00:04Hi my name is Shannon and I am a keeper here at the Children's Zoo at the St.
00:07Louis Zoo and we are standing in front of Layla. She is our American crow here
00:12in the Children's Zoo. There are actually over 40 different species of crows that
00:15are found throughout the world. They come in different sizes, small to large. This
00:19species is particularly found throughout the United States and the southwestern
00:24parts of Canada. So here at the St. Louis Zoo we like to provide our animals with
00:27a variety of enrichment. So today we're going to be offering Layla a Kerplunk
00:32Feeder. You may have played a similar game. Well what we do here is that we put
00:36some of her food in here from her regular diet or food she would be offered through
00:40the day but also some special treats in there and she has to figure out how to
00:44get that food. So basically she's learned that if she pulls these sticks out the
00:48food is going to drop to the ground and that actually is something that crows do
00:52in the wild. They feed on the ground so it's a very natural behavior and crows
00:56they're actually highly intelligent birds. They're very smart. Let's see if Layla
01:00can solve this puzzle.
01:35Today we solved the puzzle of why American crows are so smart. Thank you for
01:39joining me here at the St. Louis Zoo.
