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Clever Crows: What Scientists Discovered
Clever Crows: What Scientists Discovered is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level E for ages 7–9, 12 pages long and about 4 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1Look up at the sky in almost any city or forest, and you might see a crow looking back at you. These common black birds turn out to be some of the smartest animals on Earth.
Page 2Scientists who study animal brains found something surprising. For its body size, a crow's brain is packed with just as many neurons as a small monkey's.
Page 3In the forests of New Caledonia, wild crows do something almost no other bird does. They pick up twigs and poke them into tree bark to fish out juicy grubs.
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