@ct_bergstrom This was an amazing read. During my research about what science know about consciousness, I stumbled on crows and magpies as challengers to the idea that only humans possess consciousness (very common, since the scientific method as such forces every other species to prove their consciousness, whereas humans are given the benefit of the doubt). For me, the question was answered when I learned that they mourn dead individuals, and can distinguish a dead crow from another dead bird.