Some crows in Japan have found a new way to open hard-shelled nuts. I'm not usually so much about the funny animal videos, but I have a soft spot for birds and this is pretty darn cute.

But this level of creativity shouldn't really come as much of a surprise to anyone who knows birds. I had a flock of "pet" magpies while I was in university who would wait for me to bring them bread on my way to class, and I just recently learned there are a number of birds who've learned how to activate the photo sensors on automatic doors and are living in a local Home Depot for the winter.