Hello new folks! Wow. Yesterday, Penny Arcade joined in the bean spilling about Strip Search, and at that point I’d have to say that the bean can has been fully emptied. There are beans everywhere. If you’ve landed here from PA, you have my humblest of welcomes. I hope you enjoy your stay. If you like [...]
Crows were back in the news again last week. A fascinating study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggesting that New Caledonian Crows are able to reason about hidden causal agents—connecting events to a hidden perpetrator. But before we go any further, if you aren’t already in love with genus Corvus, please [...]
I love crows. You’ll be hard pressed to find another bird with such varied portfolio. It’s not difficult to understand why: Over the ages, the blackbird (to lump the dark corvids under a common term) has appeared in all manner of stories, fables, and poetry. From Aesop’s proud boaster to Poe’s looming messenger, the blackbird has [...]