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Emily Cory Trains Raven, 'Shade,' To Find Lost Hikers

First Posted: 09/08/10 10:24 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:35 PM ET

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Expert trains her pet raven to find lost objects with uncannily accurate results.

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Expert trains her pet raven to find lost objects with uncannily accurate results.
Expert trains her pet raven to find lost objects with uncannily accurate results.
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Beth Boyle
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01:18 AM on 09/10/2010
I love this story!
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Forester
Foresters do it in the woods.
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03:47 PM on 09/09/2010
Crows always find me when I'm working in the woods, and I give them calls after they spot me. They check me out, maybe perch and watch for a little while, and then head off on their patrolling. Sometimes I'll hear a group making a racket, and find them mobbing a great gray owl or raptor. They are very curious and social, and using them to locate lost hikers would probably work pretty well. They always seem like the smartest critter I encounter in the woods, and I've seen a few.
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getoffmedz
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10:20 AM on 09/09/2010
Corvids have been known to make tools and teach that skill to others. (Crows studied at UCLA in the 1990s.) Ravens also corvids can spot food items at incredible distances by human standards.

Corvids which include crows, ravens and jays are amongst the most intelligent of all birds.
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getoffmedz
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10:31 AM on 09/09/2010
"Crows being studied at UCLA . . ." - whoops

; o ?
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TexasDem0
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05:01 PM on 09/09/2010
No wonder they're so smart. They studied at UCLA. Great typo!
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01:41 AM on 09/09/2010
Once day I went a-hiking reckless, traipsing through the mountains feckless
Unaware my bag was lacking handy map or book of woodland lore,
Whilst the Autumn's leaves were falling, suddenly I went down sprawling
As one might sprawl o'er a loose bit of rock he failed to see before.
What is this treacherous piece of earth that trips me to the forest floor?
Just my shoelace, and nothing more.

I lay in pain my ankle spraining, while I cry to heaven straining,
Straining to reach some helpful soul to render me succor.
As if on queue a bird alights, sable feathers fresh from flights
Fixing me with a beady stare the like of which I'd ne'er seen before.
"Please, noble bird," I cry, "lend your aid that I might reach my home once more!"
Quoth the Raven, "That's what I'm here for."
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Monk2001
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05:32 PM on 09/08/2010
SWEET!!! Edgar Allen Poe will be stoked!

Can we also train demon weasels to cook breakfast while we're at it?
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Pleroma
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12:24 PM on 09/11/2010
Yeah. But the weasels choose the menu.
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