This must be hysterical for the bird though.
Raven: Okay, here’s my pitch. We have been trying to put stuff in the box according to shape, right? But, see, it’s difficult and sometimes you get confused if the shapes are similar. There’s got to be a better way, right mammal? And there is!! I was checking out the box and it turns out that the lid comes off! So not only you can just drop in whatever, independent of its shape, but you can you use the box to full capacity!! Eh? Eh?? Cool right?
Human: … please just drop the star in the star-shaped hole
[Video description
Video: A crow is trying to put a small 3d plastic shape into a box. It’s a child’s shape awareness toy thingy. The lid of the box has six shaped holes, a triangle, a square, a circle, a cross and a 5 pointed star in the centre. The crow has the star shape in her beak and is attempting to place it in the corresponding hole.
Text and voice: working on her hardest shape.
Video: the crow keeps trying to force the star into the cross hole but it won’t fit. She gets frustrated and walks away.
Voice: Try again.
Video: the box now has two strips of blue tape covering the incorrect holes. The only remaining one is the correct one. The crow does not appear to appreciate this and immediately pokes a hole through the tape and pulls the entire lid off with her beak.
Voice: no! Not that hole!
Video: the crow drops the lid on the ground.
Voice: Noooo! Girlfriend!
Video: the crow then walks round the back of the box, throws the lid aside and picks up the star shape that was on the ground under the lid and drops the star in the box.
Text and Voice: technically what I asked her to do.
Voice: Yes, yes, yes. Try again.
Video: the lid is on the box again and there are several holes in the tape. The crow places the star shape on top of the star hole then pokes it through. Video cuts to a later but where there’s no tape over any of the holes. The crow is trying to put the star in the circular hole then the square hole. She then puts it in the star hole and gets some treats from a human hand.
Voice: yes, success, yes, good, yes. Nice job.
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