https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP9RnDp_tms
The scientific communityis dumbfoundedby this video recording of a crow sleigh down a snow-clad rooftop on the lid of a jarful . JEEZ , BIRD . Do n’t you know that sledding is only for people ?
What possible evolutionary advantage does the crow secure through its capacity to ride down a C - covered slope on a monotonic object only to fly back to the top and do it again ? Entertaining activities like these are reserve for the in high spirits orders of Kingdom Animalia , stupefied birdie . You are n’t supposed to be smart .
The Atlantic ’s Alexis Madrigalcalled up a bird expert who was nonplussedbut say that while the bird does seem to parade some caper - like behavior we do n’t have any context for what the heck is go on so skill ca n’t really explain it . More importantly , though , the expert point out that what we see as “ play ” might be something else altogether :
Human beings have a strong , strong , strong tendency that if we see an animate being do something that ’s analogous to what we do , like utilize a tool or answer an arithmetic question , we take that the animal is doing it and understand the situation in the same way we do , ” he tell . “ And sometimes that ’s true but more often it ’s false .
So there you have it . At least the crow looks like it ’s having play . [ The Atlantic ]
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