Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Smarter Than the Average Bird

Every now and then a story comes along that is somewhat fluffy, but fills me with such a sense of love and wonderment.

This is such a story
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"To birds, some humans marked; Study says threats to nests recalled" by Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press | May 20, 2009

WASHINGTON - The birds began reacting to them in advance starting on day three - fleeing the nest, sounding alarms, and dive bombing the researchers.

Well, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL if someone came along and started messing around your house and threatening your young, 'eh, human?

The researchers were surprised that the response was as rapid and dramatic as it was, Levey said.

:-)

It might have been expected from crows, ravens, and parrots - birds known to be highly intelligent - but not from songbirds living in a natural setting, he said.

Ummmm, just who is it that determined the birds are stoo-pid?

Some s***-chewing human?

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Readers, ALL LIFE FORMS and SENTIENT BEINGS DESERVE RESPECT because THEY DO INDEED FEEL PAIN no matter what you think of their brains.

Yes, this blog is MORE PRO-LIFE than YOU CAN BELIEVE -- what with WARS BASED on LIES accounting for the MASS MURDERS of SO MANY!!!!!