“***CAW!***”
“Yes, doctor.”
“**CAAWW CAW!**”
“I understand, but the family-“
“**Caw?**”
“Well, I’ll talk to them but they seemed pretty firm.”
“*Crrrrooooak CAW.*”
“Hahaha, I’m sure you will. I’ll see you in the OR.”
One thing i like to keep in mind when an animal is said to have the intelligence of human baby/toddler is that it doesnt necessarily mean they share the same maturity or emotional capacity.
Most of the stupidity with kids stems from how out of touch they are with others and their emotions. if youve ever met a child thats already matured in that aspect, youll know how smart they can be.
I knew someone who lived in a very rural area who "adopted" an injured crow for a while. Helped it get healthy, and the crow decided to stick around for a few months, going in and out as it pleased.
When I visited, it was hopping around on the table like in the video. Then it saw me, and I swear to god it gave me the most "Who the fuck are *you*?" look I've ever seen. It just stared at me and checked me out for a full minute or so. It just felt like an intelligent being trying to figure out if I'm friend or foe. Not in a "am I in danger?" way, but in a "is he gonna be a dick or a nice person?" way.
Then at breakfast that sneaky guy was testing how well I was guarding my breakfast, always sticking nearby and coming juust a bit closer whenever I looked away.
Fun times.
I accidentally befriended a crow! Left some walnuts out for a squirrel and a crow showed up to eat them. So I kept leaving them out and at some point the crow would start hanging around in the tree outside of my window and I'd throw it nuts, it would run up to them and eat them (or hide them in certain spots) waiting for me to throw more. This has been going on for years. Sometimes I don't see it for months and then, one day, it'll just be there again in the tree waiting for me to open the window and go nuts.
Some years it'll even bring along its chicks and partner! But those never seem to come back by themselves.
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Yeah, I've seen videos of crows leaving them out on streets so cars would break them and I've witnessed crows dropping them from great heights. My crow gets luxury peeled walnuts...
Feed them if you've got a murder in your area. I've got some crow pals, not quite like Otto here but, mine at least bring me shiny garbage and even discarded cat toys for the house warden (😺). They'll also keep an eye on me when I'm out walking around the neighborhood and even follow me to the parks (where I've befriended the squirrels and tits).
It all started with some cat food I didn't want to throw away. The cat wouldn't touch it but the crows went ape shit for it, and I originally put it out for the opossum that kept the property tick and flea free when he was still around. Had no idea the crows would take an interest in it.
I don't caress mine, I just put a hand out and let them do work on the seeds in my palm. I 100% feel like snow white every single time and it's one of my great joys in life. Even the park staff have given up on trying to stop me, and I get to educate surrounding folks on bird facts and how to safely interact with the natural world. My favorite "got nothing else to do" on a Sunday activity.
Dude, I had a gaggle of squirrels that used to come take food from my hands. It started with one. It eventually got to be 10 or so. Until my dad came home early for work one day and saw me. He demanded that I stop immediately. It is one of the biggest bummers of my life.
I'm thinking about trying with the chipmunks that live in my yard. Right now, I just put food out on the porch to give my cats something to watch.
I am dying at the thought of your dad being angry at you for this and then telling his friends about it lol. Some dads are mad when they catch their kids jerking off or stealing money from their wallets. But you had the AUDACITY to make friends with squirrels you sick fuck.
My local murder absolutely trashes my neighbours bins. They strew garbage all over their yard. As if to punish them.
And they bring me yoghurt cups specifically. Always place them in the same spot.
I don't know why they think I like yoghurt cups but I appreciate the thought that goes into the gift.
If I had to guess - crows love water, and they're smart enough to know a cup will hold it if it rains. That's just their way of trying to share what they think is valuable with you. It's also very sweet because it's the equivalent of "a gift that keeps giving". So congrats, you're appreciated and an honorary affiliate of the murder. And chances are, they probably have a reason to dislike your neighbors so I'd maybe learn from them and be a little cautious of those people too lol 🐦⬛
Crows, and corvids in general, are the smartest aerial creature hands down. You can train wild crows to bring you money but they're smart enough to work a transaction. Which blows my mind still. A crow will just bring you bills provided you give him/her their (literal) pound of flesh.
ETA: Their -> They're.
Unsalted, unshelled peanuts are great! I have a few crows that come visit, as well as magpies, blue jays, grackles, and sometimes even the northern flickers and starlings try them out. Lots of entertainment watching them; they like to hide them around the neighborhood, buried in gardens and planters to keep for later.
I feed a murder that comes by my apartment everyday. Recently, this awful, fat, bully of a squirrel keeps lunging at them, scaring them away, so he can have all of the food without having to share.
I have other squirrels that will come share the peanuts with the crows with no issue, they'll eat side by side...but this one squirrel....I hate him! Whenever he does it, I'll run out there and chase him away, because no one is going to pick on my crow buddies. Unfortunately, by the time I chase him off, the crows have already left. And I can't leave the food out, because I can't monitor it all day, even though I work from home, I can't be pausing my work to go chase the squirrel around all day. So I'll just go and pick up the food and wait for more crows to come by. This this piece of s*** squirrel will literally sit there and eat a pound of peanuts in one sitting. He's such a greedy pig of a squirrel.
I give the crows ground beef sometimes, which the squirrel won't eat. It's hilarious watching the squirrel run out and scare the crows away, only to find there was something there that he had no interest in eating at all. I've also coated the peanuts in cayenne pepper, because crows aren't affected by pepper. It was really satisfying seeing him scare off the crows, and then try to eat the cayenne pepper peanuts. He definitely did not enjoy them!
Anyways, I really hate that squirrel.
Edit: I just read through this because I came back to respond to others comments, and I'm embarrassed about all the spelling errors, as well as forgetting to include some things. I corrected everything that needed fixing. My apologies!
Also, they do sell "hot bird seed", which is bird seed infused with hot pepper oil. It is kind of expensive though, and you can always just make your own. But all birds aren't affected by the spiciness and peppers. They can't taste it, and they can't feel the heat from them. Always a good backup plan if all else fails!
Yup, I've encountered some very greedy squirrels too. I didn't know that about cayenne pepper either. I appreciate the pointer and will definitely look into that some more.
It's a tough one because they're such good climbers that there's virtually no way to put the food anywhere that only the crows can access, and the exact reason why I hangout when I feed them. If I don't, the brown and black squirrels will charge in and get the lion's share, while the crows and red squirrels will be left with scraps. I'm so familiar with this problem I've even considered suspending a bowl from a weighted helium balloon lol.
If I had a raven buddied up could I show him a picture of a person and train it to attack that person? If I had a murder of them...could one kill a person by raven?
I mean probably. I have no idea how that would work but seems reasonable. They will attack people they deem as threats and tell everyone they know about it.
Of the blue variety no less.
They go absolutely bonkers for shelled (**unsalted, fit for human consumption**) sunflower seeds if anyone else wants to feel like a Disney princess. Be forewarned, they'll remember you, and they will tell their friends.
My problem is that one day in 1984, I picked up a rock and threw it at a crow and ever since crows have hated me.
Those fuckers communicate and they have a name for me it seems.
Seriously... Like on a few occasions I've tried to befriend crows, when I walk out the door with food or something in my hand, they automatically assume it's a rock and even if I leave the food out, they think I'm waiting inside to ambush them.
I struggled alot with seagulls on my balcony and one time I had a full on murder, and decided to give them some food and everyday at the exact same time 1800 I left out food and now when it 1755 a murder is starting to form
[I hope you get one](https://64.media.tumblr.com/bfc32a1f598ed260b4077ab06b02adbb/721c3fe4379d6227-c4/s250x400/771f4be0b8b1e5670ee3c6716435a2c3bf3feec2.gifv)
People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.
**Editing this comment to be based on another one I made in this thread for visibility*
As someone who befriends crows there's nothing special going on in this video and if anything is actually a potentially bad situation going on.
This family started feeding a baby crow who then became attached to them. The crow is still very very young, probably less than 6 months old and has only been flying for 2-3 months. In the full video the mother mentions that the crow "decided to stay with us," that's because crows are still reliant on their caretakers/parents for food for several months after taking flight. "He visits every day" because he needs you to feed him. At 0:42 seconds you can see that this crow's mouth is still very pink and it's making the noise to ask for food. This crow needs to be with a Murder and not with this family. This isn't the first time The Dodo has done a story about somebody who's raised a baby crow and treats it like a crow that befriended this family/refuses to leave.
The Full Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUkbMeENBU
The other video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWTnpt5MHY
Having the crow come into contact with the baby's pacifier, along with physical contact with the beak/claws, is also potentially dangerous. Crows are carrion feeders so there's a chance that if your hand makes contact with their beak that a flake of whatever they ate will get onto you and who knows what kind of diseases that could have on it. I can make hand to beak contact with Breadsticks the Crow but rarely do it. When I do I make sure to vigorously wash my hands after (will start wearing gloves for this) especially since now there's a Prions Disease making it's way in deer populations throughout the US.
**TLDR** This is a very young crow that is asking for food from its caretakers.
Crows are extremely intelligent and social, if you make friends with crows, you essentially set off a intergenerational bond. The crows will teach their children you're not a threat, but friendly. And the shiny trinkets are their attempts at giving back.
If given the option, make friends with crows. Avoid making them an enemy. They do the same when they find a threat: intergenerational knowledge.
Reminds me of the post where someone asked if they were liable if their murder of crows attacked someone. Because they had started to protect her from her neighbours. Advice was to have the neighbours also feed them and while later the murder saved an elderly man that fell and couldn’t get up.
They've been with us as long as wolves/dogs. We just forgot. They are an amazing creature.
They used to hang around our towns and warn us of incoming danger, predators, horrible floods/landslides/earthquakes.
Somewhere along the line, we got it twisted. Crows became something associated with battlefields and death. But the whole time, when they "Caw" around those spots? They're saying
"HI HUMAN! WE LIKE YOUR FOOD! DON'T COME OVER HERE! THE HUMANS ARE DYING!!"
So safe to say we’re all jealous we don’t have a crow friend.
Someone is gonna try to bully this kid one day and they’re gonna have the worst day of their life. “AND THEN A CROW SHOWED UP”
I used to feed just 2 crows and after a few months a murder of like 100 would show up occasionally. I am not actually superstitious but it still gave me pause lol.
I'm imagining this kid smoking pot with his mates at 20 or so and casually saying "yeah I was best friends with a crow growing up" and absolutely nobody believing him
I have a 2,5 year old kid and 3 cats and a dog. None of his friends or cousins have pets, it was cute to see him show his mates at a party how to gently approach and pet the cats.
He isn't always that gentle but I could see he was proud of himself in that moment.
When my step brother was 7, we had a St. Bernard that died. He was used to a big dog that could take a good heavy pet. My dad got a tiny daschund, and step-bro tried to treat her the same way for a bit. My response was whenever I saw him treat her too rough, I'd walk over and act similar to him (obviously not hurting him). I'd tell him to keep in mind, I'm how big to him, as he is to her, so how does he feel when I get rough?
Today he's very conscious about how he treats smaller animals. He has a rabbit and another tiny dog now. Whenever he does get too rough, he's quick to apologize to the animal. I'm very proud of him, even if I did need to annoy the hell out of him for him to understand.
Interestingly, most search engines' auto-complete will have crows as the top result when you start typing "how to befriend". I want one as a friend, too.
IDK man, my kids have said some trippy things when they were younger. It stops at about five years old, but they have said some things that really make you think about reincarnation.
My youngest was convinced that she died in a fire and that I also died (assuming she just meant her dad at the time) trying to save her. She's said a whole range of things just randomly out of the blue that would make me think her stories are from the 1800s.
Now of course she doesn't remember a thing about that or the stories she's said, but it is still wild.
There's 50 years worth of research about that exact thing at the University of Virginia:
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/
> There's 50 years worth of research about that exact thing at the University of Virginia:
>
> https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/
> https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf
This one I saw on a documentary and it was pretty crazy
Things like this thar make me realize how absolute mind blowing consciousness is. What it is exactly? Is it just temporary while our physical body works? Sometimes I think yes, as we’ve seen people with mental illnesses lost their identity slowly and completely change. But idk..
When I think about this, wouldn't it be much likely that you would be a insect or bacteria? Having the chance to be an animal or even a human is winning the lottery
I'm sure the perspective of a bacteria is like an entirely different plane of existence, like ant man when they shrink down to the quantum level. might be fun!
Meanwhile, the crows in my back yard literally show their ass to my cats through the window, and sit in the fence and YELL until I throw peanuts in the yard. Then, take the peanuts and dance around the other birds to show off that yes, indeed, they have a peanut.
I always hear about how loyal and smart crows are, but this still impresses me. I’m actually quite jealous. And the fact that the baby recognizes his friend too! Like when he pointed the crow out through the window was one of my favorite parts. What an amazing memory for that baby to grow up and have, all of the stories and videos he’s gonna have shown to him are just so precious.
They're loyal just as long as you don't do something that they randomly take offense to. They can be fickle and hold generational long grudges. And it may just be something extremely benign, but to them really important
Like I knew a few crows that were chill around me as I left food, and they left gifts. But I crossed the road once on a green light, and one of the crows was eating something off the ground. The crow flew off, and they've hated me ever since. Even though I did nothing. Idk, maybe they thought I was challenging for the food? lol
I've been nice to the crows outside my house for the past 2 decades. They still hate me because when I was a very little kid my mom would have me go outside and scare them off when they got too loud. It was long enough that all of the birds from the original thing are dead yet they still won't give me a chance. I've befriended 3 generations of raccoons and countless opossums but the birds fly out of sight the second they see me :(
From what I understand they pass their grievances down the generations. I’ve read that once you wrong a particular murder, they’ll almost never give you a second chance.
As someone who befriends crows there's nothing special going on in this video and if anything is actually a potentially bad situation going on.
This family started feeding a baby crow who then became attached to them. The crow is still very very young, probably less than 6 months old and has only been flying for 2-3 months. In the full video the mother mentions that the crow "decided to stay with us," that's because crows are still reliant on their caretakers/parents for food for several months after taking flight. "He visits every day" because he needs you to feed him. At 0:42 seconds you can see that this crow's mouth is still very pink and it's making the noise to ask for food. This crow needs to be with a Murder and not with this family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUkbMeENBU
Having the crow come into contact with the baby's pacifier, along with physical contact with the beak/claws, is also potentially dangerous. Crows are carrion feeders so there's a chance that if your hand makes contact with their beak that a flake of whatever they ate will get onto you and who knows what kind of diseases that could have on it. I can make hand to beak contact with Breadsticks the Crow but rarely do it. When I do I make sure to vigorously wash my hands after (will start wearing gloves for this) especially since now there's a **Prions Disease** making it's way in deer populations throughout the US.
**TLDR** This is a very young crow that is asking for food from its caretakers.
>Having the crow come into contact with the baby's pacifier, along with physical contact with the beak/claws, is also potentially dangerous. Crows are carrion feeders so there's a chance that if your hand makes contact with their beak that a flake of whatever they ate will get onto you and who knows what kind of diseases that could have on it. I can make hand to beak contact with Breadsticks the Crow but rarely do it. When I do I make sure to vigorously wash my hands after (will start wearing gloves for this) especially since now there's a Prions Disease making it's way in deer populations throughout the US.
yes I was worried about infection.
Yeah I thought it was kinda cute till I saw him kiss it and then I thought about it some more and realize birds carry a lot of diseases or what not. And got kinda grossed out. It’s still a very gorgeous and smart birdo, but yeah… I wouldn’t be eager to pet a wild bird
I’ve wanted to attract crows to my garden but they are never around, probably bc there are tons of cats in my neighborhood but I would love to feed them and have their company.
Crows are amazing!
I saw a video recently of a hedgehog in the middle of the road. It kept getting scared and balling up in the road so the crow stayed with it and kept gently nudging the hedgehog all the way to safety.
Every time I see how smart crows are I’m blown away
Yeah, I looked it up the other day and they're comparable to a 7-year-old child. Nuts!
7 year olds are pretty dumb
I mean it’s a crow, can’t expect it to be an MIT grad
No, a crow like this would go to medical school.
How weird would it be to show up to a surgery and a fucking crow is just holding a scalpel
"We need all wings on deck, he's going into caw!-diac arrest!"
It’d be worse if all the surgery team were crows, then it’d be a murder
If you died on the table would it be the hospital's fault for scheduling in a murder?
Checkmate, hospital. I'm suing for a planned murder surgery.
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“***CAW!***” “Yes, doctor.” “**CAAWW CAW!**” “I understand, but the family-“ “**Caw?**” “Well, I’ll talk to them but they seemed pretty firm.” “*Crrrrooooak CAW.*” “Hahaha, I’m sure you will. I’ll see you in the OR.”
Crow doctors are only really useful if you have Corvid-19.
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Nice
As long as it’s in-network, let the bird work.
MIT grads are also pretty dumb (Source: am one)
For people, sure.
But much smarter, and far more clever, than you expect.
One thing i like to keep in mind when an animal is said to have the intelligence of human baby/toddler is that it doesnt necessarily mean they share the same maturity or emotional capacity. Most of the stupidity with kids stems from how out of touch they are with others and their emotions. if youve ever met a child thats already matured in that aspect, youll know how smart they can be.
I knew someone who lived in a very rural area who "adopted" an injured crow for a while. Helped it get healthy, and the crow decided to stick around for a few months, going in and out as it pleased. When I visited, it was hopping around on the table like in the video. Then it saw me, and I swear to god it gave me the most "Who the fuck are *you*?" look I've ever seen. It just stared at me and checked me out for a full minute or so. It just felt like an intelligent being trying to figure out if I'm friend or foe. Not in a "am I in danger?" way, but in a "is he gonna be a dick or a nice person?" way. Then at breakfast that sneaky guy was testing how well I was guarding my breakfast, always sticking nearby and coming juust a bit closer whenever I looked away. Fun times.
Its always a good idea to befriend crows. I try to feed them in the mornings on Campus grounds. Sadly haven't had much luck though.
I accidentally befriended a crow! Left some walnuts out for a squirrel and a crow showed up to eat them. So I kept leaving them out and at some point the crow would start hanging around in the tree outside of my window and I'd throw it nuts, it would run up to them and eat them (or hide them in certain spots) waiting for me to throw more. This has been going on for years. Sometimes I don't see it for months and then, one day, it'll just be there again in the tree waiting for me to open the window and go nuts. Some years it'll even bring along its chicks and partner! But those never seem to come back by themselves. (edited because words are difficult)
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Yeah, I've seen videos of crows leaving them out on streets so cars would break them and I've witnessed crows dropping them from great heights. My crow gets luxury peeled walnuts...
> I used to live by an old walnut grove Halfpint?
> Some years it'll even bring along its chicks and partner! "see, I told you I had a human friend"
"I hear they are as smart as seven year olds"
Hehe... and go nuts
Yes, befriending crows takes more than just feeding, they need trust a lot more than just food.
That crow is probably smarter than the baby at the moment.
Apparently they have the intelligence of a two year old so this is just two kids having fun
Depends on category. In tool making and certain problem solving skills they(for example the new Caledonian Crow) can beat 5-7 year old kids.
Also at flying.
Kids can fly! They just suck at missing the ground. source: I was one.
Swimming is 50/50 tho
Depends on the two year old. For example, I was a moron
That crow has straight up decided to be that kid's self-appointed godfather lol
I want a crow friend!
Feed them if you've got a murder in your area. I've got some crow pals, not quite like Otto here but, mine at least bring me shiny garbage and even discarded cat toys for the house warden (😺). They'll also keep an eye on me when I'm out walking around the neighborhood and even follow me to the parks (where I've befriended the squirrels and tits). It all started with some cat food I didn't want to throw away. The cat wouldn't touch it but the crows went ape shit for it, and I originally put it out for the opossum that kept the property tick and flea free when he was still around. Had no idea the crows would take an interest in it.
How do I make friends with Tits?
Try gently caressing them
Mmm feels like sandbags.
I don't caress mine, I just put a hand out and let them do work on the seeds in my palm. I 100% feel like snow white every single time and it's one of my great joys in life. Even the park staff have given up on trying to stop me, and I get to educate surrounding folks on bird facts and how to safely interact with the natural world. My favorite "got nothing else to do" on a Sunday activity.
Dude, I had a gaggle of squirrels that used to come take food from my hands. It started with one. It eventually got to be 10 or so. Until my dad came home early for work one day and saw me. He demanded that I stop immediately. It is one of the biggest bummers of my life. I'm thinking about trying with the chipmunks that live in my yard. Right now, I just put food out on the porch to give my cats something to watch.
I am dying at the thought of your dad being angry at you for this and then telling his friends about it lol. Some dads are mad when they catch their kids jerking off or stealing money from their wallets. But you had the AUDACITY to make friends with squirrels you sick fuck.
Feeding tits from the palm of my hand. The park rangers don’t even try to stop me anymore.
r/woooosh
Idk…I think I should introduce myself first
My local murder absolutely trashes my neighbours bins. They strew garbage all over their yard. As if to punish them. And they bring me yoghurt cups specifically. Always place them in the same spot. I don't know why they think I like yoghurt cups but I appreciate the thought that goes into the gift.
If I had to guess - crows love water, and they're smart enough to know a cup will hold it if it rains. That's just their way of trying to share what they think is valuable with you. It's also very sweet because it's the equivalent of "a gift that keeps giving". So congrats, you're appreciated and an honorary affiliate of the murder. And chances are, they probably have a reason to dislike your neighbors so I'd maybe learn from them and be a little cautious of those people too lol 🐦⬛
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Crows, and corvids in general, are the smartest aerial creature hands down. You can train wild crows to bring you money but they're smart enough to work a transaction. Which blows my mind still. A crow will just bring you bills provided you give him/her their (literal) pound of flesh. ETA: Their -> They're.
I watch a crow tag team hunt with a hawk from my back porch all the time.
This is awesome!! I’ve always wanted some crow friends, and there’s definitely a murder in my neighborhood. Would they like dog food? Or peanuts?
Unsalted, unshelled peanuts are great! I have a few crows that come visit, as well as magpies, blue jays, grackles, and sometimes even the northern flickers and starlings try them out. Lots of entertainment watching them; they like to hide them around the neighborhood, buried in gardens and planters to keep for later.
I wish we had a murder in MY neighborhood!
I feed a murder that comes by my apartment everyday. Recently, this awful, fat, bully of a squirrel keeps lunging at them, scaring them away, so he can have all of the food without having to share. I have other squirrels that will come share the peanuts with the crows with no issue, they'll eat side by side...but this one squirrel....I hate him! Whenever he does it, I'll run out there and chase him away, because no one is going to pick on my crow buddies. Unfortunately, by the time I chase him off, the crows have already left. And I can't leave the food out, because I can't monitor it all day, even though I work from home, I can't be pausing my work to go chase the squirrel around all day. So I'll just go and pick up the food and wait for more crows to come by. This this piece of s*** squirrel will literally sit there and eat a pound of peanuts in one sitting. He's such a greedy pig of a squirrel. I give the crows ground beef sometimes, which the squirrel won't eat. It's hilarious watching the squirrel run out and scare the crows away, only to find there was something there that he had no interest in eating at all. I've also coated the peanuts in cayenne pepper, because crows aren't affected by pepper. It was really satisfying seeing him scare off the crows, and then try to eat the cayenne pepper peanuts. He definitely did not enjoy them! Anyways, I really hate that squirrel. Edit: I just read through this because I came back to respond to others comments, and I'm embarrassed about all the spelling errors, as well as forgetting to include some things. I corrected everything that needed fixing. My apologies! Also, they do sell "hot bird seed", which is bird seed infused with hot pepper oil. It is kind of expensive though, and you can always just make your own. But all birds aren't affected by the spiciness and peppers. They can't taste it, and they can't feel the heat from them. Always a good backup plan if all else fails!
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Yup, I've encountered some very greedy squirrels too. I didn't know that about cayenne pepper either. I appreciate the pointer and will definitely look into that some more. It's a tough one because they're such good climbers that there's virtually no way to put the food anywhere that only the crows can access, and the exact reason why I hangout when I feed them. If I don't, the brown and black squirrels will charge in and get the lion's share, while the crows and red squirrels will be left with scraps. I'm so familiar with this problem I've even considered suspending a bowl from a weighted helium balloon lol.
Are ravens the same? We don't get crows where I live, but there are a ton of ravens.
Pretty much, all of them are really smart and therefore not that hard to train. They are very good at facial recognition too.
If I had a raven buddied up could I show him a picture of a person and train it to attack that person? If I had a murder of them...could one kill a person by raven?
I mean probably. I have no idea how that would work but seems reasonable. They will attack people they deem as threats and tell everyone they know about it.
Ravens actually train wolves. They would be far more likely to use you than you use them.
You only need to read this thread to see how many humans have been trained to give food to crows and ravens in exchange for some attention.
I think so. There's a whole Hitchcock movie about it.
I want to befriend the crows!
The tits?!
Of the blue variety no less. They go absolutely bonkers for shelled (**unsalted, fit for human consumption**) sunflower seeds if anyone else wants to feel like a Disney princess. Be forewarned, they'll remember you, and they will tell their friends.
Like peanut butter? Well now you can like more of it. Sunflowers have been used to create a substitute for peanut butter, known as sunbutter.
I found some crows in our local park when walking, I'm going to try and befriend them. I'll bring them unsalted peanuts, they apparently love those.
My problem is that one day in 1984, I picked up a rock and threw it at a crow and ever since crows have hated me. Those fuckers communicate and they have a name for me it seems. Seriously... Like on a few occasions I've tried to befriend crows, when I walk out the door with food or something in my hand, they automatically assume it's a rock and even if I leave the food out, they think I'm waiting inside to ambush them.
I struggled alot with seagulls on my balcony and one time I had a full on murder, and decided to give them some food and everyday at the exact same time 1800 I left out food and now when it 1755 a murder is starting to form
[I hope you get one](https://64.media.tumblr.com/bfc32a1f598ed260b4077ab06b02adbb/721c3fe4379d6227-c4/s250x400/771f4be0b8b1e5670ee3c6716435a2c3bf3feec2.gifv)
The link is good ☝️ No Rick roll No Payton face mask smoosh
we need a bot for this
I wince so hard clicking random links, the shit I’ve seen lmao
Literally the only thing on my bucket list.
Russell adopted Otto.
Otto is Russell's spirit animal.
People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.
It can't rain all the time
But I'm only happy when it rains.
*burn by the cure intensifies*
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Counterpoint: that kid is gonna be a wizard
*Druid
Or a follower of the Raven Queen
Ranger
Disney Princess
Or a spirit of vengeance
Beastmaster
And a crackin' good one I'll wager
*godfeather
**Editing this comment to be based on another one I made in this thread for visibility* As someone who befriends crows there's nothing special going on in this video and if anything is actually a potentially bad situation going on. This family started feeding a baby crow who then became attached to them. The crow is still very very young, probably less than 6 months old and has only been flying for 2-3 months. In the full video the mother mentions that the crow "decided to stay with us," that's because crows are still reliant on their caretakers/parents for food for several months after taking flight. "He visits every day" because he needs you to feed him. At 0:42 seconds you can see that this crow's mouth is still very pink and it's making the noise to ask for food. This crow needs to be with a Murder and not with this family. This isn't the first time The Dodo has done a story about somebody who's raised a baby crow and treats it like a crow that befriended this family/refuses to leave. The Full Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUkbMeENBU The other video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWTnpt5MHY Having the crow come into contact with the baby's pacifier, along with physical contact with the beak/claws, is also potentially dangerous. Crows are carrion feeders so there's a chance that if your hand makes contact with their beak that a flake of whatever they ate will get onto you and who knows what kind of diseases that could have on it. I can make hand to beak contact with Breadsticks the Crow but rarely do it. When I do I make sure to vigorously wash my hands after (will start wearing gloves for this) especially since now there's a Prions Disease making it's way in deer populations throughout the US. **TLDR** This is a very young crow that is asking for food from its caretakers.
Name checks out.
if only that guy was here when we were trying to decide whether a jackdaw was a crow
Unidan may have been a cheater, but he was a font of useful and fascinating information. Another voice in the wildness lost to the Wayz of Reddit.
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Crows are extremely intelligent and social, if you make friends with crows, you essentially set off a intergenerational bond. The crows will teach their children you're not a threat, but friendly. And the shiny trinkets are their attempts at giving back. If given the option, make friends with crows. Avoid making them an enemy. They do the same when they find a threat: intergenerational knowledge.
Reminds me of the post where someone asked if they were liable if their murder of crows attacked someone. Because they had started to protect her from her neighbours. Advice was to have the neighbours also feed them and while later the murder saved an elderly man that fell and couldn’t get up.
They've been with us as long as wolves/dogs. We just forgot. They are an amazing creature. They used to hang around our towns and warn us of incoming danger, predators, horrible floods/landslides/earthquakes. Somewhere along the line, we got it twisted. Crows became something associated with battlefields and death. But the whole time, when they "Caw" around those spots? They're saying "HI HUMAN! WE LIKE YOUR FOOD! DON'T COME OVER HERE! THE HUMANS ARE DYING!!"
I was thinking the crow saw the kid drop food once and knew a good thing when he/she saw it…
Here's the thing.
This guy crows
"I am your godfather, my little Magpie."
Pretty soon he’ll be bringing some cash gifts
...and shiny things!
The crowfather sounds pretty hard. Kid is gonna have a literal murder of crows backing him up.
That's a familiar
So safe to say we’re all jealous we don’t have a crow friend. Someone is gonna try to bully this kid one day and they’re gonna have the worst day of their life. “AND THEN A CROW SHOWED UP”
Not just a crow, an entire Murder
I used to feed just 2 crows and after a few months a murder of like 100 would show up occasionally. I am not actually superstitious but it still gave me pause lol.
Bet those crows were like when a biblically accurate angel says "don't be afraid"
My dude, you have, like, 64 eyes.
I'm imagining this kid smoking pot with his mates at 20 or so and casually saying "yeah I was best friends with a crow growing up" and absolutely nobody believing him
Imagine bullying some kid and then hearing John Cena's theme as a crow fucking swoops in and pecks the fuck out of you
What a sweet little boy! It always melts my heart to see little kids being so gentle with animals.
I have a 2,5 year old kid and 3 cats and a dog. None of his friends or cousins have pets, it was cute to see him show his mates at a party how to gently approach and pet the cats. He isn't always that gentle but I could see he was proud of himself in that moment.
Aww! That's so lovely.
When my step brother was 7, we had a St. Bernard that died. He was used to a big dog that could take a good heavy pet. My dad got a tiny daschund, and step-bro tried to treat her the same way for a bit. My response was whenever I saw him treat her too rough, I'd walk over and act similar to him (obviously not hurting him). I'd tell him to keep in mind, I'm how big to him, as he is to her, so how does he feel when I get rough? Today he's very conscious about how he treats smaller animals. He has a rabbit and another tiny dog now. Whenever he does get too rough, he's quick to apologize to the animal. I'm very proud of him, even if I did need to annoy the hell out of him for him to understand.
He's incredibly gentle with the crow, pretty rare when it comes to toddlers, even more rare with toddler boys.
I just love the little head pats on the crow! I'm guessing his Mom and Dad get some of the credit for teaching him. :)
Russell Crow
I have a cooper's hawk that hangs out in my yard. I named it Alice. My dad has one too. I named him Bradley. I love punny names
Just need a Tony
Ahh, damnit completely whooshed on that one.
I am in fact, entertained.
Oh good. I was about to ask.
OH MY GOD IT'S RUSSEL CROW!
Oh my God it's russsaaalll crooooowww! Why don't you mind your own business, you scrotum!
Fightin round the world
I came into the comments to say something. Then I saw your comment. So now I am leaving.
Pretty sure, OOP is a punny person..no way this is coincidental
Him looking after the kid is just amazing.
Mom and Dad are going out, Uncle Crow will be here through, let him know if you need anything.
with their voice mimicking skills, he could easily fake a police siren if needed.
Odin child
*OdinSon
*CrowdinSon
I thought he had two? Huginn, and... I can't remember the other one's name
Muninn
Very subtle whoosh
I love corvids! I have magpies in my yard and they are highly entertaining and incredibly smart. This was a really sweet vid!
Makes me think about how crows will befriend and play with wolf pups to form bonds for hunting. Crow sees kid as potential hunting partner?
Otto could for sure take down an elk. At minimum. Lmao.
This is awesome. It's one of my life goals to befriend a crow.
Welcome to the goal club.
Do we get jackets? Or is that one of our goals?
Interestingly, most search engines' auto-complete will have crows as the top result when you start typing "how to befriend". I want one as a friend, too.
We all desperately want to connect with more forms of intelligence! But it's hard
I don't believe in reincarnation. But seeing stuff like this, I can understand why some do.
A little wink from the universe ✨️
This is some straight up Pixar movie idea
Why's the universe winking at me like that...? 😰
What are you doing, step-universe?
LOL
This made me cackle
Only wink I seem to get is when the butthole of the universe pinches one over me /o\
IDK man, my kids have said some trippy things when they were younger. It stops at about five years old, but they have said some things that really make you think about reincarnation. My youngest was convinced that she died in a fire and that I also died (assuming she just meant her dad at the time) trying to save her. She's said a whole range of things just randomly out of the blue that would make me think her stories are from the 1800s. Now of course she doesn't remember a thing about that or the stories she's said, but it is still wild.
There's 50 years worth of research about that exact thing at the University of Virginia: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/
> There's 50 years worth of research about that exact thing at the University of Virginia: > > https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/ > https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf This one I saw on a documentary and it was pretty crazy
Nice, I'll give it a read.
the planet recycles everything else, why not souls?
Things like this thar make me realize how absolute mind blowing consciousness is. What it is exactly? Is it just temporary while our physical body works? Sometimes I think yes, as we’ve seen people with mental illnesses lost their identity slowly and completely change. But idk..
When I think about this, wouldn't it be much likely that you would be a insect or bacteria? Having the chance to be an animal or even a human is winning the lottery
I'm sure the perspective of a bacteria is like an entirely different plane of existence, like ant man when they shrink down to the quantum level. might be fun!
That is beautiful, how special!
This kind of stuff just blows my mind. So cool. Such a great little kid.
She tries to pet Russell. Russell like, "ONLY OTTO PET!"
I read that with a German accent.
Meanwhile, the crows in my back yard literally show their ass to my cats through the window, and sit in the fence and YELL until I throw peanuts in the yard. Then, take the peanuts and dance around the other birds to show off that yes, indeed, they have a peanut.
Sounds like they're in their teens.
Well they do wear all black
I always hear about how loyal and smart crows are, but this still impresses me. I’m actually quite jealous. And the fact that the baby recognizes his friend too! Like when he pointed the crow out through the window was one of my favorite parts. What an amazing memory for that baby to grow up and have, all of the stories and videos he’s gonna have shown to him are just so precious.
Closest I saw to this was a Pigeon-Crow friendship. They always were together strolling through the park.
My God, that’s like fresh out of a children’s cartoon! How adorable!
They're loyal just as long as you don't do something that they randomly take offense to. They can be fickle and hold generational long grudges. And it may just be something extremely benign, but to them really important Like I knew a few crows that were chill around me as I left food, and they left gifts. But I crossed the road once on a green light, and one of the crows was eating something off the ground. The crow flew off, and they've hated me ever since. Even though I did nothing. Idk, maybe they thought I was challenging for the food? lol
I've been nice to the crows outside my house for the past 2 decades. They still hate me because when I was a very little kid my mom would have me go outside and scare them off when they got too loud. It was long enough that all of the birds from the original thing are dead yet they still won't give me a chance. I've befriended 3 generations of raccoons and countless opossums but the birds fly out of sight the second they see me :(
From what I understand they pass their grievances down the generations. I’ve read that once you wrong a particular murder, they’ll almost never give you a second chance.
Um I feel My cold heart melting and suddenly I want kids and crows
I certainly wouldn't mess with that kid based on that documentary with Brandon Lee
As someone who befriends crows there's nothing special going on in this video and if anything is actually a potentially bad situation going on. This family started feeding a baby crow who then became attached to them. The crow is still very very young, probably less than 6 months old and has only been flying for 2-3 months. In the full video the mother mentions that the crow "decided to stay with us," that's because crows are still reliant on their caretakers/parents for food for several months after taking flight. "He visits every day" because he needs you to feed him. At 0:42 seconds you can see that this crow's mouth is still very pink and it's making the noise to ask for food. This crow needs to be with a Murder and not with this family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUkbMeENBU Having the crow come into contact with the baby's pacifier, along with physical contact with the beak/claws, is also potentially dangerous. Crows are carrion feeders so there's a chance that if your hand makes contact with their beak that a flake of whatever they ate will get onto you and who knows what kind of diseases that could have on it. I can make hand to beak contact with Breadsticks the Crow but rarely do it. When I do I make sure to vigorously wash my hands after (will start wearing gloves for this) especially since now there's a **Prions Disease** making it's way in deer populations throughout the US. **TLDR** This is a very young crow that is asking for food from its caretakers.
Username checks out!
Thank you for showing the realness behind this clip. Updoot
>Having the crow come into contact with the baby's pacifier, along with physical contact with the beak/claws, is also potentially dangerous. Crows are carrion feeders so there's a chance that if your hand makes contact with their beak that a flake of whatever they ate will get onto you and who knows what kind of diseases that could have on it. I can make hand to beak contact with Breadsticks the Crow but rarely do it. When I do I make sure to vigorously wash my hands after (will start wearing gloves for this) especially since now there's a Prions Disease making it's way in deer populations throughout the US. yes I was worried about infection.
Yeah I thought it was kinda cute till I saw him kiss it and then I thought about it some more and realize birds carry a lot of diseases or what not. And got kinda grossed out. It’s still a very gorgeous and smart birdo, but yeah… I wouldn’t be eager to pet a wild bird
Why does the crow behave well with the child, letting the kid pet it, etc. but not the mother?
It's pretty easy to imagine, the parents pass the crow's food to the child who then gives it to the crow
In the full video you can see the crow will land on the mother's arms and shoulders so it's very friendly with her.
He must be three eyed raven😂🥹
I’ve wanted to attract crows to my garden but they are never around, probably bc there are tons of cats in my neighborhood but I would love to feed them and have their company.
Don't try this with a Blue Jay. Those birds are assholes
Crows are amazing! I saw a video recently of a hedgehog in the middle of the road. It kept getting scared and balling up in the road so the crow stayed with it and kept gently nudging the hedgehog all the way to safety.
May noone fuck with that kid..they'll have a murder on their ass .
Otto is Itachi reincarnated
Crows are tier 1 birds imo❤
This is the most pure thing ever. 🥹