Clever Crows

BBC article: New Caledonian crows show how technology evolves: 

Tool-making crows have allowed us to see the first foundations of a technological breakthrough.

New Caledonian crows spontaneously make hooks out of plant material, using them to “fish” for grubs and spiders.

Experiments have now revealed that these hooked tools are 10 times faster at retrieving a snack than the alternative tool – a simple twig. Continue reading “Clever Crows”

Turkey invades and attacks Kurds in Syria

One of the most outrageous aspects of Turkey’s aggressive invasion of  Kurdish areas in Syria for me is the UK’s complicit regard for its own advantage by supporting Turkey, and totally abandoning the Kurds.

Kurds until very recently were being celebrated for their ability, sacrifice and tenacity in ridding the area of ISIS control, but suddenly they have become the political football that they have always been, and  dropped like a hot potato … now that they are not seen as being essential to UK interests. Disgraceful behaviour by the UK Government!

This is absolute betrayal.

For more information see http://supportkurds.org