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Willing to bet Crows, Ravens, and other provably-intelligent birds actually do have something like this. A proto-culture, if you will. If you're unaware, such birds have been put to tests of "comparative intelligence" to see what faculties of reasoning they have in common with us, and the results have been very interesting. Many animals (not just birds!) recognize themselves in the mirror as themselves rather than another member of their species (cats fail this test, elephants and dolphins don't). Crows understand conservation of quantities and will put stones into a cylinder of water to raise the water level until a floating treat can be obtained.

I'd be surprised if they didn't have celebrities among their kind.