The Skills Of Smart Birds | DOCUMENTARY
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- The Skills Of Smart Birds - These child prodigies of the animal kingdom have feathers and beaks - and very special skills! The Keas in New Zealand and the New Caledonian Crows - who will win the ultimate avian I.Q. test?
The Skills Of Smart Birds (2013)
Director: Volker Arzt, Angelika Sigl
Writers: Volker Arzt
Narrator: Howard Cooper
Genre: Documentary, Adventure
Country: Germany
Language: English
Also Known As: Beak & Brain - Genius Birds from Down Under
Release Date: October 3, 2013 (Germany)
Synopsis:
Two birds species have brought attention to scientists all over the world: the Keas in New Zealand and the New Caledonian Crows. Way beyond known bird behaviour, these prodigies of the animal kingdom show very special skills!
The Keas in New Zealand are the only parrots that live in snowy mountain areas. They like testing their brains, solving puzzles and challenging tourists: they unscrew bottle-tops, dismantle windscreen wiper blades and tear open rucksacks. They seem so determined; you’d think they have an understanding of physics and mechanics! Thousands of miles northwards, in New Caledonia, other birds have talent, too. Bird expert Gavin Hunt discovered that the crows are able to produce a whole set of tools, each designed for a particular purpose - the most intricate tool culture in the animal kingdom!
The scientists are spellbound. Are these birds following innate behaviour patterns or are they really intelligent? The ultimate avian I.Q. test begins: Keas vs. crows.
Near Vienna, Austria, a Kea Colony is working with levers, ropes, balls and tubes - and even operate a PC by touch screen! Some New Caledonian crows reveal more surprising cognitive abilities as well: They can recognize themselves in a mirror, thus demonstrating a sort of self-awareness - a capacity only few mammals have shown, like chimpanzees, whales or elephants. So we wonder, what is the secret of their intelligence?
“Beak & Brain” combines the entertaining aspects of animal behaviour with the educating but also fascinating facts of scientific research. The transition between wild, untamed nature and amusing sequences in the lab is captured congenial with camera styles varying from super slow motion HD to a “larvae cam” to show the fishing skills (!) of crows.
This documentary is a treat that shows two geniuses of the animal kingdom compete with each other with some funny and surprising results.
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Every time I watch hunting scenes like this, I feel more and more the sophistication in the behavior of wild animals. They are not only strong but also very intelligent and calculating
that "bowling for peanuts" experiment is amazing. The Keas got it faster than a human child would!
Faster than I would have!
Thanks!
Keas and crows truly showcase the marvel of avian intelligence. Their problem-solving skills, adaptability, and creative behaviours remind us of nature's brilliance, proving that intelligence comes in all forms, even with wings and feathers. An amazing video!
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This episode had been shown before, but it’s still fun to watch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ranger getting out of that cave deserves its own documentary please
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I throughly enjoyed that, thank you.😊
Me too
What a wonderful documentary. One of the best. Heartwarming, fascinating and amusing. Some parts are so touching it brought tears to my eyes. So glad my friend recommended it to me.
Couldn't agree more!
Love this!!😊
Excellent doccie, thanks for the good work
Fascinating!
We have Jackdaws here in Ireland, they are very smart too, can't remember the name of the black bird. The Jackdaw is very smart too,had 1as a chick reared it and it stayed around used to sit on my shoulder while cycling. Knock at the door with his beak to come in for the night.
Very impressive skills.
Such clever birds!
Wonderful and impressive birds
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This is lovely
I love these birds
awesome; given a couple million years unthwarted, these groups of intelligent birds may evolve into a species that parallels humans in intelligence as their current levels are parallel to chimps
this was such a fascinating documentary! i really enjoyed learning about the different skills birds have developed. however, i can't help but wonder if we're overstating their intelligence. like, do they really think the way we do, or are they just following instincts? curious to hear what others think!
Thank you for these beautiful birds. I could watch these types of videos forever. You did a magnificent job and I’m very impressed and thankful for all your endeavors ❣️❣️❣️🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
Thank you very much!
what a fascinating documentary! i really enjoyed the visuals and the insights on bird intelligence. however, i can't help but wonder if we're overestimating their cognitive abilities. like, are we attributing human-like traits to them just because they're so skilled at certain tasks? food for thought!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 💚
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Don forget that we also are animals
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apparently ... humans, are not the sharpest tools in the shed
The hunting cat should be an 'indoors only' cat.
No cat flap = no native animals killed and no kea entry.
Keas are smarter than cat-owning humans, apparently
Well I have watched your documentary on smart birds and I am not so impressed because their is a bird that is much smarter than all of your birds you did mention and it's called the drongo ok,feel free to reply no hard feeling,,viewer from trinidad
Ok bro 👌 I research it for my project
Predators need food too, so why is he killing them 😭
Predators are just trying to survive too
Well! I didn't even know that Kea could fly! I'd always thought of them as flightless ground-dwelling birds.
Brilliant storytelling, but um... The narrator? Um...
Kea birds are full of surprises, right? 😄
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Keas are better