Remember the Clever Crow That Drank Water from a Pot by Using Pebbles to Raise its Level? Here’s a Living Proof

During our childhood, we all have read or heard the story of a clever crow who was able to drink water from a pot by raising the water level using pebbles. This story has been told since ages and it points to the exceptional problem solving skills that crows possess. Sometimes it appeared like a work of fiction to entertain children, but not anymore – here’s a living proof!

In a viral video, a bird, though not a crow but a magpie, is seen drinking water from a bottle by raising its level using pebbles. It can be seen in the video that the clever bird throws one pebble at a time in the bottle and takes a sip and then continues the process till its thirst is quenched.

See the video here:

Here’s the proof of that story we read in that book as kids. pic.twitter.com/dJtXkcLuln

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Nature provides different skills to different plants and animals for them to survive the odds and even thrive. Ravens and crows are particularly credited for their problem solving skills and have often been seen playing and even winning tic tac toe!

Raven loves winning tic tac toe pic.twitter.com/4RQM4A32bO

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