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Crows can recognise specific human faces and pass that knowledge on to other crows.

Why it is true

Experiments with masks showed that crows identify specific faces and react differently depending on the person. Crows that have never seen a dangerous mask learn to fear it by observing the reactions of other crows in the group, which shows that the information passes between generations.

Source: Scientific American

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