Fascinating Facts About Ravens

5 Fascinating facts about ravens

5 Fascinating facts about ravens

 

Common raven (lat. Corvus corax ) is the largest species of crows. With a length of the body of more than 60 cm is also the largest species of the suborder songbird in the world. Although throughout history too often been a bad reputation, these birds are in reality Fascinating, playful and very intelligent animals, capable of expressing various emotions similar to humans, and even to imitate human speech. These are just some of the interesting facts you might not know about the ravens:

5th Ravens can mimic human speech

In captivity raven can learn to speak better than some parrot. They also mimic other sounds, such as car engine advertising or other animals (especially birds). In nature, there were many recorded cases of ravens that mimic the wolves and foxes that 'call' to the corpse animal I raven is unable to tear . When you instead make a wolf or fox, raven will wait for them to finish their supper and then Pounce on the remains.

On YouTube you can see the ravens talking ...

According to the researchers, ravens also used 'highly sophisticated signals'. In other words, as we for example finger at an object to another man, raven beak shows another raven.

4th Ravens are intelligent animals

When it comes to intelligence, these birds go side by side with chimpanzees and dolphins, although in many tests show that even intelligent than chimpanzees. Many experiments have shown that ravens great resolve logical teststhat involve multiple steps and use tools. Something that other animals never fails to resolve, raven often achieve from the very first attempt. Some ravens have even learned and count.

In nature, ravens throwing stones people to make them prevent personnel to climb to their nests, steal fish fishermen, if necessary, make the dead, using a variety of tools, as well as other animals to obtain food.

3rd Ravens are very playful

Ravens like to play. In human settlements are often seen to use the snow-covered roofs as slides, and sometimes simply like and roll in the snow.

In nature, most play with wolves (which it is not really a game) so they pick on them until they wolf begins to chase.But these intelligent birds go further. Ravens are playing with toys , or sticks, stones, cones or even golf balls used to play alone or with other ravens.

2nd Ravens have their teenage gangs

Ravens are monogamous birds, which means that they remain with their partner for life. When they reach their young age to leave home they are joining a gang , or a flock of young birds living together until they find their partner.Interestingly, this way of life is stressful for the raven. The researchers found higher levels of stress hormones in teenage feces ravens than in the feces of adult specimens.

"Somehow, we think that they have a lot in common with people - stressful life in the teenage gangs, in relation to a quieter life as a pair." - Dr Selva, researcher

Ravens first show various emotions and empathy

Despite his mischievous nature, ravens show a sense of empathy. When a friendly raven loses this fight, his friendswill do anything to comfort him. You will remember another bird that they were approached in a friendly way, but will also remember those who were hostile nastorijene.

By studying advertising raven scientists have discovered that they can through it izrazaiti various emotions, such as tenderness, happiness, surprise or anger.

Bonus: Ravens through myths and legends

Unfortunately, many European cultures are demonize these elegant, intelligent and playful black birds through a number of myths, legends and fairy tales. In France, people believed that the souls of the wicked priest ravens. In Germany were embodied soul stupidity or sometimes even Satan himself. In Sweden, advertising raven considered advertising souls that did not have proper Christian burials, and in Denmark were even afraid and look at the raven, because it would be so alone and could turn into one ...

Culture of Tibet and Greece are the ravens were perceived as messengers of the gods. Celtic goddess of war are often amounted to figure ravens during the battle, and I Odin had two ravens, Hugin (Thought) and Munin (memory), who flew around the world and each night returned and informed Odin what they saw.

The Chinese believed that ravens cause a storm, as they were some Indian tribes considered a deity. In their beliefs Raven is described as a cunning trickster who participated in the creation of the world.

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