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Teresa Neumann : Feb 8, 2010  Bob Holmes - New Scientist

"Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: 'Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there. So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.'" - 1 Kings 17:2-6

REPORTER'S NOTE: I found this study to be fascinating, because of the Biblical story of God ordering ravens to feed Elijah. At first glance, it seems simple enough. But if this study of crows is true, the ravens assigned to feed Elijah were given an affinity, or devotion, to him. The depth of Scripture never ceases to amaze me. -Teresa Neumann, BCN.

A report in The New Scientist details a study that shows wild crows (of which ravens are of the same family) can recognise individual human faces and hold a grudge for years against people who have treated them badly. This ability, the report notes—which may also exist in other wild animals—highlights how carefully some animals monitor the humans with whom they share living space. (Photo: New Scientist)

In one experiment, John Marzluff of the University of Washington in Seattle and his team, reportedly prepared six masks from casts of people's faces, then wore different masks to capture crows in each of four locations. In each case, they found, the crows recognised and scolded whichever mask they had seen when they were captured, and ignored the others.

This shows that crows pay close attention to humans, noting which individuals pose a threat and which do not, said Doug Levey of the University of Florida in Gainesville.

"We may think they are just bystanders minding their own business—but we are their business," he notes. "It's likely that they're incredibly perceptive of the dog and cat components of their environment, as well."

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