If crows see a tail, she writes, they pull it. “It’s like they can’t help themselves.” It may seem like pure playfulness, but Campbell-Smith has observed the behavior in multiple different ...

A couple of years ago I was walking down my street when I noticed a dozen or more magpies lined on the roof opposite. By itself this was very unusual - whilst jackdaws are commonplace, I rarely ...

Pulling tails. Crows and ravens have a particular knack for stealing food away from other animals, often just by annoying them. Both groups are omnivorous, so they can adapt their wits to most any ...

Crows sometimes exhibit human traits by being able to count, ... To amuse themselves they nip on the tails of dogs and cats and pull the feathers from the tails of turkeys.

Taylor says New Caledonian crows can, without a single mistake, pull up the string to obtain the food. This action requires them to pull up a segment of string and then step on it to prevent it ...