Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/28/crows-can-count-and-they-caw-as.html
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I used to think that we have our opposable thumbs to thank for corvids not being in charge. Now I think it’s just a matter of time.
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Crows can count and they caw as …
Seems like some words are missing from that sentence.
… “they count?”
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It’s not the counting that concerns me as much as the judging.
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I’m fairly sure whales are doing complex math and think of us as morons for not understanding them.
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corvid AP
“4 minus 2…”: caw caw
“2 minus 4…”: wac wac
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Sure, they can count. But let’s see them design, conduct, and analyze elaborate research projects to prove we’re almost as smart as they are!
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It’s missing the caws and effect 
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I admit, I set myself up for that one.
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That’s just it, they are doing that as we speak! I read about this in the well-known documentary piece The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Of course, he disguised them as rats, but that was because the corvids threatened him if he revealed the plot.
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Recycling this from one of my other posts: The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.
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Our Deck Crows™ have a practice of looking at us in the kitchen from the railing, looking down at their feet, then back at us, as “excuse me, where are the treats?”
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Previously:
• Crow found holding unidentified human’s fingers in its beak
Uh, maybe we shouldn’t give them any ideas about what’s keeping them from becoming our overlords. 
Nooo…I need them!! 
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Sorry, Laurie.
Flying birds. Excellent birds. Watch them fly. There they go. [Don’t count them out.]
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Just the occasional “We’ll be sorting through a garden now, and expect you to recognize our mise. You are on rep. 42 of something with that kettle bell.”
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If we start seeing evidence of physics calculations using base 4, we are hosed!
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