VIDEO: Crow uses oncoming traffic to prepare food
In a world becoming increasingly urban and overrun with automobiles, any animal that hopes to survive must adapt. So what's a crow to do with no way to crack his nuts? The crow in this video has overcome the obstacle by placing his food in the path of oncoming traffic and waiting for a car's curb weight to do the work for him. Of course, eating dinner in the middle of the road is a hazard in itself, so this crow has gotten especially creative. It hangs out on a wire perched directly above a cross walk and drops a nut in the street. After it's been run over, it waits for the light to turn red and the traffic to stop before swooping down to dine in peace. Amazing. Not only does this illustrate how intelligent some animals are, it also gives us another entry for our upcoming coffee table book entitled 101 Uses for the Modern Day Automobile.
[Source: YouTube]
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Jason 3:32PM (9/09/2006)
Crows are very smart. This has been proven many times in many studies.
Think of it, a crow should be hired to run Ford. Cheaper than Mulally and probably wont reduce the marketshare at ford like he did at Boeing the last 10 years.
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doobie 3:39PM (9/09/2006)
Wow, a bird actually smarter than Bush!
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fordman 3:44PM (9/09/2006)
I agree crows are smart.
I thought Mulally was over-rated and a terrible indecisive leader. Then I hear he got 18 million signing bonus. Then I hear he gets 9.9 million a year. That is $5,266 per working hour. Now I am convinced Ford is doomed.
Better trade in my Ranger before its too late.
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Frank 3:59PM (9/09/2006)
Yea, and smarter than Kerry too! (since he scored lower in tests than Bush).
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Ryan 4:24PM (9/09/2006)
". Yea, and smarter than Kerry too! (since he scored lower in tests than Bush)."
-I worked for a construction company and managed the office in it right out of college, the owner of the company only graduated high school and has over 80 (I believe 200 now) working FOR HIM, many of whom are college grads.
-Who is smarter?
The college kid that put himself 40k in debt and graduated
or
The high school grad that opened his own business and has college grads working under him?
It's not all in the test scores!
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fordman 4:33PM (9/09/2006)
You are such a bastard goldberg. Our troops are over there dying.
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Jamie 5:07PM (9/09/2006)
That't probably why Japanese import drivers like hard NUTS so much.
And here was I thinking being gay was a "choice".
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Mike 5:44PM (9/09/2006)
Well if the average American voter was smarter than this crow, we wouldn't be arguing about George Bush right now - he wouldn't be the president.
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DPC car videos 6:15PM (9/09/2006)
I never thought any bird would be that smart.
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mwells 7:16PM (9/09/2006)
I can't believe a post about a crow picking up and cracking a fucking nut has generated anti-bush, anti-ford and anti-american sentiment. I feel like I'm living in hell, or at least posting comments in it.
I sure do admire that bird though.
PS: BUSH IS DUMB LOL
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Jon 7:56PM (9/09/2006)
Too bad the crow can't type,you guys might learn something
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Asher 7:57PM (9/09/2006)
I think it's hilarious that Bush is on some ppls minds 24/7, apparently. It's given them a weird form of Tourettes Syndrome.
PS. Smart bird, there. Just to keep things on topic.
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mat 8:11PM (9/09/2006)
All you people are sick.
Specially you Goldberg.
Anyways, the crow is smart. They were known for stealing jewlery in the middle ages. I always thought this was fake, but researched it and its true.
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Stoneman 8:47PM (9/09/2006)
#2 you kick ass.
I cannot believe it..... those birds are so smart. You know what? I need them for my test drives. Maybe they can provide me decent answers instead of myself.
Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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Ryan 9:56PM (9/09/2006)
ehhh,
Crows, of all the beautiful birds, us humans inadvertently help out the nastiest bird of all, the crow. Sick. If a crow could kill you they would.
I have been scared for life by a crow,
I was on a fun little 2nd grade field trip, already kind of a loner anyway. Our field trip was to "discover" the lewis and clark trail. There were crows flying around everywhere. And of all the places for a crow to shit, right on my head! It was nasty, that freaking crow SHAT on my head it was quite possibly the sickest most embarrasing thing to happen.
I am now convinced the same crow has been stocking me, NOW it shits on my car every time I leave the car wash, it never fails. :-)
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Bob 3:48AM (9/10/2006)
1) All of you are insane, especially #7.
2) #15, you spell "inadvertently" correctly, but you can't spell "stalking" or "scarred." That's unpossible!
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Zoverax 3:59AM (9/10/2006)
#16 That's damn funny man.
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Zoverax 4:00AM (9/10/2006)
Err, I mean #15...
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Dana 6:35AM (9/10/2006)
Here is another video (not car related).
A crow fashions a hook out of a piece of wire to retrieve an object from a narrow tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZnsO2ZgWo
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Galley 9:02AM (9/10/2006)
I, for one, welcome our new nut-cracking crow overlords!
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