

Gifts of the Crow
How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
Author: Tony Angell, John Marzluff
Narrator: Danny Campbell
Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 06/05/2012
Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Animals, Birdwatching Guides
Includes:
Bonus Material
Synopsis
Redefining the notion of "bird brain," crows and ravens are often called feathered apes because of their clever tool-making and their ability to respond to environmental challenges, including those posed by humans. Indeed, their long lives, social habits, and large complex brains allow them to observe and learn from us and our social gatherings. Their marvelous brains allow crows to think, plan, and reconsider their actions. In these and other enthralling revelations, Marzluff and Angell portray creatures that are nothing short of amazing: they play, bestow gifts on people who help or feed them, use cars as nutcrackers, seek revenge on animals that harass them, are tricksters that lure birds to their deaths, and dream. The authors marvel at crows' behavior that we humans would find strangely familiar, from delinquency and risk taking to passion and frolic. A testament to years of painstaking research, this riveting work is a thrilling look at one of nature's most wondrous creatures.