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Super-smart Bird

Author: Hugh Bollinger/Friday, February 21, 2014/Categories: natural history, video, birds

Animal behavior is one of the most exciting areas of animal research. Whales, dolphins, elephants, and bonobo chimpanzees demonstrate the ability at self-awareness , or the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror. Until recently, this capability was considered only inately human. New measures are being developed to determine the level of intellectual capabilities in a wider and wider array of animals including birds like the crow .

Here's a video of an amazing avian puzzle solver courtesy of the BBC that might create a new appreciation for the critters in your own backyard: