Crows, ravens, magpies, and jays are not just feathered machines, rigidly programmed by their genetics. Instead, they are beings that, within the constraints of their molecular inheritance, make complex decisions and show every sign of enjoying a rich awareness.
—Candace Savage, PBS Nature
above images are public domain, taken from wikimedia commons Complex Cognition in Corvidae
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