Smart Crows and Geometry

 

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Crows are recognized as very intelligent. Listen to this from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5355849/a-new-study-finds-crows-can-recognize-geometric-shapes

Or read the summary here: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/12/nx-s1-5359438/a-crows-math-skills-include-geometry

Also summarized in ScienceAdvances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt3718

Another post on math skills of animals: https://jamesmacmath.blogspot.com/2025/03/counting-critters-whos-got-numbers-game.html

Some researchers believe birds developed intelligence in a way independent of how humans and primates did. 

Also see Live Science article: Which animals can count and understand simple math?