Video of the Week #26, January 18th, 2012
From: Friday Fun: Snowboarding Crow [video] and Snowboarding Crows: The Plot Thickens by Jason Goldman at The Thoughtful Animal
Original source: TheTeacwr (and many others) on YouTube.
This snowboarding crow is not just fun to watch — it’s further evidence that corvids (along with some species of parrots and other social birds) appear to engage in play-like behaviors.
About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.
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