Crow skiing down a roof on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2019–2024.
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A one-minute clip of a crow repeatedly sliding down a snowy roof on a small lid, apparently just for fun.
Offered as vivid evidence that animals, crows in particular, play for pleasure and display intelligence beyond survival needs.
“This video of a crow repeatedly "skiing" down a roof changed my view of how animals play”
5 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
This video of a crow repeatedly "skiing" down a roof changed my view of how animals play - I thought it was all "practice-fighting" but this crow seems to be playing "just for the fun of it". ▶ this video
in “How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)” · View on HN
Whereas the nut cracking is cool for the intelligence shown towards survival, the one that truly astounds me is intelligence for the sake of having fun. Crow skiing: ▶ this video
in “Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily human attribute (2020)” · View on HN
The "Just for Fun" link[1] leads to some entertaining videos: Skiing down a roof: ▶ this video My girlfriend's spirit animal: [link] Teaming up to provoke a catfight: [link] Nipping a sausage: [link] [1] [link]
in “Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates” · View on HN
Magpies and other crows are very intelligent birds. More intelligent than your average bird. There’s lots of videos online of these fascinating creatures doing clever and fun things. Eg ▶ this video
in “Insects and other animals have consciousness” · View on HN
Somebody posted this video to a previous thread about the intelligence of grows: ▶ this video It rides a "sled" down a snowy roof, then carries the sled back up to the top, stands on it, and pecks it get it started.
in “Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart” · View on HN