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The girl who gets gifts from birds

F.R. · 2015-02-26 02:28:07

I knew how intelligent they were but this is the first I have heard of them giving gifts in return for food. The girl who gets gifts from birds

26-02-2015 2:28am

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I knew how intelligent they were but this is the first I have heard of them giving gifts in return for food.

The girl who gets gifts from birds

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#2 26-02-2015 11:49pm

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I wonder if the crows really saw the mother dropping the camera lens cap, and decided to return it to her? Probably not the kind of thing they would be inclined to pick up otherwise?

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#3 27-02-2015 9:21am

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There is a danger of drifting in to anthropomorphism here.

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#4 27-02-2015 3:57pm

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Only if you think that the giving of gifts, and various co-operative and mutually beneficial reciprocal behaviours are confined to humans.

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