My wife helped an injured crow out of the road last year, but didn't realize it had already died. The crows knew this. She effectively interrupted a funeral.
For weeks later, the crows would yell at her, and one even dive-bombed and hit her in the head as she got into our car.
Crows are amazing creatures. Make sure you stay on their good side :)
Crows are clever enough to be dangerous (they can remember a face, connect it to a past incident, carry a grudge over that incident, communicate this grudge to their friends, and actively plan violent revenge) but also dumb enough that this intelligence is often self-defeating and counterproductive (randomly attacking people unprovoked). They are a great example of "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". Thankfully, they are intelligent enough to understand credible deterrence: a surefire way of resolving an ongoing dispute with crows is, of course, by using a gun. Thankfully crow hunting season is quite generous in my state and they taste pretty good.
My wife helped an injured crow out of the road last year, but didn't realize it had already died. The crows knew this. She effectively interrupted a funeral.
For weeks later, the crows would yell at her, and one even dive-bombed and hit her in the head as she got into our car.
Crows are amazing creatures. Make sure you stay on their good side :)