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The class of birds known scientifically as corvidae includes crows, ravens, magpies, nutcrackers, and jays. In each of these species, the brain-to-body ratio equals that of dolphins, and nearly matches humans. These birds are more intelligent than eagles, hawks, and owls. Come along with Tidbits as we visit with these birds!

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• Members of the corvid family can imitate many sounds just as parrots can. One ornithologist noticed that his captive jays not only repeated words and whistles they heard from him, but they also barked when they saw a dog; meowed when they saw a cat; and hooted when they saw an owl. • Ornithologists have identified about 300 different crow “words” yet one crow cannot understand the dialect of the crows in a different part of the country. • Ravens seem to have “names” for each other and when separated will call out for each other.

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• A scientist put an animal carcass out where ravens could find it, then broadcast over a loudspeaker the typical call a raven will give to alert others that he has found a source of food. Just 20 seconds later, a single raven flew to the carcass, inspected it, and left. Two minutes later, 29 ravens were gathered around. They also flew off, but the next morning 40 ravens gathered around the carcass. Only then did they began to feed. Ravens prefer to feed in large groups around carcasses to better protect them from coyotes and other carnivores that may also be feeding there. • A captive jay was fed two kinds of grasshoppers simultaneously. One was edible; the other was poisonous. The jay became ill from the poisonous grasshopper. Later, when he was offered the same two kinds of grasshoppers, he refused the poisonous one and ate only the edible one. Researchers do not know how the crow was able to tell which grasshopper was the one that caused his illness. ...continued

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• Researchers watching crows drop snail shells on rocks to crack them open determined that the height the crows dropped them from was exactly the height needed to crack them. To drop them from a lesser distance would have meant wasted energy when they failed to open; to drop them from a greater height also wasted energy by extra flying and increased the chances the snail would roll into the water. The crows dipped the snails in water to wash away annoying bits of shell. • Many crows, unable to break open tasty acorns, drop them on the pavement of a street and wait until a car runs over them, even showing that they understand stoplights aby nd waiting until it’s safe to retrieve the nut. • Ravens that have found a complete carcass are unable to open it to reach the meat. They have been known to go in search of wolves, and coyotes, guiding it back to the meat so that it can have a chance to eat scraps.

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• Jays usually stash their food in hiding places underground. In the winter, they are able to retrieve their food even when it is covered by snow to a depth of one and a half feet. The gray jay is able to hide its food by gluing it with saliva to the bark of trees, making it easier to retrieve in winter months. A single Clark's nutcracker can stash between 22,000 and 33,000 seeds in up to 7,500 different places in a single season. • Although crows, ravens, and jays are omnivorous and will eat anything, including carrion, they do not ever kill their own prey like hawks, eagles, and owls.

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• A man in Washington once tossed crackers to a raven until the raven was full and could eat no more. The raven wanted to take more crackers back to its cache, but it could pick up only one cracker at a time in its beak. By the time it got back to collect the next cracker, other critters would have stolen the rest of the food. The man was astonished to see the raven solve the dilemma by tucking the crackers side by side into a snowbank one at a time. When six or seven crackers were lined up together, the raven was able to pick the all up at one time like a stack of nickels and fly off with the entire batch.

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• “Shaving cream can be used as a spot remover for many carpets. Use only a small amount, and follow up with a damp cloth.” — D.L. in New Brunswick, Canada • Here’s a great rule of thumb in the kitchen: The quicker it cooks, the more direct the heat. So, for a thin piece of steak that’ll cook quickly, a cast-iron pan fry will do nicely. For a thicker cut of, say, chicken, you should bake at a lower temp for a longer time. • To rid a shirt of a deodorant stain, sponge plain white vinegar onto the residue and rub briskly. • “Need sliced mushrooms for your salad or recipe. They are hard to cut, but you might already have the perfect tool for the job in your kitchen. If you have an egg slicer, get it out. It works very well for mushrooms, and it’s easier to use than trying to cut those slices yourself.” — J.R. in Utah • Got an ink stain? Try using the ubiquitous nowadays (thankfully) hand sanitizer! Apply a little sanitizer to the ink stain, then use a clean, dry white rag to blot, checking the rag often and moving to a different spot on the rag as it takes up the ink. • To get clothing really clean, don’t overfill your washer. Oftentimes, we want to get the laundry done quickly by stuffing in as much as possible, thereby reducing the number of loads. But if there isn’t enough space for everything to move about, it can actually keep the clothing from getting clean. Never fill more than threefourths full. Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

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• Iguanas have three eyes: two in the normal spots and a third on top of their heads, that only perceives brightness. • Banks employ therapists known as wealth psychologists who help ultra-rich clients unable to mentally cope with the guilt they feel over their immense wealth, advise on inheritance issues and counsel parents on how to raise children who aren't spoiled by money. • Tyromancy is the practice of predicting the future with cheese. • In 2016, a student left a pineapple in an art museum in Scotland. Two days later, it had been placed in a glass case as part of an exhibition. • "Coffin birth" is a phenomenon that occurs when a pregnant woman delivers a child spontaneously after her death, due to gases that build up in the abdominal area, putting pressure on the mother's uterus and forcing the baby through the birth canal. • The scientific term for brain freeze is "sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia." Now you know why we call it brain freeze. • Originally scheduled to be erected in Barcelona, the Eiffel Tower was rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore. • Alcatraz was the only prison to offer its inmates hot showers, but that had nothing to do with personal comfort. Rather, the reasoning went that if the prisoners were used to the hot shower-water, they'd be unable to cope with the frigid temps of the San Francisco Bay and hence deterred from attempting to escape. • Hershey's Kisses take their name from the kissing sound deposited chocolate makes as it falls from the machine to the conveyor belt. • If you point your car keys to your head, it will increase the remote's signal range. *** Thought for the Day: "Looking at beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind." -Amit Ray (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• One mated male crow consistently brought food to an unmated handicapped female crow who was deformed and partially blind. While biologists watched, he fed his own chicks in the nest 66 times, and brought her food 24 times. His mate, meantime, also fed their chicks 89 times. • Crows are omnivores, which means they eat nearly anything. Crows eat small animals such as mammals, amphibians, reptiles, eggs and carrion. They also eat insects, seeds, grains, nuts, fruit, non-insect arthropods, mollusks, worms and even other birds. Crows have also been noted eating garbage. • Magpies mate for life. When a magpie mate dies during the mating season, the entire colony of nearby magpies will gather around in a noisy congregation. Ornithologists don't know if this is some kind of magpie funeral, or if it is merely an opportunity for the bereaved magpie to pick another mate. By the time the event is over, a new mate has usually been found. • Crows have been known to build “decoy nests” if they feel there is a threat nearby.

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• The story goes that when emperor Octavian returned triumphantly to Rome after having beaten Marc Antony in battle, he was presented with a gift by an admirer. The gift was a raven that had been trained to say, “Hail, Octavian, victorious leader!” Octavian was so impressed that he gave the trainer a handsome reward. Then a bystander piped up and mentioned that the trainer had a spare raven which had been trained to say, “Hail Antony, victorious leader!” just in case Octavian lost. Amused, Octavian made the trainer split the reward with the informer. ...continued

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• A researcher wanted to see how high ravens could count. He would present a tame raven with between one and six objects. The bird was then expected to match the number of objects he had been given with a series of boxes which had between one and six marks on the top. Inside the correct box was a food reward. The raven consistently proved he was able to count to six.

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• Crows living near the golf course in Bombay, India, have developed a taste for golf balls, picking them up and carrying them back to their nests. Caddies run after the balls and cover them with a red cloth before the crows can spot them. • When male and female jays and crows make a nest and raise their young, they may be assisted in the endeavor by some helpers. Usually the helpers are year-old young raised the previous year. Unable to find a mate of their own, sons and daughters will elect to stay with mom and dad and help out around the home front. These helpers watch their parents build a nest; they run off predators; they brood the eggs; and they help feed the young. Often the helper provides the new chicks with more food than the parents do. Scrub jays of Florida may have up to five helpers pitching in. Not only does this train the young to be better parents, but it also improves the survival rate of the new chicks. • The peacock-butterfly scares enemies by spreading its wings, revealing a pattern that looks identical to the eyes of an owl. Birds that have been on the verge of eating the butterfly will make a quick exit after watching the eyes appear. A blue jay was placed in a cage with such a butterfly. The jay was just about to eat it when the eye spots appeared. The jay fled to the opposite end of the cage and refused to move.

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