@sunla
I had a hermit crab who was very sweet and social, and he made kissing sounds at me to greet me. I don't know how he made them, but I would kiss his shell, and one day he started making the sound back, and then it became our greeting. It sounded like a kissy-like chirp. Nobody told me they could do that. But nobody knew, because nobody pays attention to their pets like that unless they're cats or dogs, I've come to learn. We have so much to learn about other species.
@klbriceno1
Corvids are my favorite animals, i had some crows that i befriended at my old house. They used to tap on my window to let me know they were out there, and wanted peanuts. I miss them so much
@akhragee
Hank: I'm looking at you, slime molds! slime molds: (quietly Turing-complete)
@turkoizdog
I love when they do the marshmallow experiment on birds, but my favorite thing is the video where they show birds side by side with kids trying to wait for the researcher to come back. Kids will do things like face away from the marshmallow, or push the plate away, and birds do the same things!
@ljphoenix4341
A 10 min long Bizzare Beasts episode about bird intelligence is a fantastic way to start the week!
@Chaedron1
It's fascinating that birds may have developed intelligence using a completely different brain structure than us, it makes you think how different intelligent life in space might be from us whenever we find it. If we can even discern that it is intelligent in the first place.
@Birdy084
When I was in 7th grade I did a science project on the cognitive behavior of African grey parrots. I used Jean Piagets “object permanents” to “prove” that African grey parrots have the average intelligence of a 5 year old human child. I emailed the Alex foundation back and forth during that, they were the ones who pointed me in the direction of Jean Piaget actually lol. It was an extremely successful project, I got 2nd place in my school and 1st place in regionals. The 1st place prize was a full scholarship to our local university 😁.
@skymagistrate5920
I would love this same episode but on cuddlefish and octopuses!
@eileen7303
this is one of the favorite things I have learned in recent years, that we've been really blind about understanding how different brain organizations or just different, and not inferior.
@BojackHorseman0098
There are so many videos of pet parots with chicks making kissing sounds and calling them babies. Obviously not a normal bird behavior, meaning they show affection to their own young in a way they learn from people. Thats incredible
@scottmccrea1873
Homo floresiensis had a brain the size of an orange but were apparently capable of everything we are. So quality of brains is more important than quantity.
@lauracronbungusman1582
These misconceptions about intelligence also rely on another misconception many people believe: the peak of evolution is humans. So many people believe that humans are the best species, and that all organisms strive to be as great as us. Truth is we haven’t existed very long, and we don’t seem to be living up to our expectation of the perfect species.
@thefabulouskitten7204
One of my favourite birds is the Canada Jay. They are a really fascinating corvid here in Canada that uses sticky saliva to essentially make granola snack balls that they stick to trees to get through the winter. They’re absurdly good at winter survival on the count of their intelligence. They’ve been known to play elaborate fake out games with corvids when hiding their seed balls. They’ll make one then pretend to hide it on a given tree, then when the crow swoops in to check they run off to hide the real thing. They can memorize whole tracks of the forest layout so they can find their hidden caches of food. They’ve been known to be able to incubate eggs in as low as -30c. Utterly awesome, plus they’re super friendly.
@ljphoenix4341
I work with Kaka (native parrot species, very similar to Kea) in NZ, they are so smart, you have to be very careful around them. Provide them lots of enrichment for them when in captivity, otherwise they become very destructive.
@MrJdsenior
My wife was out working in the yard one day and a raven was giving her a ration of garbage about it no end, chattering and carrying on. She finally stopped, looked up into the tree, and said in a matter of fact voice, 'Look, this is my yard, I have a right to be here'. The raven got quiet, and stayed that way. Weird, but true. Sometimes I think animals are a LOT more intelligent than we give them credit for. Maybe it just wanted to be acknowledged, who knows?
@RoboReptile4
Many people also erroneously correlate obedience with intelligence. E.g. "Dogs are easier to train than cats and therefore must be more intelligent."
@NewMessage
They managed to fool us all into thinking they weren't dinosaurs, too... But we're on to them now. * narrows eyes *
@redbarchetta8782
Birds are amazingly smart for their size. Apollo, another Gray parrot has even more words in his vocabulary and actually names items, colors, materials etc.
@kaitlynoddie9649
6:50 was anyone else taken by the inexplicable urge to say “oh big yawn”
@BizarreBeasts