tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839986763797825389.post3396830323979769351..comments2023-09-29T07:42:04.080-07:00Comments on Horse Cognition (and other critters): Crows can countDavid Wojick Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05478090433808970113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839986763797825389.post-12597347678632652142015-12-30T06:53:59.835-08:002015-12-30T06:53:59.835-08:00Konrad Lorenz wrote an article called "The Ab...Konrad Lorenz wrote an article called "The Ability of Birds to 'Count'"...I found it in a collection called <i>The World of Mathematics</i> but I'll bet you can find it online. <br /><br />Lorenz and his assistants trained various species of birds to perform tasks that required them to treat numbers as numbers rather than recognizable patterns. The purpose was to determine what the highest number was that each species could comprehend.<br /><br />If I remember, pigeons couldn't get past two or three. The most intelligent birds -- jackdaws and African Grey Parrots -- could manage seven. Not bad for a bird. Since jackdaws are members of the crow family, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that crows have a similar ability. Joseph W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09480728887840887200noreply@blogger.com