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Is there a possibility of human-crow co-evolution? I really can't think of any other reason the crow would give gifts.
by lemmonii 6y ago
Is there a possibility of human-crow co-evolution? I really can't think of any other reason the crow would give gifts.
- jacobush 6y agoThere is an idea about Crow-Wolf co-evolution. Humans could take the Wolf place quite easily IMHO.
- fossuser 6y agoNot sure this is required? If crows are social and they have their own theory of mind it’s not a huge leap to suspect they’d make friends or try and give friends what they think are valuable gifts and that wouldn’t need to be limited to just other crows.
- r721 6y agoThere was a news story about dolphins bringing gifts as well: https://7news.com.au/news/wildlife/dolphins-bring-gifts-from-sea-in-apparent-response-to-lack-of-human-interaction-c-1049565 https://7news.com.au/news/wildlife/dolphins-bring-gifts-from...
- b0rsuk 6y agoAccording to a book I read, Cheyennes divide birds into three groups: plain, great, and sacred. To my great amusement they count magpies into the sacred ones. They like them because they live close to humans, talk, and announce visitors.