Pbs nova bird genius

[Greywings]

NOVA Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius (HD, Repeat, TV-G) Experts test the intellectual limits of birds that seem to have mastered skills supposedly restricted to humans, such as solving puzzle boxes.

 

Check your local PBS listings for this one. Perhaps people who don't live with a Parrot will learn a tad of respect for Bird Brains.

[birdhouse]

I wish I knew where that phrase ever came from. I get that people who don't live w/them can never even remotely guess the remarkable way their brains work. But, I've never seen anything to justify how the uninformed masses thought any bird was any kind of stupid, either.

Edited June 27, 2015 by birdhouse

[SRSeedBurners]

I watched this two nights ago. I did not know that the Corvids (don't remember what island they were studying) show an ability to adapt and learn to create more effective tools - teaching to their young. Pretty amazing.