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Crow skiing down a roof

Niko Niko · 445.1K views · 2014-10-03 · 1:24

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Overview

A one-minute clip of a crow repeatedly sliding down a snowy roof on a small lid, apparently just for fun.

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Offered as vivid evidence that animals, crows in particular, play for pleasure and display intelligence beyond survival needs.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2019–2024

Topics

Animals & nature
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What people said

ryanianian · 2019-04 · Strong recommendation

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". [VIDEO]

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reducesuffering · 2022-03 · Recommendation

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: [VIDEO]

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rkagerer · 2019-12 · Recommendation

The "Just for Fun" link[1] leads to some entertaining videos: Skiing down a roof: [VIDEO] My girlfriend's spirit animal: [LINK] Teaming up to provoke a catfight: [LINK] Nipping a sausage: [LINK] [1] [LINK]

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