Epic Cat Fight (cat's horror)

Torplexed · 09-25-11, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

And I, for one, welcome our new corvid overlords...

Doth quoth the raven, 'Overlord!'

Diopos · 09-25-11, 03:34 PM

And as we're talking crow in a cat thread I couldn't resist:

by the late Captain Beefheart

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CCIP · 09-25-11, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diopos

And as we're talking crow in a cat thread I couldn't resist:

by the late Captain Beefheart

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Skybird · 09-25-11, 04:38 PM

In recent years biologists have practically rewritten the human knowledge about the intelligence of many bird species, and the anatomy of bird brains, it is now understood that most birds in general are much ,more intelligent than previously was assumed possible due to erratic knowledge of their brain structures.

I would give a week's loan to learn what those two birds were thinking and why they put a bid into the fight. I am sure that close-by nests had nothing to do with it.

I also think that emotions and humour should be understood as side-effects of intelligence, which raises even more interesting question-marks about the crows' behaviour. We know that ravens love to play in snow and love to play falling through the air, they often cannot stop to do somersaults through snow and empty air, for no apparent reason. When seeing that in films I cannot help but to conclude that they do it for the mere sake of that the enjoy it and laugh their feathery rear-ends off .

My grandfather had a green parrot. Don't get me started about what individuality in character that bird was showing! Beats a dog or cat easily.

Surprising cleverness you can see even in tiny unobstrusive ordinary birds like tits (? =Meise), if only you invest some time in observing them. In wintertime they come often onto my balcony. If I have the time I watch them long times then. After some time you believe you can recognise individual birds by their typical behaviour. And some of them can be surprisingly courageous and cheeky. I once had one of them in the room. It did not opanic at all, but exmained all and everything, carefully but thorughly. I was stunned, while the squirrel that also once entered, just amused me.

Oberon · 09-26-11, 05:57 AM

It makes you wonder just how many other animals out there have had their intelligence underestimated?

You saying about Tits (Crude minds exit thread that way please) reminds me of the phenomenon which arose in the UK after the First World War when dairies began to put aluminium foil over their glass milk bottle lids which were delivered to peoples doorsteps by the milkman early in the morning. Well, over time certain Blue Tits discovered that they could peck through the lid and get at the cream underneath and by the 1950s virtually every Blue Tit in Britain knew the trick. Nowadays though the milk delivery run is a thing of the past (alas) and so are the foil topped milk bottles, so it's pretty unheard of now.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...es-578134.html

09-25-11, 03:34 PM	#2
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	And as we're talking crow in a cat thread I couldn't resist: by the late Captain Beefheart . __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

09-25-11, 04:38 PM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,612 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	In recent years biologists have practically rewritten the human knowledge about the intelligence of many bird species, and the anatomy of bird brains, it is now understood that most birds in general are much ,more intelligent than previously was assumed possible due to erratic knowledge of their brain structures. I would give a week's loan to learn what those two birds were thinking and why they put a bid into the fight. I am sure that close-by nests had nothing to do with it. I also think that emotions and humour should be understood as side-effects of intelligence, which raises even more interesting question-marks about the crows' behaviour. We know that ravens love to play in snow and love to play falling through the air, they often cannot stop to do somersaults through snow and empty air, for no apparent reason. When seeing that in films I cannot help but to conclude that they do it for the mere sake of that the enjoy it and laugh their feathery rear-ends off . My grandfather had a green parrot. Don't get me started about what individuality in character that bird was showing! Beats a dog or cat easily. Surprising cleverness you can see even in tiny unobstrusive ordinary birds like tits (? =Meise), if only you invest some time in observing them. In wintertime they come often onto my balcony. If I have the time I watch them long times then. After some time you believe you can recognise individual birds by their typical behaviour. And some of them can be surprisingly courageous and cheeky. I once had one of them in the room. It did not opanic at all, but exmained all and everything, carefully but thorughly. I was stunned, while the squirrel that also once entered, just amused me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-26-11, 05:57 AM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It makes you wonder just how many other animals out there have had their intelligence underestimated? You saying about Tits (Crude minds exit thread that way please) reminds me of the phenomenon which arose in the UK after the First World War when dairies began to put aluminium foil over their glass milk bottle lids which were delivered to peoples doorsteps by the milkman early in the morning. Well, over time certain Blue Tits discovered that they could peck through the lid and get at the cream underneath and by the 1950s virtually every Blue Tit in Britain knew the trick. Nowadays though the milk delivery run is a thing of the past (alas) and so are the foil topped milk bottles, so it's pretty unheard of now. http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...es-578134.html