PBS - A Murder of Crows (2010) PDTV XviD AC3-MVGroup
English | 00:52:56 | XviD | 720x416 | 29.97fps 1851 Kbps | AC3 128 Kbps 48.0khz | 700MB
Genre: Documentary

They are generally dismissed as spooky - Hitchcock used them quite successfully to frighten moviegoers, or as a general nuisance - scarecrows were after all invented to scare crows away from crops. But their image is about to take a real turn. New research has shown they are among the most intelligent animals in the world, able to use tools as only elephants and chimpanzees do, able to recognize each other's voices and 250 distinct calls. They are very social, mate for life, and raise their young for up to five years. And they are able to recognize individual humans and pick them out of a crowd up to two years later. Crow experts from around the world sing their praises, and present us with captivating new footage of crows as we have never seen them before.

Martin's manuscript of A Feast For Crows was so long that his publisher relegated half the chapters to a fifth book, A Dance with Dragons. With only half the storylines and characters present from A Storm of Swords (2000), Feast For Crows should seem think but it's so rich with characters, plot twists, and settings that a few critics thought the novel one of the best in the fantasy genre. Martin renders his characters'would-be queens, outlaws, priests, squires, ladies, and foolsa€”with unusual depth and moral complexity, while placing their personal dramas within the epic sweep of lands lost and won. Though the book could feasibly stand alone, readers will reap greater rewards by starting with the first of the series, A Game of Thrones.