Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Crows Never Forget Your Face

"Crows remember the faces of threatening humans and often react by scolding and bringing in others to mob the perceived miscreant, according to a new study published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Since the mob members also then indirectly learn about the threatening person, the findings demonstrate how just a single crow's bad experience with a particular human can spread information about this individual throughout entire crow communities.

Given that crows have impressive memories, people who ruffle the feathers of these birds could experience years of retribution."
via Discovery News /read more

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1 comment:

parlance said...

I'm fairly sure Australian magpies do the same. They bomb you from above, pecking your head, actually very dangerous, and never forget someone who has annoyed them.