Tag: Memory
Ravens in Norse Mythology
Ravens have often been featured in myths and legends, stories, poems, and religious beliefs. For example, the Norse God Odin was said to have a pair of ravens, Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory). They were said to travel the world from early morning to late into the evening each and every day in search of [...]
Posted: April 5th, 2009 under Huginn, legend, Memory, Muninn, mythology, Myths about ravens, Norse mythology, Odin, Raven myths, ravens, thought.
Tags: Huginn, Memory, Midgard, Muninn, Norse mythology, Odin, odin and ravens, Raven, raven myth, raven mythology, ravens and norse mythology, ravens and odin, thought
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The mysterious case of the vengeful crows
I do not know if this really happened or not but if it did… I guess it would make sense. We would remember 7 months later too…
Can crows wait for seven months to take their revenge on a human being… well here is one such case…
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Posted: March 24th, 2009 under American Crow, Calls, Common Crow, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, family, Family Recognition, Habitat, intelligence, Memory, Recognition.
Tags: Corvidae, Corvids, crows, crows know, crows recognize you, crows remember faces, Memory, Recognition, vengeance, vengeful
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Caching Corvids
Did you know that the corvid-family of birds cache food for later — saving it in multiple spots for many months? They also watch other birds cache food and steal it–moving it for themselves. They are sneaky. They pay attention. This is interesting. There brain size to body ratio is relative to primates. They are [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2009 under American Crow, bird cam, caching, Common Crow, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, family, feeding, Habitat, intelligence, Photograph, Pictures.
Tags: American Crow, birds, cache, caching, Crow, crows, decline, food caching, intelligence, Memory, Northern crow, population, spatial memory, survival
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Friend or Foe? Crows Never Forget a Face, It Seems
Researchers have found that crows, renowned for their ability to flourish in human-dominated landscapes, can recognize individual human faces. In this article they study the recognition abilities and memory of the crow.
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Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, intelligence, Marzluff, Memory, News, Recognition.
Tags: crows, face, intelligence, Marzluff, Memory, Recognition
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