A group of American Crows (possibly up to 4) were calling, one was making a “rattle” (a similar sound to the “knocking” sound of Common Ravens). In this partial recording, 12 “rattles” can be heard in under 2 minutes.
Recording location is Cobscook Point at Cobscook Bay State Park in Edmunds Township, Maine. at 10:09 am on August 10, 2021.
The full recording, 8.5+ min, can be heard here: macaulaylibrary.org/asset/361178511
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Crows are self-aware and “know what they know,” just like humans, according to a new study. Almost no other species has that kind of higher intelligence.
In what now feels like an annual update, crows are even more surprisingly smart than we thought. But do they have true consciousness? New research shows that crows and other corvids “know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds,” according to STAT. This is considered a cornerstone of self-awareness and shared by just a handful of animal species besides humans.
