How smart are birds (2 examples)?

Question

This seagull seems to know that he's "stealing" some food from humans:

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Yesterday, I was at the pond with my parents. We were feeding the ducks and geese bread. As we were talking, my dad jokingly said "I wonder how goose would taste". When he said that, the goose looked at him and turned his head, as if he was trying to figure out what he said. I just thought I'd share these things with everyone.

BTW - People claim that turkeys are so dumb, that they'll open their mouths, look up, and drown in the rain. Truth be told, the only turkeys that do this are ones with a degenerative nerve disease.

Answer 1

A goose does not have a developted enough brain to undetstand language. However many birds including your average crow are very smart. Parrots being the smartest, african greys to be exact. but out of the parrot group the crow is the most inelligent.

The crow has developed the knowlege to take a nut that it would normally drop from a very high distance and try to hit it on a rock, and to drop it on the road and wait for a car to run it over and open it for it. Also that the road is basically an endless source of food, with road kill and all.

Alex the parrot was possibly the smartest animal in the world, an african grey who was able to do math, tell you how he felt, and what he wanted. He was a very special bird, I cried the day he died. The world will miss him,

I added a link to a you tube video for you, so you can see how amazing he was.

Oh about the seagull, he only knows he is doing something that people do not want him to do, so he is cautious. He is actually just going on intincts as he thinks humans will hurt/kill him if caught.

Answer 2

Did you know African Greys are as intelegent as a 5 year old but the emotions of a 2 year old?

Answer 3

very smart. my budgie somhow fouong out how to unlock the gates to his cage