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Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife

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    Crows have become highly
    skilled at making a living
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    in these new urban environments.
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    In this Japanese city,
    they have devised
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    a way of eating a food that
    normally they can't manage.
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    [CROWS CAWING]
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    Dropping a road from a great
    height onto a hard road
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    does sometimes crack it.
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    But some nuts are
    particularly tough,
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    so the crows have
    devised a better way.
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    Drop it among the traffic.
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    [ENGINES WHIRRING]
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    [CRACK]
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    The problem now is
    collecting the bits
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    without getting run over.
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    [CARS WHIZZING BY]
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    So some birds have
    refined their technique.
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    They station themselves
    beside pedestrian crossings.
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    Wait for the lights
    to stop the traffic.
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    [BEEPING]
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    Then collect your
    cracked nut in safety.
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    [HORN HONKING]
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Title:
Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife
Description:

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.

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:16

English subtitles

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