Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife
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0:00 - 0:02
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0:02 - 0:05Crows have become highly
skilled at making a living -
0:05 - 0:08in these new urban environments.
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0:08 - 0:10In this Japanese city,
they have devised -
0:10 - 0:14a way of eating a food that
normally they can't manage. -
0:14 - 0:17
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0:17 - 0:20[CROWS CAWING]
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0:20 - 0:34
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0:34 - 0:36Dropping a road from a great
height onto a hard road -
0:36 - 0:39does sometimes crack it.
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0:39 - 0:43But some nuts are
particularly tough, -
0:43 - 0:46so the crows have
devised a better way. -
0:46 - 0:52
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0:52 - 0:53Drop it among the traffic.
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0:53 - 0:56
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0:56 - 0:59[ENGINES WHIRRING]
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0:59 - 1:04
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1:04 - 1:05[CRACK]
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1:05 - 1:10
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1:10 - 1:13The problem now is
collecting the bits -
1:13 - 1:15without getting run over.
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1:15 - 1:18[CARS WHIZZING BY]
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1:18 - 1:21
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1:21 - 1:25So some birds have
refined their technique. -
1:25 - 1:28They station themselves
beside pedestrian crossings. -
1:28 - 1:43
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1:43 - 1:45Wait for the lights
to stop the traffic. -
1:45 - 1:50
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1:50 - 1:52[BEEPING]
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1:52 - 1:57
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1:57 - 2:01Then collect your
cracked nut in safety. -
2:01 - 2:06
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2:06 - 2:09[HORN HONKING]
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2:09 - 2:16
- Title:
- Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife
- Description:
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Many birds adapt to metropolitan life, in this clip you can see how crows in Japan have integrated city life into their behaviour. From the BBC.
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 02:16