[HN Gopher] How to Befriend Crows and Turn Them Against Your Ene...
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       How to Befriend Crows and Turn Them Against Your Enemies
        
       Author : jelliclesfarm
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2022-08-22 17:49 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | dantle wrote:
       | I enjoyed the rhetorical style used in this article. A nicely
       | presented mixture of humor and information.
        
       | sudobash1 wrote:
       | They don't just form menacing groups, they also weaponize their
       | droppings. If you harass a crow, you could be put on a literal
       | "shit list." My brother threw a pine cone at a crow once as he
       | got into his car. For years after, all the local crows would
       | perch above his parked car to shit.
        
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       | mikepalmer wrote:
       | This dude is a riot! Wish I could write like that! The overall
       | concept is hysterical, article has great momentum, and many
       | zingers throughout.
        
       | JoeAltmaier wrote:
       | Strangely powerful data. I occurs to me, you can get crows to
       | hate your enemies _without befriending them first_. Just by
       | masquerading as your enemy and throwing a pinecone at them.
       | 
       | Maybe a website, pay to have someone put on the crows' 'shit
       | list'?
        
       | saaaaaam wrote:
       | I exercise my dog in the same part of my local park each day - a
       | quiet area which is normally a cricket pitch. He's got terrible
       | recall so we are practising with a long training leash and
       | treats. There's a family of crows who now - the instant we arrive
       | - swoop down and shout for treats.
       | 
       | They've become more and more friendly - and more and more bold. I
       | recently had the treats in a clip lock tub - one of those ones
       | with a circular lid with a clip very 90 degrees. Over the course
       | of a week they investigated the bowl and lid. I made sure to show
       | them clearly how I was opening it. Sure enough, the other day
       | while we were round the other side of the cricket pitch the crows
       | went into my tote bag, pulled the bowl out and opened the lid. I
       | was astonished how quickly they worked it out.
       | 
       | It's now reached the point that when we run round the cricket
       | pitch before we leave one of them hops along behind us all the
       | way round. It's feels weirdly special that they've chosen to
       | befriend me like this. I know it's transactional driven by the
       | treats they get, but even so!
        
         | tomjen3 wrote:
         | The Crows have trained you well. Perhaps you can bribe them to
         | train your dog well too.
        
           | saaaaaam wrote:
           | I'm happy to be the plaything of a crow.
        
       | contextfree wrote:
       | I feel like if more people adopt the tactics suggested at the end
       | of this article the crows will eventually figure out what is
       | happening, and their response won't be pretty.
        
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       | Dracophoenix wrote:
       | And here I thought this was going to be an article on World War
       | Crow (https://imgur.com/HJ27Mc6).
        
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