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\nThese creatures may be small, but they have an outsized intellect. ➡ Subscribe #NationalGeographic #Crows #WasteManagement About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and...\nThese creatures may be small, but they have an outsized intellect. ➡ Subscribe #NationalGeographic #Crows #WasteManagement About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible. Get More National Geographic: Official Site Facebook Twitter Instagram These birds are trained for a job. These six rooks pick up trash at a theme park in Les Epesses, France. They bring the trash to a container that dispenses a food reward. This gives a new, positive spin to the expression “bird brain.” Ornithologist Robert Mulvihill said that parrots and some songbirds, like rooks and crows, have “really high neuronal densities for their size.” These creatures may be small, but they have an outsized intellect. The whole process is still fundamentally a foraging behavior but a bit more complex. Read more in \"These Clever Birds Will Work for Food\" Crows Trained to Pick Up Trash Teach Humans A Lesson | National Geographic National Geographic\n
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