BIRD BRAINS

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Birds have co-opted our anti-bird weapons in a genius counterattack

  Vox - Sigal Samuel

  Humans install spikes so birds will go away. Birds steal them and do this instead. Humans are so cute. They think they can outsmart birds. They place nasty metal spikes on rooftops and ledges to prevent birds from nesting there. It’s a classic human trick known in urban design as “evil architecture”: …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Crows And Magpies Are Building Nests Out Of Anti-Bird Spikes

  HuffPost - Hilary Hanson

  These birds won't be deterred so easily. Some bird nests are getting pretty metal. Crows and magpies in Belgium and the Netherlands have constructed their nests using anti-bird spikes ― metal skewers that people place on buildings and sometimes even on trees to prevent birds from gathering …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Using machine learning to decode animal communication

  science.org - Christian Rutz, Michael Bronstein, Aza Raskin, Sonja C. Vernes, Katherine Zacarian, Damián E. Blasi

  The past few years have seen a surge of interest in using machine learning (ML) methods for studying the behavior of nonhuman animals (hereafter …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Evidence Ravens Share A 30,000-Year-Old Relationship With Humans - Ancient Pages

  ancientpages.com - AncientPages.com

  Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, God Odin always has his two raven companions, Hugin (Huginn) and Munin (Munnin), on his shoulders. As …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Ravens in Prehistory: Scientists Unearth a 30,000-Year-Old Relationship With Humans

  scitechdaily.com - University of Tübingen

  Scientists from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment examine human-raven relationships. …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Raven Vs Crow: Do You Know The Difference?

  iflscience.com - Eleanor Higgs

  Proceed with cawtion. Prepare to enter the fascinating world of corvids, this beady-eyed and extremely clever family of birds are common across the …