THE VIDEO SHELF · animal play and intelligence
Crow skiing down a roof
A one-minute clip of a crow repeatedly sliding down a snowy roof on a small lid, apparently just for fun.
Why HN readers recommended it
Offered as vivid evidence that animals, crows in particular, play for pleasure and display intelligence beyond survival needs.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Niko Niko
- Topic
- animal play and intelligence
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This video of a crow repeatedly "skiing" down a roof changed my view of how animals play - I thought it was all "practice-fighting" but this crow seems to be playing "just for the fun of it". [VIDEO]
ryanianian on Hacker News · 2019-04
In How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)The "Just for Fun" link[1] leads to some entertaining videos: Skiing down a roof: [VIDEO] My girlfriend's spirit animal: [LINK] Teaming up to provoke a catfight: [LINK] Nipping a sausage: [LINK] [1] [LINK]
rkagerer on Hacker News · 2019-12
In Crows could be the smartest animal other than primatesWhereas the nut cracking is cool for the intelligence shown towards survival, the one that truly astounds me is intelligence for the sake of having fun. Crow skiing: [VIDEO]
reducesuffering on Hacker News · 2022-03
In Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily human attribute (2020)
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