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One pod of orca has been observed using human-built structures and human activity to assist their hunting. At least one pod has been observed splitting up and engaging in decoy-like activity to protect their juveniles from human capture. The pangolin maybe hasn't figured out Chinese traditional medicine yet. To be fair, I'm not exactly clear on how it works either.

Glass curtain walls have already provided competitive advantage to pigeons, parrots, and corvids over sparrows, thrushes, buntings, and warblers.

Some crows have figured out how to use window glass to get free meals. Herd that sparrow flock into the windmill, and the murder feasts below the mast.

Anthropogenic challenges overwhelmingly favor species with higher levels of individual intelligence.

The evolution will be that the dumber birds become endangered or go extinct, while the smarter birds expand their populations.




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