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A murder of crows: (Original Post) MiddleFingerMom Jan 2013 OP
lol. Flaxbee Jan 2013 #1
Seriously In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #2
I had a friend who told me he used to shoot crows for fun Trascoli Jan 2013 #3
I am enjoying thinking OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #5
Crows are the death birds of Europe.... Wounded Bear Jan 2013 #8
Subtle, lol! pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #4
Clever indeed, but your post is for the birds. n/t agracie Jan 2013 #6
I didn't know you were a Ray Lewis fan!! madinmaryland Jan 2013 #7
 

Trascoli

(194 posts)
3. I had a friend who told me he used to shoot crows for fun
Sat Jan 19, 2013, 11:36 PM
Jan 2013

I was disgusted but didn't show it. I told him crows are very intellegent and can live 20+ years. A few months later he told me he would never shoot a crow again. Somehow I got to him, he seemed sad, he didn't know they could live so long.

I don't know why people are freaked out by crows. I love watching them, they are very curious and smart birds. They don't come to my yard often, but when they do I throw scraps of bread out into the yard. They all sit around for a while, planning, thinking, wondering if it's a trap. It's great to watch them.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
5. I am enjoying thinking
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 12:29 AM
Jan 2013

about crows thinking
about whether or not the treat is a trap.

Welcome to DU!

And good work with your friend.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
8. Crows are the death birds of Europe....
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 01:59 AM
Jan 2013

They don't have many buzzards. but they do have crows, which are also scavengers.

Crows used to flock to the battlefields and devour the dead. During the Black Death, crows would often get to the corpses before the people did to bury them. That's why humans, especially those of European ancestry, are "freaked out" by crows. The presence of flocks of crows, or murders if you will, is usually a bad sign.

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