Creature of the day: The Crow "Corvidae" 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial terms, the crow family is made up of corvids; currently 139 species are included. The genus Corvus containing 50 species makes up over a third of the entire family. The raven is the largest passerine bird. Corvids display remarkable intelligence for animals of their size

In one of the most fascinating animal intelligence experiments ever, researchers discovered that crows can recognize human faces — and teach others who to fear. 🪶🧠 A scientist who had been feeding the crows peanuts wore a mask and carried a dead crow. The flock immediately sounded alarms. Days later, she returned maskless — and they still watched her closely. Even crows that hadn’t seen the event learned from others that this masked face meant danger. Crows share memories across generations, p