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I know this isn't scientific, but for those who may entertain the idea of a Creator, there's a mention of crow behaviour in the Quran, where it describes the st
by khaledh 5y ago
I know this isn't scientific, but for those who may entertain the idea of a Creator, there's a mention of crow behaviour in the Quran, where it describes the story of Abel and Cain (sons of Adam and Eve), and how after Cain killed his brother, God sent a crow to teach him about burial:
"Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, “O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?” And he became of the regretful." (5:31)
- 2000UltraDeluxe 5y agoEuropean magpies have been documented to hold wakes for fallen flock members. It's not impossible crows have similar bit undocumented ceremonies. They definitely have a rudimentary culture.
- drcongo 5y agoMagpies are usually bastards, however, about a year ago a cat got run over in the street near my house and the only reason anyone knew to go to its aid was because a group of magpies stood around it in a circle shouting until someone came. Obviously I could be anthropomorphising this in the nicest possible way, the alternative is that they were taunting it Nelson Muntz style.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 5y agoI think they were taunting it. They're not just bastards but cruel bastards too.
- openfuture 5y agoI once heard a theory that the story of cain and abel is about the agriculturalists killing the nomadic people by taking their lands ("killing their brother") idk how you'd think of the crow part in that interpretation but something to think about.
- cardy31 5y agoThat theory is put forward in the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Great read that will make anyone reconsider the foundations modern humanity is built upon!
- cscurmudgeon 5y agoAlso, Hindus consider crows to be inhabited with the spirits of dead humans (no other animal/bird is given a similar status).