Whoa, a bear just walked by our house

[Lactivist]

Lloyd, you're right...I wasn't thinking!  I should have checked...crows mate in March and chicks usually appear in early April.  Chicks have probably not hatched yet, but I'm pretty certain they were still protecting the nest/possible eggs.  Crows usually mate for life, so they were probably a male and female pair.

[Jim Johnson]

Crows are freakin' smart.

And if you're skeptical about those claims:

Something not seen, there was a hooked piece of wire that a different crow picked up and didn't use.
Really cool thing not seen not seen in the video:
the smart crow did not attack the other crow to steal the hook,
he bent the straight piece of wire into a hook!

These guys are going to pass us, they are already practicing the non-agression principle.

[Radical_Teen]

Crows are freakin' smart.

And if you're skeptical about those claims:

You know I seem to remember hearing somewhere that in the wild some kind of bird uses a stick to get bugs out of a tree. It most have been the crows instinct to use the stick to get that thing out of the jar.

[David]

I have yet to see a live porcupine.  I really want to. 
Crows supposedly can talk, one of four main species that can.  They are very intellegent.  I have heard of crows attacking owls prolly for the same reason they attacked the eagle, the eagle will swoop down on unsuspecting crows to eat them. 
I've heard dolphins do the same with sharks.  They will bash the sharks gills with their noses to ward the shark off, or if it doesn't take the hint, they will attempt to kill it by destroying its gills, essentually slow suffocation.  They apparantly don't do this often. 

[dalebert]

Yes, crows use sticks as spears to get grubs and such from inside holes. They'll even modify them a little to make them more effective and once they do this, they'll hold onto that "tool" for a while and fly it with them to their next meal.

They imitate a lot of sounds quite well but they don't talk. Someone once wrote that if you clip their tongue a certain way they can learn to talk, or at least imitate speech like a parrot but it's unconfirmed.

[Jim Johnson]

In the 1960's the Minnesota Zoo had a crow that would say, "Hello Bob".
He would responded when someone would say, "Hello Bob".

He was a big attraction at the zoo and as children we ran around saying "Hello Bob", in crow voice, for the next week.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Blackie!!!

[dalebert]

In the 1960's the Minnesota Zoo had a crow that would say, "Hello Bob".

Well I based my information on what I read in that article I linked but that sounds like pretty strong evidence to the contrary. 

[Kat Kanning]

The bear is still in town.  I just went out for a walk in the rain, heard some big noise in the tree next to me and there was the bear.  It stared at me, I stared at it while I walked away fast.  It started climbing down the tree, so I ran for it as soon as it was out of sight.  It didn't seem to be following me though.

[David]

The bear is still in town.  I just went out for a walk in the rain, heard some big noise in the tree next to me and there was the bear.  It stared at me, I stared at it while I walked away fast.  It started climbing down the tree, so I ran for it as soon as it was out of sight.  It didn't seem to be following me though.

I would love to see that bear during the day, if you remember where he is.  (safely in my car that is.)  I do carry a pocket knife, just in case.   

[Jim Johnson]

Sounds like a bear hunting trip is in order.

An animal that size that gets used to people and then becomes unafraid of people is going to end up harming people.

[David]

Unfortunately you are prolly right.    Maybe I'll get a glimpse of him before he gets shot, or tranquilized. 

[Kat Kanning]

Oh, I thought Jim was talking about getting the AK47 and doing it himself.

[David]

Unless he can prove the bear is a clear danger to others, (they are not likely to believe him anyway) the game warden soviets will charge him with poaching.   

[Tom Sawyer]

   Hey, the image of David "wrasslin the bahr" with a pocket knife has me tickled.

Here is a bear that visited us. Took a few pictures and then scared him away, before he figured out 'hey I can take that guy'.