@erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research studies where people with masks pretended to threaten crows, the crows passed on warnings about those masks to peers and to their children! https://t.co/OeI7HMXqWJ
Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows.
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The group extensively discusses the cognitive skills of crows, such as recognizing faces, holding grudges, and warning others about threats, which reflect strong agreement and interest. Their tone combines scientific curiosity with a sense of amazement, highlighting how social learning among crows could significantly affect our understanding of animal intelligence and behavior.
Most discussions emphasize that crows can recognize faces, remember threats, and pass warnings, supporting the article's findings.
The posts show high curiosity about the cognitive abilities of crows, highlighting their social behaviors and communication.
Users actively cite research, discuss implications, and share examples, indicating deep interest and thoughtful engagement.
Many posts suggest that this understanding of crow behavior could influence how humans interact with or design conservation strategies for crows, showing high perceived significance.
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- This study shows that American crows can learn to recognize and react to dangerous faces through both individual experiences and social cues, such as watching their peers or family members.
- Crows exposed to a novel dangerous mask by trapping and conditioning responded with immediate scolding, and this behavior spread over a large area via social learning within five years.
- The research highlights the tradeoff between costly, firsthand learning and less expensive, social information, with social learning allowing for rapid spread of alarm behaviors and more efficient recognition of threats.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyIf you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight with some crows and see how that works out for you. https://t.co/VGeD753Khe
And for the final answer, number 15: it is, of course, Crows. A study on American Crows showed that not only did the Crows remember the faces of their attackers, but also taught other Crows to attack them: https://t.co/5NTHlATvo2 #SpookyBTOQuiz #Autumnwatch @BBCSpringwatch https://t.co/ju7q8muQOq
【参考】 『Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows』2011
Crows and humans Crows are able to recognize human faces, and are able categorize those faces as either safe or dangerous. Plus, these social crows will teach their neighbors and family about people who are dangerous to them.
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American Crows Recognize Faces and Share Safety Information
This study shows that American crows can learn to recognize and react to dangerous faces through individual experiences and social cues, such as watching peers. Social learning enables rapid spread of alarm behaviors…
American Crows Share Knowledge of Dangerous Humans Through Social Learning
This study shows that American crows can recognize and react to dangerous faces, sharing this knowledge through social cues, allowing rapid spread of alarm behaviors and efficient threat recognition.
@halmthecreator @kafamasikicam nasıl olduğuna dair değil bu link genel bilgi. asıl kaynak bu https://t.co/1JnerAobQh
@nenadujamina To sa poredjenjem zivotnja sa decom nekog uzrasta nije bas adekvatno jer korelacija nije adekvatna. Sto se tice pamcenja lica i prenosenja informacije, yup, evo istrazivanja: https://t.co/jarLVMlTFl
Don't annoy them. They will remember you! Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... birdfact.com/articles/do-...
@BenShindel Just don't make them angry! Apparently, crows can hold intergenerational grudges. https://t.co/8TOuq68hcc
Y aqui los links a algunos de los artículos:
Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows
Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows https://t.co/p4jy4ZeowN
https://t.co/XDumjhSHae https://t.co/xeip1KmlRS
@Aelthemplaer @Rainmaker1973 The Crow does also have pretty good communication to pass on their hate https://t.co/4ubn8zVPUW
Crows and humans Crows are able to recognize human faces, and are able categorize those faces as either safe or dangerous. Plus, these social crows will teach their neighbors and family about people who are dangerous to them.
Try to fathom how rich the communication mechanisms must be in crow society to be able to transfer this level of information to each other Evidence points to cross-modal communication Original Papers: https://t.co/IPUKU15fYj https://t.co/jOycEfZC8k https://t.co/XoaVq5MUDM https://t.co/kqBLDt4ZsU
@clif_high Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows - https://t.co/P9K9mnOCGR
"Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows" - this is my main article and incorporates elements from the other John Marzluff article I posted about.. (he's the guy in the picture) #39canimals
【参考】 『Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows』2011
RT @Maxens_wlfr: @meorurtoorn @WorldKnownledge Je crois que ça vient de cette étude https://t.co/KYi4qSeVQz
@meorurtoorn @WorldKnownledge Je crois que ça vient de cette étude https://t.co/KYi4qSeVQz
@oyinkanijose ~ I got you slatt
#39canimals 1/3 of my "big 3": Don't cross a crow, or you might become an enemy of the entire flock. https://t.co/u0GIqqVld2
RT @Atomedesavoir:
@fakehistoryhunt Ah can’t find the study about gun & sticks, but found one explaining they can recognize faces and talk about it : https://t.co/edT4nQ1y4E
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
RT @clifton_r: @erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research…
@erinbiba And they *tell* other crows, so that crows who have never met that person know about them. In one of the research studies where people with masks pretended to threaten crows, the crows passed on warnings about those masks to peers and to their children! https://t.co/OeI7HMXqWJ
Gli uccelli, come i corvi, possono anche portare rancore per cinque anni e spargono la voce tra amici e parenti. https://t.co/TgnbTFuUgC https://t.co/1cjkvvzOyV
@nemojdame znanstveno utemeljena istina
Excellent article detailing how American crows teach each other about threats (in particular, threatening humans) through scolding and mobbing. https://t.co/LcSK2MNVOP.
RT @heatonmoorpark: Crows of the park, and elsewhere: Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows ......…
RT @heatonmoorpark: Crows of the park, and elsewhere: Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows ......…
RT @IBIS_journal: Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows https://t.co/Yy8fwuV9j3 | @royalsociety #Pr…
RT @IBIS_journal: Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows https://t.co/Yy8fwuV9j3 | @royalsociety #Pr…
Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows https://t.co/Yy8fwuV9j3 | @royalsociety #ProcB @RSocPublishing | #ornithology https://t.co/fHNZan68uX
Crows of the park, and elsewhere: Social learning spreads knowledge about dangerous humans among American crows ........ https://t.co/BcMAhgHN3I #crows #ornithology (Video by Zuzanna Musial from Pexels) https://t.co/GPNxLQI1dE
RT @_BTO: And for the final answer, number 15: it is, of course, Crows. A study on American Crows showed that not only did the Crows rememb…
RT @_BTO: And for the final answer, number 15: it is, of course, Crows. A study on American Crows showed that not only did the Crows rememb…
And for the final answer, number 15: it is, of course, Crows. A study on American Crows showed that not only did the Crows remember the faces of their attackers, but also taught other Crows to attack them: https://t.co/5NTHlATvo2 #SpookyBTOQuiz #Autumnwatch @BBCSpringwatch https://t.co/ju7q8muQOq
@dIforgottenman @corvidresearch The research about this is here https://t.co/Y3dA0Arb8v (if you can't access, try https://t.co/vqySXd71K2
Do you hold grudges? Many animals hold grudges, even for many years. For example, crows can hold grudges for five years, and they spread the word among friends and family. Researchers captured, banded, and released wild crows wh…https://t.co/CddZiVjezr https://t.co/q6vDOjMMsu
Neat! (The original paper is also worth reading, even for those of us who know nothing about birds: https://t.co/fNNqlLxvfc) https://t.co/iGgSjSPWSw
@antoniogm I’m going to take this moment to say that crows have culture, they remember things, they’re social, and they teach each other. So if you’re going to make an enemy of crows... realize that that’s a thing. https://t.co/j7zjjKgxfJ
@cgab25331 https://t.co/MrJelXrph5
@conorjh @mollydot I believe this is it : https://t.co/kn2cXCFqu6 Original study used caveman masks as "dangerous" and Dick Cheney masks as "neutral"
@SzMarsupial https://t.co/Qyd3rjjtjw The supplementary materials with the masks used are quite something. https://t.co/YmQm5wAENC
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
RT @AgentNdn: If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight…
If you think that Indigenous notions of having "treaties" with plants and animals is ridiculous, I invite you to pick a fight with some crows and see how that works out for you. https://t.co/VGeD753Khe
#social #learning in #crows, so cool @alerossic & @wylieprof https://t.co/KGBwc2XdKa
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