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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