edgar Sopper had died. When the Ravenmaster picked up the "corpse", Edgar bit the man's finger and "flapped off croaking huge raven laughs".[19]
In 1990 a chaplain named Norman Hood died in his chamber on the Tower grounds. Former Assistant Ravenmaster Tom Trent has reported that the ravens appeared to be aware of the death, for they soon gathered on the Tower Green near the chapel, called out, and then became quiet, as though to pay their respects. The idea should not be discounted, as corvids have been widely reported to hold "funerals," in which they mourn and then cluster around a dead crow in silence.[29]


smart as fuck
 

norseamd

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But they are just crows, right ? NM.

oh shut up

i already knew that ravens were considered smarter than american crows

but all corvids are smart

there is nothing more distinct about ravens than other crows

the new calidonian crow is no more an american crow than the raven or the african cape crow