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Fri. 10/02 - Witchy Ingredients Aren't What They Seem

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It turns out crows have some skills we once thought were unique to humans. Breaking down what exactly ingredients like “eye of newt” and “tongue of dog” actually are. And Neil Cicierega’s latest mash-up album, Mouth Dreams, is here to bring you a smile in this tough year, but also give you nightmares. Links: Crows possess higher intelligence long thought primarily human (STAT News) Smartest Birds: How Smart Are Crows Compared to Humans? (Popular Mechanics) Please Pass Me The Eye Of Newt; What's Really In That Witch's Cauldron (Dave’s Garden) Neil Cicierega's Mouth Sounds mashes up Star Wars, Limp Bizkit, Peter Gabriel (A/V Club)  MOUTH DREAMS (Neil Cicierega) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Music lines and stores subject to availability ends 14th of february welcome to the cocky ride home for friday october second 2020 i'm jackson bird it turns out crows have some skills we once thought

0:36.3

were unique to humans. Breaking down what exactly ingredients

0:41.6

like Eye of Newt and Tongue of Dog actually are, and Neil Cicerega's latest mashup album,

0:50.1

Mouth Dreams, is here to bring you a smile in this tough year, but also give you nightmares.

0:57.3

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:02.9

So last week in a very highbrow segment about butt cheeks, I listed off some traits that are

1:09.8

considered uniquely human, among them the

1:12.4

cognitive ability to plan things and generally be aware of being aware of things.

1:19.1

Well, it turns out that this isn't as uniquely human as we once thought.

1:24.4

Crows too are self-aware and capable of analytical thought in the realm of knowing what they know.

1:31.5

Crows, ravens, and other members of the family Corvide have consistently been discovered to be highly intelligent animals.

1:38.9

In recent years, scientists have found they're capable of making simple tools,

1:44.0

solving geometrical puzzles that human children aren't typically able to do until age seven, and if one viral video is any indication, having at least enough foresight to help a hedgehog out of certain death via oncoming car.

1:59.3

And now, a new study out of Germany published in the journal Science

2:03.2

last week has found that crows are additionally capable of analyzing what's in their own minds

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