@MrJiffyBag Fuckin crows, man. They're scary smart. Did ya know that if one crow is supposed to keep a look out for danger, and that crow fails, the other crows will kill it? Thats capitol punishment, man. Birds should not be capable of that.
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very good idea!! crows start working for us..collecting garbage and other jobs...then the crows will feel used and make secret meetings discussing political and military strategies...later on they form an army and attack us. :D
My ex father-in-law was a telephone linesman around Toowoomba, Queensland, in the 70's and 80's. There were lots of poisonous cane toads around there that would kill any animal that tried to eat them - except the native ravens/crows. He told the story that he had seen them avoid the poison glands on their backs by flipping them over and piercing their abdomen. No other animal or bird, to my knowledge, does this.
My uncle kept crows for a long time. The landlord tried to make him get rid of them, but he just moved them to the attic. Eventually the jig was up and he had to get rid of them, but they were smart as hell. I was just a kid, but I was AMAZED at these crows intelligence.
Wait one second. That Apollo space rocket model in the background... Isn't there a whole video of Neil Degrasse Tyson getting one of those in his office?
Ravens, actually, nesting in a high doug fir half a mile from my home, bullied dogs for dogfood in one yard, stole eggs from my coop and used a bit of gravel from my driveway to open the egg, eat the contents. I'd find dry eggs along my driveway, under the doug fir, with a bit of gravel in them, propped into hollow so they wouldn't roll down the hill!
Ehh i dunno, Hmm.. they do some teamwork. Like there's cat food from the cat lady in our apartment block. And so there's food out there in the open. One crow pisses off the cat, the other takes the food... both are kind of happy about what they're doing. Next thing we're gonna see is using a lever to open garbage cans...
The main problem with making crows useful is the same one as making people useful. The ones that are smart enough to do the sort of complex tasks you need them too are also too intelligent to be content with anything for very long. They'll unionize and take over your shit.
Corporations like dogs, mules, and masses of plebeians, but it takes a poet king to rally individuals and crows.
I remember when I had a year long roach infestation (I took no risoners) I shot a big one off the ceiling with an airsoft istol and when he hit the ground oozing and usidedown a little one came running out of the shadows and started munching on him and the big one started kicking his legs D: and as soon as I stood u to squash the two the little one drug the big one back underneath the fridge...I also noticed my floors and counters were imaculately crumbless that year. Must be hard bein a roach.
@monkeymagoo47 Im glad you noticed and I didnt have to explain it to you. I still get comments about it. Its so hard trying to explain to people that my letter next to the o key is inoperational. Or was :PPPP
No it isn't. As usual, someone at Google did something for nothing and the marketing and advertising was great but they are still as low in prosperity as they were when they started, since there was no profit regime as part of the scheme. With a massively inflated stock value to show it, Google they still passes their children a debt they'll never be able to pay off. Now I have to write a new constitution that makes us all poorer than we were as a big nation, or hope debt is forgiven.
There was a story i heard when i was a kid in India that crows use stones to raise water level in a shallow cup so that they can reach it!!Apparently the myth is true!!!I once shot a crow with air gun and it died the whole crow population near my house swarmed around me like they where all angry and Kawwing at me!! Try killing one and they all get together i to have been observing crows all my life and i have noticed they r the only thing that lives every where we do,even high in the Himalayas!
I recall reading about crows doing exactly this in TIME magazine many years ago, i think the article was called, " Who are you calling bird brain?".....
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I did find all that exceedingly interesting, however his conclusion that we can live harmoniously doesn't follow very directly from the body of his talk.
I LOVE CROWS! I have been fascinated by Crows for 3 Decades. Thanks to Mr. Klein for getting so much good information. The Ancient Celts of England believed that their Druids took the shape of a crow as their preferred form. The Crow and Raven are truly icons in human mythology.
@davejazzanova Gotta echo that. Except for the three decades thing. I love crows. I even like the sound of crows - people seem to find it annoying or even creepy. I like them probably because I have a deep interest in mythology too. Hecate's eyes, or the failed messengers, and Wotan's eyes and ears the crows and ravens generate good tales. One good reason to visit the Tower of London is to see the epic-sized crows. lol They're crows with character, and well looked after. {=D
I bet the ACLU or some group gets pissed and hires lawyers for the birds...why? Who knows? Could be we are teaching them Capitalism, or 'exploiting them', or whatever dumb reason Communists and hippies can imagine.
I do like the idea of a Mutually beneficial roles with these birds. The African tribes men had a relationship with a honey eater. It would go out and direct the tribes men to the honey and they would in turn leave part of the bounty out for the bird. This wasn't just a one off either, its a long tradition with the animals of the land and people working together. WIN WIN.
and this is coming from one of a specie the crow managed to get working to accommodate them. i see is as the crows are using the humans to their advantage as well as entertainment
Oh btw! In case the mutually benificial role (flying rats/mankind) fails: pls familiarize them with paper money and relative mechanics of bill slots, minimize the availabilty coins; introduce crows to the concept of snagging coins/bills from - initially cooperative colleagues; incrementally distance diminishing # of coins/bills/people from the machines; reward incrementally with more peanuts per coin/bill denomination; place machine in my back yard (I will magnanimously maintain for you!).
ok, Joshua... great concept - hopefully your next 10 years will be spent actually proving the theory and realizing some form of "equilibrium" whereby crows will serve that "mutually beneficial role" (serving some useful purpose) - rather than simply being an ever increasing plague of flying rats.
Did he know that in the Tower of London, Charles II of England (reigned 1660-1685 new that crows/ ravens were quite intelligent. For many centuries, ravens have guarded the Tower of London and, since they are said
to hold the power of the Crown, it is believed that the Crown and the Tower will fall,
Don't want to get into this nutty comment war but crows and ravens are both corvids and of similar intelligence, and there is a really fascinating book by Bernd Heinrich called Mind of The Raven which I would recommend to anyone who finds this experiment interesting or doubts that corvids are extremely intelligent birds.
Interesting until he explained trying to enslave the crows. I dont think thats any better than circus animal acts. Besides do we really want trained animals on the loose? These things are smart enough to revolt. Want an example of how dangerous they are? I saw a squirrel get hit by a speeding taxi and went to get it. In ten minutes I had ten or more swarm and follow me really mad I stole their lunch. They hated me for days. Shocked how smart they are.
Nice job. In Venezuela a group of scientists use some birds (not crows) to re-forest especific areas and it was a success. It is very interesting to think we can interact with some animals and get a mutual benefit. Keep working and thanks for sharing your idea.
For the crow sympathizers. . . RELAX, based on the "evidence" presented here, crows are not going to be exploited by mankind. However, I do have some bad news for you. The Easter Bunny does not really exist either. Sorry !!!
I skimmed through 106 comments. No one seems to doubt if this video is true or not. There is no scientific proof of anything. Lots of clips, illustrations, and WORDS. Did you see the crow put the coin in the vending machine. Why not?
@zerge69 Perhaps you missed the point. People will believe anything they are told, without the slightest amount of questioning rational thought. I does not take a scientist to see this is a hoax, anything above an IQ of 80 would suffice. However, in spite of this, no one doubts it. It is amazing to me . . . that's all.
@DrakeofStorms It is not necessary to try to reproduce an experiment without any documented proof of anything. Why don't you explain why there are no videos of the crow inserting the coins (the most important aspect) in this presentation. It is ONLY CLAIMED with words. Claiming something is true, is not the same as being true or proof of anything. Why is everyone so incredibly gullible?
@mykeda There is no need to videos. The scientific way is to describe the experiment in detail, so anyone can reproduce it. That's *much* more reliable than a video, which could be easily faked.
@DrakeofStorms You offer "excuses" not answers. Plus, there is no actual photographs of a coin slot in this "machine". It is just a few wooden boxes. Mostly, drawings are offered, why not closeups of the coin slot mechanism? Actually, filming a wild bird picking up a coin and placing it in a slot would be VERY difficult to fake. The answer to all of these questions are obvious . . . it is all a hoax.
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So in summary: we should ignore the species vanishing as we destroy the biosphere and instead concentrate on the ones that thrive. Crows thrive. Crows are really smart. Let's teach them to pick up our garbage.
Thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my time Mr Klein. Go back and sit in front of your computer where you belong.
No, no! We shouldn't ignore the species vanishing, I don't think he ever meant that. We should pay more attention species that thrive, so that we can find ways to co-exist peacefully istead of automatically labeling them as pests.
So to summarize what you just said, finding new, resourceful, and not to mention extremely cheap ways to clean up the planet, is a waste a time?... y'know the fact that you missed the whole point of the talk by looking just at what is spelt out to you and failing to seeing the brazenly obvious potential for technologies like this, that could help turn problems into solutions, is nothing short of just sad.
Look beyond the idea and reflect upon the unspoken assumptions upon which it rests. His idea doesn't address any of the root causes of waste. Neither does his idea demonstrate any sympathy for animals - it is a novel method for exploiting crows.
Solutions should address the root causes of the problems. Training crows to pick up our rubbish not only doesn't help us solve the waste problem but it creates a new vector by which we exploit animals.
Crows also figured out how to start fires so they can eat the charcoal that remained.
A rash of fires were occuring in barns and the police were on stakeouts looking for an arsonist. An officer noticed a crow fly into a barn, with a cigarette in it's beak, and when the crow flew out, it didn't have it. Within minutes, the officer noticed smoke coming from the barn while the crow waited in a nearby tree.
Crows eat a lot of junk and the charcoal helps their stomachs.
I mean that it is just an animal, like us. But a bullet in it, it dies. Shine a light on a shadow it goes away. But the more lights you shine the more shadows you cause.
actually, crows do get around as pets. My sociology teacher had one since he was a kid, and his father tried to release it 4 times, but it found its way back. It died 5 years later, but my teacher also moved in that time, and it followed him to his new house. Also, if you have seen Shawshank Redemption, the librarian guy has one.
crows and ravens respond well to captivity. I had a pet raven growing up, it was loyal and we if we let it out it would fly back to the house. It was territiorial though and would attack people walking in front of our house so we had to give it away.
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this benefits neither crows or humans
it teaches humans that we can be even lazier and rely on taking advantage of animals to do our dirty work for us
this doesn't benefit crows, in the sense that it doesn't help them survive. as the speaker has said, crows are already thriving and do not need our help
eventually the crows will learn to take advantage of other animals as we take advantage of the crows
essentially you're teaching an animal to make the same mistakes that we have as a species
@ChrisBrewster and you are retarde huh. making us lazier? cuz we dont pick up a penny thats on the sidewalk? seriously? you have problems if you think that makes you lazy. And it does benifit us both. it picks up coins for us and gives out food for them.
@IntrebuloN I highly doubt you are a scientist sir. As a scientist you most likely have a very logic based mind. Now having said that, logic dominated minds, 9 times out of 10, use punctuation and grammatically correct structure when typing. You obviously do not, instead you use obtuse arguements with no fact just broadstroke opinions that can't really be refuted. I really dislike people like you.
@IntrebuloN You may be right, but this can be the new step in a positive direction for mankind and animals. As Ted, also, mentioned earlier, mankind has been trying to eliminate crows, cockroaches and rats. This lecture provides a fresh perspective that has potential to create respect for animals. Working with and for animals will foster a stronger relationship rather than believing they are good-for-nothing vermin.
@IntrebuloN Evolution cannot be slowed. Every time someone has a baby, that's evolution. We have evolved to change our environment, and have become a highly social being, Thanks to the c-section our brains have been allowed to get increasingly bigger. It is technological and social advancement that have allowed us to evolve in the direction that we have. Is true that we are no longer capable as a species to live naked in the wild BUT this does not constitute a flaw in our evolution.
@IntrebuloN You do realize you are not different from people that lived 100k years ago? Same brain, same DNA, same everything. Modern man just got taller a bit. Thats all. So what again are we slowing down?
@IntrebuloN I think if it comes between living in better harmony with other species, and considering them pests that should be eradicated, the path towards a more mutually beneficial existence makes more sense. If it doesn't harm the other species, is it really that bad a thing?
@IntrebuloN I agree with what you are saying unti l about the fourth paragraph, the idea that we use crows to take care of our trash instead of teaching ourselves to be smart about the things we use and throw away sticks out as an example.
@IntrebuloN Um, Mr. scientist, you should be fully aware then, that biological evolution is all about how a species adapts to its environment, and said environment includes other species. You are essentially asserting that evolution is a "mistake". The only "goal" within evolution is species survival, and anything that assists a species to do so isn't a mistake. *headdesk*
@IntrebuloN The scientist also said that all we do is try to figure out ways to kill them. They have been thriving without our help... true.. but unless we find a use for them we get rid of them- as shown through history.
very interesting video thanks
grisgrisy 3 days ago
:D
ikincrow 1 week ago
So, you find an intelligent species, train them, and then immedietly suggest they be trained to be slaves? Really?
TheTenatDoctor 1 week ago
@TheTenatDoctor
How much different would it be than rescue dogs or horses?
PlutoRoman 1 week ago
@TheTenatDoctor
You really need to look up the definition of slavery.
The crows aren't forced into anything. The crows are quite welcome to go and eat elsewhere.
If, however, the crow happens to have a coin it wishes to trade for a peanut, the vending machine will be there to accommodate it.
This is mutually beneficial exchange - pretty much same thing you do so you can eat.
wmkeeble 1 week ago
So they are training crows to rob us of our money?
dfunkers 2 weeks ago
how much abuse will Life take more from humans...?
authmaax 1 month ago
there are 10.000 crows sitting on a telephone line. You blast 9.999 off with your shotgun. How many are left?
MrJiffyBag 2 months ago
@MrJiffyBag I wouldn't take the risk. Those little fuckers will exact furious vengeance.
monkeymagoo47 2 weeks ago
@monkeymagoo47 what are you on about chief.
MrJiffyBag 2 weeks ago
@MrJiffyBag Fuckin crows, man. They're scary smart. Did ya know that if one crow is supposed to keep a look out for danger, and that crow fails, the other crows will kill it? Thats capitol punishment, man. Birds should not be capable of that.
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lightandbeautiful 2 months ago
very good idea!! crows start working for us..collecting garbage and other jobs...then the crows will feel used and make secret meetings discussing political and military strategies...later on they form an army and attack us. :D
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Well i already knew as a kid that crows were smart.
I had one as a pet :)
I started feeding a crow , a huge crow with odd behaviour .
He seemed to be not afraid of humans.
He started following me to school and home.
I called it Karel. (a dutch name)
One day i went to my bedroom which was on the attic and Karel flew out of the window.
He scared the crap out of me , i dint let him in.
And i never saw him do that before.
I think he also was scared, i never saw him again.
ImmortalUniverse 3 months ago 3
Ahh, why can't deer learn not to run at cars if crows can learn that behavior!
ZachAttackSenor 3 months ago
My ex father-in-law was a telephone linesman around Toowoomba, Queensland, in the 70's and 80's. There were lots of poisonous cane toads around there that would kill any animal that tried to eat them - except the native ravens/crows. He told the story that he had seen them avoid the poison glands on their backs by flipping them over and piercing their abdomen. No other animal or bird, to my knowledge, does this.
Tamaresque 3 months ago 3
@Tamaresque i don't even think i would have done that if i had to eat a toad....
GetThePun 1 month ago
funny to think we are in good company as an adaptive organism. ie rats, cockroaches, crows, and pigeons.. haha what does that say about us..
Th3Wab3 3 months ago
My uncle kept crows for a long time. The landlord tried to make him get rid of them, but he just moved them to the attic. Eventually the jig was up and he had to get rid of them, but they were smart as hell. I was just a kid, but I was AMAZED at these crows intelligence.
aaronrocs 3 months ago
3:10 fucking priceless!
Proteus6684 3 months ago
oh I though it said COWS and was thinking why the f- is he talking about birds
alcondiblu2007 4 months ago
@alcondiblu2007 LOL!
Tamaresque 1 month ago
Now that's what I call a crowbar
3:21
allfatz 4 months ago 2
not just crows!
myprophet1 4 months ago
he never got to tell us aboiut the crow infidelity :(
Kasrith 4 months ago
yeahh !!! great idea
koreanmarco 4 months ago
Wait one second. That Apollo space rocket model in the background... Isn't there a whole video of Neil Degrasse Tyson getting one of those in his office?
beerasaurus 4 months ago
Ravens, actually, nesting in a high doug fir half a mile from my home, bullied dogs for dogfood in one yard, stole eggs from my coop and used a bit of gravel from my driveway to open the egg, eat the contents. I'd find dry eggs along my driveway, under the doug fir, with a bit of gravel in them, propped into hollow so they wouldn't roll down the hill!
AveryMilieu 5 months ago
must solve puzzles, must solve puzzles, must solve puzzles :) :). klein isn't so different from the crows.
bluebanshee3 5 months ago
Awesome. =)
Crazee108 5 months ago
Ehh i dunno, Hmm.. they do some teamwork. Like there's cat food from the cat lady in our apartment block. And so there's food out there in the open. One crow pisses off the cat, the other takes the food... both are kind of happy about what they're doing. Next thing we're gonna see is using a lever to open garbage cans...
Zandonus 5 months ago
Come to alaska.. There's a million ravens and they are illegal to kill and a huge problem.
Beast9156 5 months ago
The main problem with making crows useful is the same one as making people useful. The ones that are smart enough to do the sort of complex tasks you need them too are also too intelligent to be content with anything for very long. They'll unionize and take over your shit.
Corporations like dogs, mules, and masses of plebeians, but it takes a poet king to rally individuals and crows.
Hibryd7 5 months ago
That's so raven.
ndexohill 5 months ago 3
I saw a crow open a zipper.
litrehead 5 months ago
Fascinating, plus a great presentation, thanks
farfurdnugen 6 months ago
how can anyone dislike it? Morons.
shebotnov 6 months ago
I been saying this for a long time, embrace the pigeons. And I love being watched by the crows, I watch them too.
octohorse 6 months ago
I remember when I had a year long roach infestation (I took no risoners) I shot a big one off the ceiling with an airsoft istol and when he hit the ground oozing and usidedown a little one came running out of the shadows and started munching on him and the big one started kicking his legs D: and as soon as I stood u to squash the two the little one drug the big one back underneath the fridge...I also noticed my floors and counters were imaculately crumbless that year. Must be hard bein a roach.
MrTex1987 6 months ago
@MrTex1987 I like how I can tell that your "p" key doesn't work.
monkeymagoo47 2 weeks ago
@monkeymagoo47 Im glad you noticed and I didnt have to explain it to you. I still get comments about it. Its so hard trying to explain to people that my letter next to the o key is inoperational. Or was :PPPP
MrTex1987 2 weeks ago
WOOOOOOWW!!
yado990 6 months ago
Evolution is amazing,give it a couple million years and a animal(us) that was sitting in a tree,now is walking on the moon!
IMINTHEMOMENTRU 6 months ago 2
Rescue crows needs to be a thing that exists.
abitofneither 6 months ago
@abitofneither I wouldn't put my life in the talons of a crow.
monkeymagoo47 2 weeks ago
See, the audience laughter is the laughter of fear.
Fear of what the crows will do next.
sapph920 7 months ago 2
I love how he says squirrels will get bored and go play in traffic :D
Shorigun 7 months ago 3
-_- Steve Jobs
recheveste31 7 months ago
8 magpies watched this video
sebastianbrosche 7 months ago 2
Some day the crows will rule the world xD
misco55 7 months ago 2
I was sent here by RobH0629, thumbs up if you were too!
stadtfeus 7 months ago 5
@stadtfeus who that
Sinamatics 6 months ago
just talk about the machine already!
Jubijish 7 months ago
I couldn't agree more.
TheRobby2610 7 months ago
Wow, finally someone who's really trying to encourage mutual beneficy between species. I'm all up for this :).
Avelqual 7 months ago
i feel bad for his crow killing friend. he was just owned in the most epic way possable.
dean84921 8 months ago 3
@dean84921 lol! 10 years later...
Sandcat87 7 months ago
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No it isn't. As usual, someone at Google did something for nothing and the marketing and advertising was great but they are still as low in prosperity as they were when they started, since there was no profit regime as part of the scheme. With a massively inflated stock value to show it, Google they still passes their children a debt they'll never be able to pay off. Now I have to write a new constitution that makes us all poorer than we were as a big nation, or hope debt is forgiven.
DavidEdwardSchnell 8 months ago
Wow, I misread it as "cows." I need sleep.
axelasdf 8 months ago 4
I remember seeing crows pulling up a bin liner (inside a bin, obviously) to get to food
Rocklobster933 9 months ago
Adam Carolla's idea for ATTACK CROWS -Hilarious
Get it on!
iceman8067 9 months ago
There was a story i heard when i was a kid in India that crows use stones to raise water level in a shallow cup so that they can reach it!!Apparently the myth is true!!!I once shot a crow with air gun and it died the whole crow population near my house swarmed around me like they where all angry and Kawwing at me!! Try killing one and they all get together i to have been observing crows all my life and i have noticed they r the only thing that lives every where we do,even high in the Himalayas!
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850Nexus 9 months ago
I for one welcome our new crow overlords
gongo3090 9 months ago 67
Effing brilliant!
jube13urgundy 9 months ago
good on you for caring about others, even if it's little birds...especially because it's insignificant little birds...
kathberry8 9 months ago
I recall reading about crows doing exactly this in TIME magazine many years ago, i think the article was called, " Who are you calling bird brain?".....
orangeboxchina 9 months ago
am I the only person whose really curious about the crow infidelity story?
kintkachuk 9 months ago 44
I'm surprised we still aren't using pigeons to send mail instead of the federal government...
xjustamem0ryx 9 months ago 2
Make crows pets, :D
hububub 9 months ago
crows are amazing birds.... i love them!!!
licensetolove1 10 months ago
This was so ridiculous (as in fan-fucking-tastic)! I shit when that crow in Japan started crossing the street like a normal person! :)
Ian74263 10 months ago
ok he's sexy. smart and sexy. i'm sure i'm not the only one who feels that, lol
9razzler9 10 months ago
@pje85254 :D
feligirl01 11 months ago
@pje85254 i am a crow, i type. i good for typing, yes. caw caw
feligirl01 11 months ago
Leave it to the japanese crows to innovate an efficient way for food catching
charmander4533 11 months ago
WOW!!! Loving and looking out for the best interest of someone else. Who would have thought!!!! Great video my friend. I am now getting started up with community activism and I am all for Love. The faster we learn to love on one another, the faster we can heal this planet. Please subscribe to me, just knowing I have an audience will give me the extra push that I need to carry out my Purpose in life. If at bare minimum, you love yourself, please subscribe today. All my best, Gerald Valentine II
grassroots561 11 months ago
Very good. Pity he didnt show the crow using the vending machine though.
mccoya2 11 months ago
make them our slaves? pretty soon they'll want equal rights just like the blacks.
phattown213 1 year ago
I did find all that exceedingly interesting, however his conclusion that we can live harmoniously doesn't follow very directly from the body of his talk.
LogicalPhallusy 1 year ago
oh human specie, the only other's species that can live with us is rats crows and cockroaches. that tells a lot
uberfrozenglow 1 year ago
I LOVE CROWS! I have been fascinated by Crows for 3 Decades. Thanks to Mr. Klein for getting so much good information. The Ancient Celts of England believed that their Druids took the shape of a crow as their preferred form. The Crow and Raven are truly icons in human mythology.
davejazzanova 1 year ago
@davejazzanova Gotta echo that. Except for the three decades thing. I love crows. I even like the sound of crows - people seem to find it annoying or even creepy. I like them probably because I have a deep interest in mythology too. Hecate's eyes, or the failed messengers, and Wotan's eyes and ears the crows and ravens generate good tales. One good reason to visit the Tower of London is to see the epic-sized crows. lol They're crows with character, and well looked after. {=D
UnitedKingdomify 1 year ago
@UnitedKingdomify ; Deep down inside... we're all crows.
davejazzanova 1 year ago
@UnitedKingdomify Yeah, they've always been my favorite bird. Just observing them gives you the feeling that there's more to them than meets the eye.
TwistedLemniscate 11 months ago
I've always wanted a crow as a pet.
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Is this Joshua the hacker?
Ypevandermeer 1 year ago
Or.. Why not give them a gun and train them how to shoot?*.
Freemmaann 1 year ago
Genius spokesperson, genius animals = genius video.
Icegaze88 1 year ago 60
I bet the ACLU or some group gets pissed and hires lawyers for the birds...why? Who knows? Could be we are teaching them Capitalism, or 'exploiting them', or whatever dumb reason Communists and hippies can imagine.
Alienami 1 year ago
I do like the idea of a Mutually beneficial roles with these birds. The African tribes men had a relationship with a honey eater. It would go out and direct the tribes men to the honey and they would in turn leave part of the bounty out for the bird. This wasn't just a one off either, its a long tradition with the animals of the land and people working together. WIN WIN.
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@Astowhy what about the bees?
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nhytgrfdebgtrfd 1 year ago
one of the best ted talk I've seen, it is just great idea to use other specie's inteligence to work for us
sramtotamto 1 year ago
@sramtotamto
and this is coming from one of a specie the crow managed to get working to accommodate them. i see is as the crows are using the humans to their advantage as well as entertainment
infernalone666 1 year ago
Oh btw! In case the mutually benificial role (flying rats/mankind) fails: pls familiarize them with paper money and relative mechanics of bill slots, minimize the availabilty coins; introduce crows to the concept of snagging coins/bills from - initially cooperative colleagues; incrementally distance diminishing # of coins/bills/people from the machines; reward incrementally with more peanuts per coin/bill denomination; place machine in my back yard (I will magnanimously maintain for you!).
BigBadSeattleLad 1 year ago
ok, Joshua... great concept - hopefully your next 10 years will be spent actually proving the theory and realizing some form of "equilibrium" whereby crows will serve that "mutually beneficial role" (serving some useful purpose) - rather than simply being an ever increasing plague of flying rats.
BigBadSeattleLad 1 year ago
1. Find a bunch of crows
2. Train them to use a vending machine
3. ??? <-- train crows to pick up $216M of lost change over the year
4. Profit!
roadragecafe 1 year ago 2
This is amazing. I want to put in an order for guard eye pecking crows.
scoash1 1 year ago
Did he know that in the Tower of London, Charles II of England (reigned 1660-1685 new that crows/ ravens were quite intelligent. For many centuries, ravens have guarded the Tower of London and, since they are said
to hold the power of the Crown, it is believed that the Crown and the Tower will fall,
if ever the ravens should leave.
michellezaparolli 1 year ago
i like how he used the youtube clip of the crows instead of the original footage.
ajre82 1 year ago
"The Times has since learned that Klein was never at the Binghamton Zoo, and there were no crows on display there in June 2008."
Nashy119 1 year ago
6:40 did he say able to fap? lol
TMBLyrics 1 year ago
wow... cool research
lexbryan 1 year ago
This video just boosted my already great love for crows
Very amazing animals
smiftie 1 year ago
Some crows are experts at stealing loose jewelery and cash (shiney stuff) from people at the park. Crows are jews, just look at their nose.
thaluszka1 1 year ago
wow!!! And to think there are so many other animals out there that might have these capabilities...
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Klimatik 1 year ago
@Klimatik
..there basically aren't any besides chimps and dolphins.
runedermilot 1 year ago
@runedermilot ok
Klimatik 1 year ago
ted is pretty much a joke now
matrixistrue 1 year ago
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This guy reinvented the wheel!
Many Native Americans saw animals not as inferior beings but as partners and relatives.
Anyways, this is a great video and I can't wait to get a pet crow to impress girls and use it as a bodyguard.
METEK101 1 year ago
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METEK101 1 year ago
I love it :D
Crows working for peanuts is the greatest idea ever!
Dawnquiver 1 year ago
haha im a hunter but this is great! uncredible you can make much money with it hah put it on a roof of a building in a big city ;)
0c0bor0 1 year ago
lol the only species that this machine would hurt are the hobo's lol. no more change laying around on the street and sidewalks..hahaha
jthusmann40 1 year ago
That's pretty incredible!
Jotto999 1 year ago
Don't want to get into this nutty comment war but crows and ravens are both corvids and of similar intelligence, and there is a really fascinating book by Bernd Heinrich called Mind of The Raven which I would recommend to anyone who finds this experiment interesting or doubts that corvids are extremely intelligent birds.
PurrfectPeach 1 year ago
Interesting until he explained trying to enslave the crows. I dont think thats any better than circus animal acts. Besides do we really want trained animals on the loose? These things are smart enough to revolt. Want an example of how dangerous they are? I saw a squirrel get hit by a speeding taxi and went to get it. In ten minutes I had ten or more swarm and follow me really mad I stole their lunch. They hated me for days. Shocked how smart they are.
CatpurrRobertaBobbi 1 year ago
@CatpurrRobertaBobbi There are 6 billion slaves on the planet working for the rich. Yet you worry about slave ravens. Omg you must be blind.
shebotnov 6 months ago
crows FTW
dontknow95 1 year ago
go to LADx on you tube
CleenNasty 1 year ago
Nice job. In Venezuela a group of scientists use some birds (not crows) to re-forest especific areas and it was a success. It is very interesting to think we can interact with some animals and get a mutual benefit. Keep working and thanks for sharing your idea.
masbien 1 year ago
For the crow sympathizers. . . RELAX, based on the "evidence" presented here, crows are not going to be exploited by mankind. However, I do have some bad news for you. The Easter Bunny does not really exist either. Sorry !!!
mykeda 1 year ago
wow
gennnech 1 year ago
i want to make money off those creeps.... let me know when those vendiung machines start getting mass marketed
Spiderwoman77 1 year ago
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rlexperiment 1 year ago
I skimmed through 106 comments. No one seems to doubt if this video is true or not. There is no scientific proof of anything. Lots of clips, illustrations, and WORDS. Did you see the crow put the coin in the vending machine. Why not?
mykeda 1 year ago
@mykeda
Relax, this isn't a scientific journal
zerge69 1 year ago
@zerge69 Perhaps you missed the point. People will believe anything they are told, without the slightest amount of questioning rational thought. I does not take a scientist to see this is a hoax, anything above an IQ of 80 would suffice. However, in spite of this, no one doubts it. It is amazing to me . . . that's all.
mykeda 1 year ago
@mykeda Feel free to read his paper and reproduce the experiment, since that is how science is tested.
DrakeofStorms 1 year ago
@DrakeofStorms It is not necessary to try to reproduce an experiment without any documented proof of anything. Why don't you explain why there are no videos of the crow inserting the coins (the most important aspect) in this presentation. It is ONLY CLAIMED with words. Claiming something is true, is not the same as being true or proof of anything. Why is everyone so incredibly gullible?
mykeda 1 year ago
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DrakeofStorms 1 year ago
@mykeda There is no need to videos. The scientific way is to describe the experiment in detail, so anyone can reproduce it. That's *much* more reliable than a video, which could be easily faked.
DrakeofStorms 1 year ago
@DrakeofStorms You offer "excuses" not answers. Plus, there is no actual photographs of a coin slot in this "machine". It is just a few wooden boxes. Mostly, drawings are offered, why not closeups of the coin slot mechanism? Actually, filming a wild bird picking up a coin and placing it in a slot would be VERY difficult to fake. The answer to all of these questions are obvious . . . it is all a hoax.
mykeda 1 year ago
a vacuum can pick up garbage
craig123454321 1 year ago
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So in summary: we should ignore the species vanishing as we destroy the biosphere and instead concentrate on the ones that thrive. Crows thrive. Crows are really smart. Let's teach them to pick up our garbage.
Thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my time Mr Klein. Go back and sit in front of your computer where you belong.
Mandragora20101 1 year ago
No, no! We shouldn't ignore the species vanishing, I don't think he ever meant that. We should pay more attention species that thrive, so that we can find ways to co-exist peacefully istead of automatically labeling them as pests.
0ntology 1 year ago
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timeOtherwisewasted 1 year ago
So to summarize what you just said, finding new, resourceful, and not to mention extremely cheap ways to clean up the planet, is a waste a time?... y'know the fact that you missed the whole point of the talk by looking just at what is spelt out to you and failing to seeing the brazenly obvious potential for technologies like this, that could help turn problems into solutions, is nothing short of just sad.
timeOtherwisewasted 1 year ago
Look beyond the idea and reflect upon the unspoken assumptions upon which it rests. His idea doesn't address any of the root causes of waste. Neither does his idea demonstrate any sympathy for animals - it is a novel method for exploiting crows.
Solutions should address the root causes of the problems. Training crows to pick up our rubbish not only doesn't help us solve the waste problem but it creates a new vector by which we exploit animals.
Mandragora20101 1 year ago
Crows also figured out how to start fires so they can eat the charcoal that remained.
A rash of fires were occuring in barns and the police were on stakeouts looking for an arsonist. An officer noticed a crow fly into a barn, with a cigarette in it's beak, and when the crow flew out, it didn't have it. Within minutes, the officer noticed smoke coming from the barn while the crow waited in a nearby tree.
Crows eat a lot of junk and the charcoal helps their stomachs.
Smart birds!
Great vid!
DamnReligion 1 year ago
this is awsome
astorpolsen 1 year ago
The Crow is the human shadow, the more you try and kill it, the stronger it becomes~~~
TheLittleBlackBear 1 year ago
dumbass, what happens when you shine a flashlight on it?
Raziel682 1 year ago
not a physical shadow, i mean we repress it and it only evolves... what you talking about?
TheLittleBlackBear 1 year ago
I mean that it is just an animal, like us. But a bullet in it, it dies. Shine a light on a shadow it goes away. But the more lights you shine the more shadows you cause.
Raziel682 1 year ago
I LOVE TED!
RMNOLEKS 1 year ago
then you are gay or a girl
IKNOWITSADUMBCOMMENT 1 year ago
This is why I like hangin with crows, they have lots of knowledge, wisdom and are very spiritually connected.
TheValiantThor 1 year ago
Something I now thought, because of this, is I've never heard of a pet crow.
Guess they're too smart to wanna sit around in captivity.
Cd7up 2 years ago
actually, crows do get around as pets. My sociology teacher had one since he was a kid, and his father tried to release it 4 times, but it found its way back. It died 5 years later, but my teacher also moved in that time, and it followed him to his new house. Also, if you have seen Shawshank Redemption, the librarian guy has one.
usadave1621 2 years ago
i had a crow.
ABalloonKirrin 1 year ago
crows and ravens respond well to captivity. I had a pet raven growing up, it was loyal and we if we let it out it would fly back to the house. It was territiorial though and would attack people walking in front of our house so we had to give it away.
ethanlaw 1 year ago
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this benefits neither crows or humans
it teaches humans that we can be even lazier and rely on taking advantage of animals to do our dirty work for us
this doesn't benefit crows, in the sense that it doesn't help them survive. as the speaker has said, crows are already thriving and do not need our help
eventually the crows will learn to take advantage of other animals as we take advantage of the crows
essentially you're teaching an animal to make the same mistakes that we have as a species
IntrebuloN 2 years ago
You're thinking too much about it. Get out and walk around.
ChrisBrewster 2 years ago 27
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As a scientist, you must know all too well what a lack of sufficient foresight brings to the table.
I do go out and walk around, this is why I have this opinion. Observation.
IntrebuloN 2 years ago
Well, excuse me, Mr. Scientist.
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IntrebuloN 2 years ago
You're excused, but what gives you the impression that I'm a scientist?
IntrebuloN 2 years ago
dominion in any shape or form is bullshit and ultimately harms us all. all life that is. to much thinking there for ya?
bathetcnow 1 year ago 2
@ChrisBrewster and you are retarde huh. making us lazier? cuz we dont pick up a penny thats on the sidewalk? seriously? you have problems if you think that makes you lazy. And it does benifit us both. it picks up coins for us and gives out food for them.
jthusmann40 1 year ago
@ChrisBrewster i like your vid and all, but i think "intrebulon" was calling you the scientist, as you sure seem to be one.
thomasstunts 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN So while you were observing, and walking, did you actually come up with anything to help either humans or animals?
Anything at all?
ChildrenofAmory 11 months ago
@ChrisBrewster agreed
deviate911 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN I highly doubt you are a scientist sir. As a scientist you most likely have a very logic based mind. Now having said that, logic dominated minds, 9 times out of 10, use punctuation and grammatically correct structure when typing. You obviously do not, instead you use obtuse arguements with no fact just broadstroke opinions that can't really be refuted. I really dislike people like you.
cwestsupporter 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN You may be right, but this can be the new step in a positive direction for mankind and animals. As Ted, also, mentioned earlier, mankind has been trying to eliminate crows, cockroaches and rats. This lecture provides a fresh perspective that has potential to create respect for animals. Working with and for animals will foster a stronger relationship rather than believing they are good-for-nothing vermin.
winsolo 1 year ago
@winsolo Isn't that exactly what society is? Man replacing nature with a system that is easier to survive in?
Man-made society is horribly inefficient in every way compared to mother nature's natural order of things.
I believe we're at the point where we will slow our own evolution by bending our environment to suit us instead of us adapting to the environment.
By considering doing these sorts of things with birds we are not adapting, but bringing them into the flawed fold of society.
IntrebuloN 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN Evolution cannot be slowed. Every time someone has a baby, that's evolution. We have evolved to change our environment, and have become a highly social being, Thanks to the c-section our brains have been allowed to get increasingly bigger. It is technological and social advancement that have allowed us to evolve in the direction that we have. Is true that we are no longer capable as a species to live naked in the wild BUT this does not constitute a flaw in our evolution.
lyricaljunkster 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN You do realize you are not different from people that lived 100k years ago? Same brain, same DNA, same everything. Modern man just got taller a bit. Thats all. So what again are we slowing down?
shebotnov 6 months ago
@IntrebuloN I think if it comes between living in better harmony with other species, and considering them pests that should be eradicated, the path towards a more mutually beneficial existence makes more sense. If it doesn't harm the other species, is it really that bad a thing?
Davetacular45 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN I agree with what you are saying unti l about the fourth paragraph, the idea that we use crows to take care of our trash instead of teaching ourselves to be smart about the things we use and throw away sticks out as an example.
TobeEqualsTohave 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN Um, Mr. scientist, you should be fully aware then, that biological evolution is all about how a species adapts to its environment, and said environment includes other species. You are essentially asserting that evolution is a "mistake". The only "goal" within evolution is species survival, and anything that assists a species to do so isn't a mistake. *headdesk*
Wyglyph 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN it DOES benefit the crows, otherwise people would exterminate them if it got more out of hand
NomoreTea 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN The scientist also said that all we do is try to figure out ways to kill them. They have been thriving without our help... true.. but unless we find a use for them we get rid of them- as shown through history.
soulfulll 1 year ago
@IntrebuloN who said we made a mistake
Hellgrinder0 11 months ago