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Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife
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A short BBC clip narrated by David Attenborough showing crows in Japan using city traffic to crack nuts, dropping them at intersections and retrieving them when the light changes.
HN uses it as the standard illustration of animal tool use and adaptive intelligence in crow threads.
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