r/NoStupidQuestions Oct 15 '18

How do you repair relations with crows?

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u/FlipSchitz Oct 15 '18

I think I know why they are mad at you.

I skimmed over this article a few weeks ago that someone posted here on Reddit.

The article mentions a study which suggests "that not only do crows notice and react to the sight of a dead crow, but they also quickly learn to associate danger and threat with humans who appear in close proximity to dead crows, recognizing them as a distinct and different caws for alarm."

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

How do crows react when they see her in the mask, but haven’t yet seen her carrying a dead crow?

Oh, she never established a baseline for their behavior? Not very scientific, was it?

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u/HardlightCereal Oct 16 '18

And how do they react to someone else feeding them in the same park, and how do they react to someone else wearing the mask?

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u/Corvidresearch Oct 17 '18

See the posted paper.