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A raven rolls off a snowy roof just for fun, deceives its fellow raven-eaters, remembers the face of an offender for years, and plans for tomorrow—all with a brain the size of a walnut. How did the smartest bird on Earth create a second mind on the planet right above our heads? This film offers a complete portrait of the raven: how it differs from a crow, how its brain, lacking a cerebral cortex, is structured, and why its intelligence rivals that of great apes and surpasses that of a four-year-old child. We'll explore how the raven creates false hiding places and "reads the minds" of its rivals, how intrigues and alliances are woven within crow society, why it plays out of excess intelligence, and why for thousands of years it was considered a harbinger of death. This is a story about corvids, the intelligence and psychology of birds, the evolution of the mind, and how a mind, alien yet familiar to us, lives on the next wire. If you're interested in intelligent animals, wildlife, and popular science about the brain and behavior, subscribe to the channel: there are dozens more amazing creatures to discover, each one of which will change your understanding of what life is capable of. What do you think: is what we saw in the raven a true intelligence, akin to our own, or something else entirely? Share your thoughts in the comments; I'd love to hear your thoughts. Key Episodes: 00:00 — The Bird That Rolls Off Roofs for No Reason 01:44 — A Raven Isn't a Crow 04:03 — A Brain the Size of a Walnut 06:18 — A Genius in Feathers: What a Raven Does in the Lab 09:22 — Play Is the Luxury of the Mind 11:50 — The Bird That Lies 14:07 — Raven Intrigues 16:17 — He Remembers Your Face 18:48 — Death's Messenger 21:26 — The Neighbor Who Studies Us 23:39 — A Second Mind in the Sky Sources we relied on: Olkowicz S. et al. (2016), PNAS — Corvids have the same number of neurons in their forebrain as primates. Kabadayi C., Osvath M. (2017), Science — Crows plan for the future and bargain at the level of great apes. Bugnyar T. et al. (2016), Nature Communications — Crows take into account that they can be seen (the "peephole" experiment). Bernd Heinrich, "Mind of the Raven" — experiments with rope pulling and insight. Müller J., Massen J. et al. (2017) — Crows remember someone who has treated them unfairly. Cornell H., Marzluff J. et al. (2012), Proceedings of the Royal Society B — Corvids adopt "enemy images" from each other; Marzluff's mask experiments. Swift K., Marzluff J. (2015), Animal Behavior — "Crow Funerals": Birds Gather Around Dead Relatives. Fraser O., Bugnyar T. (2010), PLoS ONE — Crows "Comfort" the Loser of a Fight. #crow #wildlife #animalintelligence #smartbirds