CARRION CROW

Crows are known for remarkable intelligence. The Caledonian crow rivals chimpanzees in tool use by employing sticks and leaf stems to extract insects from crevices. But all crows have a large brain-to-body size ratio, which may explain the carrion crow's cosmopolitan success. It eats other birds, worms, and bird eggs

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