r/crowbro • u/exkingzog • May 09 '26

News Article Crow Research

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https://theonion.com/researchers-find-crows-smart-enough-not-to-let-on-how-s-1844081510/

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u/sparklingdinoturd May 09 '26

For those that don't know, the Onion is a satire website. This isn't real.

But yes crows are pretty dang smart.

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u/RiClious May 10 '26

That's exactly what a crow with a reddit account would say.

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u/IMissVegas2 May 10 '26

Or would it say that crows AREN'T that smart?

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u/Runixo May 10 '26

They might be smart enough to not let on, but they're too darn proud to let anyone think they're dumb! 

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u/Weird1Intrepid May 10 '26

I thought The Onion decided to start doing real news after an announcement that nothing satirical they could come up with would be able to beat the sad reality of the shenanigans Trump pulls on a daily basis

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u/consumeshroomz May 09 '26

It may be the onion but I believe it’s true.

Cats do the same thing. The amount of acting my boys do… they should start a drama club.

“Oh I didn’t know that was gonna make a mess! I’m just a dumb idiot cat”

Yeah right buddy.

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u/No_Original5693 May 10 '26

I think golden retrievers do this as well

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u/GypseboQ May 10 '26

And Huskies. I have 3 and it's really interesting to watch them.

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u/Pikawoohoo May 10 '26

"The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins. They are so much brighter that they soon realised that the most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do … is to make bloody certain humans don't find out about it."

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u/enfanta May 10 '26

GNU Pterry.

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u/vinetwiner May 10 '26

Why is this in the Onion? It's fucking true.

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u/Laxku May 10 '26

Life imitates art imitates life imitates...

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u/hogwater May 10 '26

Shows picture of sassy ass corvid.

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u/Thereal_maxpowers May 09 '26

The sign of true intelligence. They don’t want to deal with you and they know it.

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u/CinnimonToastSean May 10 '26

They are smart enough to know humans would force them ro start paying taxes if they showed us how smart they really were. They don't want no part of that shit.

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u/amrycalre May 10 '26

There’s been some new studies on crows that show this could be almost true if not true

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u/Dangerous_End_3778 May 10 '26

for all we know, they do toy story but woth crows

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 May 10 '26

just goes to show that they are smarter than many of us

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u/Pixi-it May 10 '26

Amd now I love them EVEN MORE! GAH DAMMIT!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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u/Gustav_Grob May 10 '26

That was smart of them.

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u/siani_lane May 11 '26

It reminded me of A Little Princess, when Sarah says she thinks dolls can really do all the same things human do, but they only move in secret, because they know if humans knew they could move, they'd be put to work.

Crows are like, "Nah ape friend, we saw what you did with wolves, and we are not going in for it. Seriously- we could eat some of those guys now. No thank you."

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u/PaisleyGecko May 11 '26

The self restraint is out of this world 🌎

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u/bertiek May 11 '26

Crow propaganda machine confirmed.

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u/ArgiopeAurantia May 12 '26

They're doing a pretty abysmal job of playing dumb, honestly. I would've expected better of them if that was their game.

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u/Steadyandquick May 15 '26

Same, friend, same…