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When I was a kid I went on a vacation with my family to a cabin by a lake. A man living in nearby had a pet crow. The crow would get cosy around our dining tabl
by neverminder 8y ago
When I was a kid I went on a vacation with my family to a cabin by a lake. A man living in nearby had a pet crow. The crow would get cosy around our dining table outside trying to grab some food, so my mother chased it away once. After that for the next 2 weeks we stayed there whenever my mother would hang laundry to dry outside the crow would fly over and take a shit on my mother's clothes. There were 5 people in the family, but the crow would somehow always pick my mother's clothes. It was fascinating for me, that the bird was as intelligent as it was vengeful. This is a true story.
- ams6110 8y agoCorvidae are smart, and seem to have good memory. I've heard that a good way to keep them away is to kill one, and hang up the corpse on display. Others will stay away.
- neverminder 8y agoThey are smart indeed. Apparently they can remember faces (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/science/26crow.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/science/26crow.html) and colors (https://phys.org/news/2011-12-crows-colours-year-japanese.html https://phys.org/news/2011-12-crows-colours-year-japanese.ht...) which is how I'm guessing the crow I've encountered knew which clothes specifically to take a dump on. Really fascinating stuff.
- adventured 8y agoA large murder of crows had become a problem near where I live. The group seemed to get larger by the year. They'd turn clusters of trees black, and were incredibly loud. During a certain time of year when they showed up, they'd terrorize areas with vast amounts of shit. The local government poisoned a bunch of them (took several years to get approval). The crows got the hint and never came back again.