Here are 12 animal facts that might make you appear to be the most intelligent person in the room.

The evenings become longer, the trees get barer, and the weather gets a little more gloomy as winter draws near here in the northern hemisphere. It's the ideal reason to spend time home and escape the outside world.

We still need to go on with our lives, which calls for a little energy and a lot of positive vibes. We've compiled a list of amazing animal facts from the Animal Pulse Instagram feed because of this. Although they can't replace vitamin D, they will undoubtedly make your day better and teach you something new.

Please take note that the bird in this image is a grackle, not a crow. It was chosen because of its furious expression and little resemblance to a crow.

Crows never fail to astound us with their extraordinary intelligence, which extends beyond the ability to perceive danger and harbour resentment.

According to earlier studies, crows are capable of creating tools and even counting.

Crows have been known to drop nuts onto busy roads, wait for automobiles to bust them open, and then retrieve the food when the traffic stops.

Certain crows have even developed the ability to fish food from difficult-to-reach areas by creating hooks out of twigs or using sticks to remove insects from tree bark.

17 years old.

It’s pretty obvious that animals can feel grief. Dogs mourn their owners and each other, and cats mourn the food they were supposed to get 20 minutes ago but didn’t because their human servant tried to sleep in on a Saturday. But one thing that animals don’t do is hold funerals. Cats would probably think it’s sign of personal weakness.

Actually, some animals do hold funerals, and one startling example of an animal that does this is the humble magpie. According to The Telegraph, magpies have been observed engaging in behavior that not only looks like grief, but also a lot like a memorial service. A magpie that encounters the body of another magpie might approach it and peck at it carefully, as if saying, “Frank! Frank! Wake up!” If the body doesn’t respond, the magpie will fly off, and then come back a few minutes later with a few blades of grass, which it will lay next to the body. But researchers haven’t just observed a single bird doing this — other magpies will join in the ritual, each one bringing its own offering of grass. Then the magpies will stand next to the body for a little while before flying away.