Photo: Crows Have Human-Like Intelligence, Author Says

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Crows share several hallmarks of higher intelligence with humans, including tool use and sophisticated social behavior, nature writer Candace Savage says in her recent book about the gregarious birds.

Photograph © Peter Weber (www.wildbirdphotos.com)

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