# How smart are crows?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Katharina Brecht
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katharina_brecht_how_smart_are_crows)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In one of Aesop’s fables, a crow is searching for water. It spies a pitcher— but the water inside is beyond its reach. So, the crow begins dropping in pebbles. One-by-one, they displace the water, and the crow quenches its thirst. This is just one of many fascinating displays of intelligence from corvids. Katharina Brecht digs into what makes this bold, brainy family of songbirds so smart. \[Directed by Irida Zhonga, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Phil Brookes\].

## Lectures

1. [How smart are crows?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katharina_brecht_how_smart_are_crows/35589efa9d62), 5 min (TED's player)