Deceit of the Raven (NY Times)

‘Last year, in the journal Animal Cognition, the behavioral biologist Thomas Bugnyar described a twist in an experiment he was conducting with laboratory ravens. The birds’ job was to find bits of cheese hidden in film canisters, then pry open the lids to get the food out. One raven, Hugin, was best at this, but a dominant bird, Munin, would rush over and steal his reward.

So Hugin changed his strategy: when the other bird came over, he went to empty canisters, pried them open and pretended to eat. While the dominant bird poked around in the wrong place, Hugin zipped back to where the food really was. He was deceiving Munin….’

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Jerry Rice announces his retirement. I guess we could have seen this coming, but it is still quite a story. The greatest wide receiver perhaps of all time finally hanging up his cleats.

Jerry was never my favorite player (as a Cowboys fan, I’d had enough of his spectacular play ;) but as he moved on and kept on going and going — well, you can’t help but respect and admire the guy. Perhaps he should have retired a couple of years ago, but no matter what, hats off to Jerry.