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Meet the crow
New Caledonian crows bend wire into hooks to fish food out of tubes — something they invented themselves in experiments.
🏡 Nearly everywhere — cities, farms, forests and coasts.🍽️ Almost anything: seeds, insects, fruit, scraps.⏳ 15–20 years.🛡️ Most crow species are doing well; some island corvids are endangered.
Friends and family
Crow families stay together and older siblings help raise chicks.
Young crows stay with their parents for years learning skills.
How they talk
Different calls for different threats, plus regional dialects.
How clever are they?
Crows solve eight-step puzzles and drop nuts on roads for cars to crack.
What they feel
Crows hold 'funerals' — gathering and calling around a dead crow, which scientists think is about learning danger.
Superpower: Invented tools
A crow named Betty bent a straight wire into a hook — no one taught her.
🤓 Did you know?
- Crows bend wire into hooks to get food.
- Crows remember human faces for years and warn other crows.
- What crow 'funerals' mean to the crows themselves is still being studied.scientists are still studying this
Living alongside people
Crows learn which humans are dangerous and teach their children to avoid them.