$0$0$0$0âÂÂIt’s the fable about a thirsty crow. The bird comes acrossa pitcher with the water level too low for him to reach. The crow raises thewater level by dropping stones into the pitcher. (Moral: Little by little doesthe trick, or in other retellings, necessity is the mother of invention.)â â Associated Press$0$0Being a Social Science Research major, I am fascinated with behavior. I am only interested in the New York Times for its Science Times TuesdayâÂÂs section. While browsing my email, I came across this interesting article by the Associated Press. Being such an official brand, I never read anything from the AP becauseI thought it would either be a) too intelligent for me to comprehend or b) too boring for me to stay interested.$0$0But on Thursday, I came across the article âÂÂBird experiment shows Aesop’s fable may be trueâ which spoke about an amazing scientific revelation â maybe itâÂÂsnot just primates that use tools, maybe birds do too.$0$0ItâÂÂs a bit hard to believe, but scientists have found that rooks are capable of using tools. In one observation, a worm was in a pitcher of water and exposed to a hungry crow. The crow used little pebbles to increase the volume of the water, causing the worm to rise to the surface.$0$0âÂÂChristopher Bird of Cambridge University and a colleague exposed the rooks to a 6-inch-tall clear plastic tube containing water, with a worm on its surface. The birds used the stone-dropping trick spontaneously and appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. They learned quickly that larger stones work better.â â AP$0$0Wow, it definitely amazed me that birds would actually be able to estimate how many stones they needed. I wouldnâÂÂt know what to do⦠$0$0But in the midst of being amazed⦠I realized why humans were superior. The bird may have been able to use tools to get what it needed, even calculate how manystones to use⦠but if it were meâ¦.$0$0$0I wouldâÂÂve just knocked the pitcher over, made a mess and got the worm â no math.$0$0I never did fit the stereotype.$0$0$0