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The bird family that remembers your face and holds a grudge forever.
means A bird belonging to the crow family — crows, ravens, jays, magpies, jackdaws, and their kin — known for sharp intelligence and problem-solving.
from From Latin 'corvus,' meaning raven or crow, a word the Romans already used for these dark, clever birds. English zoologists formalized 'Corvidae' as the family name in the 19th century, and 'corvid' followed as the everyday adjective-turned-noun for any member of the clan.
- brain ratio
- corvid brain-to-body size rivals great apes
- tool use
- crows bend wire into hooks to fish out food
- grudges
- crows warn relatives about humans who wronged them
- funerals
- magpies gather around dead flockmates, seemingly to mourn