TED-Ed
How smart are crows? - Katharina Brecht
2025 • E66 Aug 14, 2025 5m
In one of Aesop’s fables, a crow is searching for water. It spies a pitcher— but the water inside is beyond its reach. So, the crow begins dropping in pebbles. One-by-one, they displace the water, and the crow quenches its thirst. This is just one of many fascinating displays of intelligence from corvids. Katharina Brecht digs into what makes this bold, brainy family of songbirds so smart.
Lesson by Katharina Brecht, directed by Irida Zhonga.
Lesson by Katharina Brecht, directed by Irida Zhonga.