942K views · Sep 9, 2006 · 0:41 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2009–2016
A one-minute clip of the New Caledonian crow Betty bending a straight wire into a hook to retrieve food from a tube. It comes from a 2002 Science study on tool-making in crows.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN links it as the clearest demonstration that crows can fashion tools.
“A crow, given food in a thin cylinder and a piece of wire, bends the wire into a hook and pulls the food out.”HN comment, 2009
“A crow, given food in a thin cylinder and a piece of wire, bends the wire into a hook and pulls the food out.”
Crow bends wire into hook to retrieve food.
Similar: this video A crow, given food in a thin cylinder and a piece of wire, bends the wire into a hook and pulls the food out.
“Perhaps you don't understand that crows use tools.”
Shows crows using tools
bullshit. Perhaps you don't understand that crows use tools. this video and that they also are social and communicate with each other. They do give gifts to each other as part of courtship. We don't need to anthropomorphize to recognize plain facts about crows being intelligent and intentional and social.
“Specifically, bending a wire into a hook to retrieve food”
Crow bends a wire into a hook to retrieve food
This is not nearly as complex a sequence, but has a bit of tool making. Specifically, bending a wire into a hook to retrieve food: this video
