STRANGE FRIENDSHIP

[Neville Briggs]

It's not ramblings Maureen..it's very well written.

[Stephen Whiteside]

Interesting story, Maureen. Those birds are a lot smarter than we tend to give them credit for, eh?

[Maureen K Clifford]

They are Stephen - very intelligent. They have been back every day and managed to snap one doing a bombing run over Ellyssa today, and today all 3 crows were playing.

[Stephen Whiteside]

I remember many years ago reading 'King Solomon's Ring' by Konrad Lorenz - an amazing book, and the best book on animal behaviour that I think I have ever read. (Come to think of it, 'The Soul of the Ape' by Eugene Marais was pretty incredible, too.) Anyway, Lorenz made the point that it was actually much crueller to confine a parrot than an eagle, because parrots are much smarter than eagles, even though most people assumed the opposite. (It was from Marais that I first learnt about captive chimps rolling their own cigarettes...)

[Maureen K Clifford]

You could adopt an orangutang they are pretty smart - but you've got to like rangas and you can't call him Blue

[Heather]

Enjoyed the yarn Maureen. When I was a teenager my two brothers brought home a baby crow - "Corky" who was very intelligent.

I remember being in the NT and there was rubbish all around the bins. We were berating the people who didn't bother to use the bins - until we realised that the crows were removing the rubbish from the bins. Thanks for the memories.

Heather

[r.magnay]

We still have a big problem with the rubbish here Heather, and the culprits are balck and not often crows!
A lot of people don't like crows, me I reckon they are mother natures cleaners, they might give some young animals and birds a hard time, but we would have a lot of unwanted insects around if they didn't clean up the mess like they do.
And yes Marty, we ceratainly do have crows here in Australia, several different types along with the ravens.
A good story Maureen.