Alright, can I stay in here?
Absolutely, you can sit and watch.
Right.
We'll see what happens.
Come on then, send in your mastermind because
it's gonna need that.
Alex studies wild birds, which he releases
after 3 months of research.
This one is nicknamed 007, and it's about
to attempt what Alex believes is one of the
most complex tests of the animal mind ever
constructed.
The bird is familiar with the individual objects,
but this is the first time he's seen them
arranged like this.
8 separate stages, that must be completed
in a specific order if the puzzle is to be solved.
And, if the bird succeeds, it'll be a world
first.
He takes time to have a look, and then starts
with the short stick.
Stage 1.
He finds it's too short to reach the food.
He then sets off to get the first stone.
But, he drops it.
And another, he seems to be stuck.
But then, something seems to click.
He deploys the first stone.
And then another.
Got it!
The 8th, and final stage.
Success.
8 individual stages of 1 complex puzzle, completed.
That was remarkable.
I've never, ever seen anything like it.
Of all of the bird behaviour that I've seen,
nothing matches that.
I can hardly believe it.
I'm still just running that sequence through
my mind.
It happened really quickly.
But, the immediate question is of course:
How on earth did that crow do that?
