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Description
Who would have guessed that crows are second only to humans as toolmakers and tool users, that they have complex family lives surprisingly similar to our own, and that their vocalizations share much in common with human languages?
Sparky and fun-loving in tone, this celebration of crow consciousness discusses the basic biology of crows, as well as their family structure, tricky social interactions, communication skills, incredible tool-using capabilities, and impact on the human imagination. Based on more than a decade of audacious research by scientists around the world, Crows is rich in insight, humor, and stories.
Editorial Reviews
Crows celebrates crow abilities, surveying their behavior, natural history, and more. . . . a most digestible, intriguing survey. —James Cox, Midwest Book Review
The combination of Savage's accessibility, the sheer depth of her research, the slight anthropomorphism, and the sparkling quality of her writing do more than explain the world of the corvine family. There's a startling intimacy to this literary encounter, from which most readers are likely to emerge well educated, informed, and curiously changed. That's a keen accomplishment for little more than 100 pages. —Quill & Quire
Savage, who also describes her avian subjects as sophisticated, fascinating and beautiful, is so intrigued by corvid behaviour that Crows is her second book on the subject. —Diane Dakers, Victoria Times-Colonist
Part of the joy of reading Crows . . . is the iconoclastic energy it draws from busting myths about birds in general and crows in particular . . . surprising avian revelations are contained within the pages of Savage's glorious festival of crow arcana. —Clem Martini, Alberta Views Magazine
Candace Savage's Crows is a beautifully crafted celebration of these birds . . . she . . . uses every opportunity to introduce sound evolutionary and ecological concepts, including good descriptions of recent research on crow communication, breeding biology and . . . ecology. —Alex Kacelink, Nature Magazine
Candace Savage's Crows is a beautifully crafted celebration of these birds. —Nature Magazine
ìThis is a readable piece of popular nature writing, accessible because of a deft juxtaposition of interesting anecdotes and firsthand accounts of scientific discoveries. —Canadian Literature
Savage, who also describes her avian subjects as sophisticated, fascinating and beautiful, is so intrigued by corvid behaviour that Crows is her second book on the subject. —Victoria Times Columnist
Nature writer Savage celebrates crows—and provides a lot of information about them—in this lovely little book. —Globe & Mail
Crows celebrates crow abilities, surveying their behavior, natural history, and more . . . a most digestible, intriguing survey. —Midwest Book Review
Threaded through the scientific studies and anecdotal accounts are corvine folk-tales and mythology . . . The combination of Savage's accessibility, the sheer depth of her research, the slight anthropomorphism, and the sparkling quality of her writing do more than explain the world of the corvine family. There's a startling intimacy to this literary encounter, from which most readers are likely to emerge well educated, informed, and curiously changed. That's a keen accomplishment for little more than 100 pages. —Robert Wiersema, Quill & Quire
Savage has compiled Crows, a handsome and charming compendium of facts, fables, research, photos and illustrations about the corvine world, which makes for delightful, offbeat reading. —Stewart Brown, The Hamilton Spectator
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