With thanks to the BBC weird side of Nature shown last week on BBC TV
\none of the stories I thought I would commit to rhyme<\/p>\n
In Hamburg a few years ago
\nA pond of Toads became
\nEmbroiled in quite a mystery
\nAnd found their way to fame
\nIt appeared they had exploded
\nTheir entrails yards away
\nBloated it was noted
\nand spread=eagled so they say
\nAnd no one had the faintest idea
\nJust what happened here
\nUntil post mortems were carried
\nout
\nand then it became clear
\nCorvids are exceptional
\nThere brains are up there, they
\nCan figure out all sorts of strange
\nand wonderful things each day
\nOf course they knew the toads skin
\nwas as poisonous as hell
\nBut its physiology and anatomy
\nwas something they knew well
\nAnd so they used their sharp beaks
\nIn exactly the right spot
\nAnd ate the poor Toads liver
\nand great nutrition got
\nThe Toads now minus liver
\nSoon realised that they
\nCould not make it happen
\nand exploded right away
\nCorvids had stood up to
\nlots of scrutiny
\nAnd their intelligence, was way
\nbeyond what most thought it could be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
a fascinating tale broadcast on BBC TV about the weird side of nature Corvids(Crows) just how amazingly intelligent they are Continue reading