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From the sea to Mount Everest, a small story of a lord of the air.The Crow is a passerine bird of the family of crows. And 'one of the leading exponents of the order Passeriformes. Originally from Eurasia, the crow took advantage of the land bridge Bering Strait formed during the Pleistocene ice ages to colonize North America: it is therefore one of the few animals (among others include, for example moose, wolf and brown bear) to be present in both continents without having been imported by man.
Despite being a fairly close relative of the common sparrows and canaries, we can say that the raven replace the vultures in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Raven prefers wooded areas, with presence in the area of wide open spaces where to look for food, it is also found along the coastal areas with presence of rocky cliffs, where the animal feeds and nests. As can be imagined dall'estesissimo distribution area occupied by the species, however, it is a very adaptable animal: it is also found in the frozen areas of the Arctic Circle, in the arid and semi-desert of North Africa, to the peaks of the Himalayas, where they were observed specimens of this species at a height of 6,350 m on Mount Everest. It can be said that the only habitat that the raven to avoid both the rain forest.
Among birds, crows are those with larger brains in proportion to the body: it must not therefore surprising that they should show great intelligence. They are in fact able to learn what is taught and even draw in a totally autonomous effective responses to questions submitted to them.
Well known is the habit of these animals, common to all the rest of the crows, to take possession of shiny objects (such as pieces of glass and metal) and then hide them or take them to their nest, probably in order to use them to impress conspecifics.
A lord of the sky in trouble.I found a young crow injured in a meadow, near a roundabout road. He was panting and motionless with wings outstretched to the sun. I approached with caution, to avoid escaping on the road and I picked up with a blanket. Above us, the members of his family desperate croaked and flew in circles increasingly narrow and low, almost to want to drive me away. I immediately brought to the clinic, initially peck at my hands to defend himself, but it was enough to give him a drink to calm him down. X-rays showed no fractures or bullet wounds, the clinical presentation was of a strong shock trauma and concussion. It is most likely crashed into a truck. Oxygen therapy and dexamethasone have solved the state of shock. Today, he also ate, you know that it can be free to resume as soon as possible.
The fact that struck me most, is that other ravens have followed me all the time and were to croak and hover outside my clinic. It's the first time in twenty years of the veterinary profession, that i visit a patient with relatives waiting outside anxiously.
These animals possess a more developed brain of the kingdom of the birds and you will be astonished by how "human "and generate their behavior.
In exchange for my care i made him some photos that in nature would never have managed to take. He patiently submitted!
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