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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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This is something not seen in very young children but then typically develops and becomes observable and testable by psychology graduate students who have done innumerable studies on it. During habituation, learning to use the tool to get into this particular box, the crows never gave up.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Some of these, such as a birder’s experience finding White-tailed Hawks by driving towards the smoke plumes of a local fire, are charming. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. Very sneaky, Richard! And, quite enjoyable.