Tumblr Post Gets Viral For These Funny And Mind-Blowing Facts Comparing Crows And Keas

Prepare to be blown away by this flying news about keas.

Mary

• Published in Tumblr
• July 27, 2022

For many people, having opposable thumbs gives humans an unfair edge over other species on the Earth. However, this does not imply that those other living species on the Earth across the globe are not as intelligent as people are, mostly with similar resources that each one of us has.

If you're looking for an example, have a look at the birds. You can consider the birds of prey such as eagles, pigeons, and the like.

These birds do not have opposable thumbs on their physical features. But, they are exceptionally brilliant when everything is taken into account.

Tumblr threads like this have shown precisely how clever this species, particularly those of keas, are. The reason why keas are so brilliant and sneaky is explained in a fun and amusing viral thread.

This person showed their admiration for corvids and parrots on Tumblr. The account was named Homunculus-argument.

The account made a point of highlighting how incredibly intelligent these creatures indeed are. Corvids, on the other hand, appear to take their intellect more seriously, while it could be safe to say that parrots are good at gatherings for such purposes.

There are things that humans are not aware of, specifically if it involves other species. You can scroll down and be fascinated by how these birds can be as smart as you.

Image of a kea doing some tricks.

This Tumblr user shares facts about the how intelligent kea birds are.

"Smarter than some people with the right to vote, and they are Extremely Serious Birds."

"Then there's the kea, straight-up titled 'clown of the mountains', that has specifi vocalization for 'play time!' "

"Imagine working really hard in order to make it into a top university to study.."

The comparison through a Bird Universty story is even accurate!

The analogy:

Confirming the information, another Tumblr user shared the post and and gave additional details about keas.

Tumblr user named trixree had mentioned a human gene called PLXNC or "Plexin". This gene contributes to people's ability to think, especially with their language capabilities.

"Humans aren't the only animals with advanced langage learning that hav Plexin in their genome."

"Using genomic alignment search tools, we can actually break down the sequence of human Plexin and directly compare it to the Plexin found in parrots."

"I wanted to see how similar the plexin gene was between humans and parrots."

Trixree posted:

The photo:

"The kea, notorious for being a straight up... prank god."

"A gene that is thought to be correlated to higher level learning and intelligence."

Presenting the facts in an interesting way.

"These guys have been found to literally have a predictive reasoning skills."

"That's so powerful honestly."

“The kea really said: ‘I will use my superior intelligence to have a good [effin’] time’ and that’s so powerful honestly.”

Humans might sometimes think that they are superior, but there is more to life than people know and science can prove it. The original thread about the facts presented here may be found in the links provided if you'd like to revisit it.

Do you have some facts that you want others to know? Why not share it in the comments box below before taking out on an avian journey of your own?

Mary