“…Animals often share food, but these birds understand that metal rings can be exchanged for treats, and they share the rings with no promise of reward…This sophisticated behavior, which requires an understanding of both currency and the needs of others, has only been described in primates before…”
Holy ahit
Cursed: you taught the birds about money
Blessed: they became communists
observations:
1. birds can be extremely intelligent
2. and capable of self-sacrifice for the well-being of others, as proven here
3. and, according to raven studies, can communicate information about human behavior to others of their own kind
4. and, according to my aviation-nerd friend, any time that a bird flies into a jet engine, the plane HAS to immediately land or crash
conclusion:
we’re not so far off from “birds getting fed up with our colonization of THEIR skies and communally deciding to put all humans on the no-fly list”