demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers? | Inside the Animal Mind | BBC Earth
BBC Earth · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2017–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 8 other demo videos tagged Animals & nature, the mean is 1.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.6× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 1.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- BBC Earth
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Animals & nature. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers? | Inside the Animal Mind | BBC EarthCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Mosquito trap DIY 8,000 mosquito kill reduce ZIKA DENGUE MALARIA MaxxAir Fan CO2demo · GREENPOWERSCIENCE | 4 | 4 | 80% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Causal understanding of water displacement by a crowdemo · PLOS Media | 3 | 3 | 27% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Are WILD cockatoos smart enough to solve this puzzle?demo · Maker's Muse | 2 | 2 | 50% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Crows have been shown to understand the concept of zero”. Its short rationale: Changed how the commenter views crows.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting”. Its short rationale: Crow problem-solving cited as evidence of high intelligence.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.