New Study Says Unfairness Really Ruffles Crows’ Feathers By Francie Diep, popsci.com A new experiment found crows and ravens have a sense of fairness, just like people and dogs. People, primates and dogs all react negatively when others get a better reward for doing the same work. Now a small study has found that crows … Continue reading Crows really hate unfairness
Deceptive robots created thanks to squirrel and bird bluffing By Philippa Warr, wired.co.uk Technology By looking at deceptive behaviours in squirrels and birds a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created robots capable of deceiving one another. The military-funded project, led by Ronald Arkin of the… RT @WiredUK: Deceptive robots created thanks to … Continue reading Bio design used to create deceptive robots
What birds are doing with your cigarette butts Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net Nicotine is one of nature’s bug zappers. Seriously. Lots of plants have evolved to produce bug-repelling chemicals as part of their defense mechanisms and tobacco happens to be one of those plants. So when city-dwelling birds use the… RT @BoingBoing: What birds are doing … Continue reading Digital tracking reveals the relation between birds and cigarette butts
Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The latest entry in the critically-acclaimed Planet series from the Discovery Channel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Planet” — like “Blue Planet” and “Planet Earth” before it — is a nature documentary that utilizes… … Continue reading Birds with cameras take flight
Bird brains? Crows remember your face Scott K. Johnson, arstechnica.com One of the most enjoyable facets of studying other species is discovering the amazing things they’re capable of. As humans, the things we tend to find most amazing are the abilities that remind us the most of, well,… http://flpbd.it/YObK6 Related articles The social brain hypothesis … Continue reading Bird brains? Crows remember your face
I've been considering raising chickens. It is actually allowed in most towns in Mass except for the ones in the most urban parts of the city. This place according to my friend Eric is one of the best ones to get chickens to start with since they are not totally freaked out. Sand Hill Preservation … Continue reading Sand Hill Preservation Center: Rare Poultry Breeds Catalog
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