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Careful Planning

            Jays are not only beautiful they are masters of planning, with incredible foresight and a depth of self-control unseen among many other birds species. What some people have called a purely robotic form of behaviour, something instinctive and hard-wired, rather than consciously processed (i.e. referring to the storing acorns for later consumption), scientists have revealed, through various ingenious experiments, a contradiction to this thinking.

In one such experiment, Jays were faced with a series of different foods (peanuts, raisins etc) to see if they could be sorted and stored onto various different trays. This the Jays did, showing a level of anticipation not before seen. The food was stored for later consumption, similar to cooking food for each lunch time over the following working week.

Other forms of intelligence displayed by Jays:

The giving of gifts: showing an awareness of the feelings of others. As part of their mating rituals, Jays have been reported to anticipate future needs by taking into account the desires of their future partner(s).
Foresight, planning and anticipation
The use of tools
An excellent level of mimicry and vocalisation: Jays can express a range of emotions such as anger, playfulness and affection
Object permanence: understanding that objects exist even though they can’t see them, a skill that takes humans an entire year to master
Gregariousness, sociability and the skill to form complex alliances and coalitions, similar to chimpanzees and dolphins
   

Taken on: April 18, 2024

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Jay

Crow

nature

British Wildlife

British Birds

bird

British countryside

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Sets appears in: • Animals And Birds And Insects

Groups appears in: • BBC Springwatch (Official)

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