# "Birds hold funerals for their dead"

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**Created:** [September 30, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/birds-hold-funerals-for-their-dead/56882 "2012-09-30T15:56:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/birds-hold-funerals-for-their-dead/56882/1 "2012-09-30T15:56:41Z")

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> Funerals by definition are ceremonies honoring a dead person, but researchers have just observed what appears to be the avian version of a funeral.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://news.discovery.com/animals/birds-hold-avian-funerals-for-their-dead-120905.html](http://news.discovery.com/animals/birds-hold-avian-funerals-for-their-dead-120905.html))

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**Author:** ![Jedi\_Nights](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/jedi_nights/32/346_2.png) [@Jedi\_Nights](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Jedi_Nights)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/birds-hold-funerals-for-their-dead/56882/2 "2012-10-01T03:47:24Z")

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> [@QuietGuy](#):
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> ↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://news.discovery.com/animals/birds-hold-avian-funerals-for-their-dead-120905.html](http://news.discovery.com/animals/birds-hold-avian-funerals-for-their-dead-120905.html))

There is some speculation that they may have as much as a 200 word language.

They may be smarter than chimps. They make tools (like hooks), not just use them.

> **[New Caledonian crow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonian_Crow)**
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> The New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides) is a medium-sized member of the family Corvidae, native to New Caledonia. The bird is often referred to as the 'qua-qua' due to its distinctive call. It eats a wide range of food, including many types of invertebrates, eggs, nestlings, small mammals, snails, nuts and seeds. The New Caledonian crow sometimes captures grubs in nooks or crevices by poking a twig at the grub to agitate it into biting the twig, which the crow then withdraws with the grub ...

Here’s one that uses one small tool to get another tool that is big enough for the job.

[BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cleverest crows opt for two tools](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6948446.stm)

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/birds-hold-funerals-for-their-dead/56882/3 "2012-10-15T17:00:39Z")

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> [@Jedi\_Nights](#):
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> There is some speculation that they may have as much as a 200 word language.
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> They may be smarter than chimps. They make tools (like hooks), not just use them.  
> [New Caledonian Crow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonian_Crow)
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> Here’s one that uses one small tool to get another tool that is big enough for the job.
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> [BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cleverest crows opt for two tools](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6948446.stm)

Thanks! 🙂

I found a “Ted” video that feature one of these Crows.

It show some pretty gnarly stuff in regards to that little beings’s problem solving ability.

How come they are so smart when their brains size is so humble? (rhetorical question)

[Joshua Klein: The intelligence of crows | Video on TED.com](http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows.html)