And if you enjoyed that clip, here's another video of a crow performing an incredible act of intelligence:
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It's no wonder my tribe is named after them, we love them!
O, I'm Native American by the way. :D
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Wowzers! Yep, pretty amazing all right! I live in the country and get to hear groups of crows "talking" to each other sometimes. It always does seem that they are actually communicating.
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