Crows and vengeance

[bimble]

I am reading about crows and this is the best bit. If you didn’t know, don’t ever piss off a crow. They don’t just remember the face of the human who wronged them they can tell each other (?!) who it is and orchestrate years of comeuppance for you, generational grievances.

this man for instance, who meant well but ended up on the wrong side of the crows:

‘Revengeful’ crows target MP man in 3-year-old vengeance | Bhopal News - Times of India

Shiva Kewat, a daily wager in Sumela village, is attacked, sometimes by a squadron of crows or sometimes by a lone ranger every day and every time he

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

sciency stuff on crow grudges. Just don’t piss them off.

Never cross a crow - it will remember your face

Crows can remember human faces associated with stressful situations for up to five years and they’ll also warn their friends, a study has found. Crows are known for their extraordinary smarts and have…

theconversation.com

Ravens Hold Grudges Against People Who Cheat Them

The canny corvids remember people who give them unfair deals, scientists have discovered.

www.nationalgeographic.com

This is the experiment that demonstrates seriously don’t piss them off.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2011.0957

 

[miss direct]

I was attacked by crows a few times following a crow incident in our neighbourhood. I'm still wary of them.

 

[bimble]

I was attacked by crows a few times following a crow incident in our neighbourhood. I'm still wary of them.

What was the crow incident? If you don’t mind. Maybe they are online and best not to say.

 

[bimble]

Lots of crows where I live (and ravens) and I’m properly wary around them now, in case they have chicks and I piss them off in some way and get divebombed for generations.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Crows are ace.

Mischievous buggers as well, fond of winding up gullible dogs.

 

[cyril_smear]

I've killed loads of crows since I was a yoot and never so much as being shit on.

 

[Humberto]

 

[bimble]

Crows are ace.

Mischievous buggers as well, fond of winding up gullible dogs.

I’d keep yr dogs indoors tbh.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I've killed loads of crows since I was a yoot and never so much as being shit on.

tbf that's probably the right strategy. Don't piss them off then let them go. Kill them. Then they can't tell their mates. Leave no survivors.

 

[planetgeli]

I got divebombed, lots, by crows on ecstasy. I was on ecstasy, not them. I was with my dog. Scared the life out of me, dog didn't give a damn.

Jays are the best crows, do amazing things with acorns. Crows clean the countryside for us. I saw one yesterday flying overhead with god knows what in it's gob but it looked a foot long at least. There's no way it was food. Maybe it was building a house, I dunno. They're clever bastards.

 

[cyril_smear]

tbf that's probably the right strategy. Don't piss them off then let them go. Kill them. Then they can't tell their mates. Leave no survivors.

I'll kill their mates as well; fuck em

 

[StoneRoad]

They (crows / corvids generally) may be clever so-and-so's but they still trespass into the airspace around our local lapwings.
Which is a really, really bad idea, unless you like being mobbed by lapwings. Who seem to have vtol abilities in the breeding season and are prepared to defend their patch / airspace.
Seen several crows / magpies over the years cross into lapwing zone, get mobbed and exit stage left at great speed. Lapwings then skydance to prove their point.
You would think the corvids would learn not to take chances ...

 

[Ax^]

used to have a horny vixen with a den around the job

she was always screaming about the place or having litters


her big mistake was taking a young crow for the cubs

the crows spend months attacking her

 

[Ax^]

also has anyone mentioned the exploding toad issue

that crows were behind

 

[bimble]

the exploding toad issue

Pls explícate without delay.

 

[Ax^]

Stone the crows! Exploding toad case solved

 

[Orang Utan]

I’m trying to make friends with a crow. I hope I don’t disappoint it.

 

[weltweit]

Used to live near some rookeries, they were very active at attacking birds of prey that came too close.

I think rooks are in groups and crows are solitary, is that right?

 

[cyril_smear]

I’m trying to make friends with a crow. I hope I don’t disappoint it.

you probably will.

 

[planetgeli]

I think rooks are in groups and crows are solitary, is that right?

On the whole, yes.

 

[danski]

Lots of crows where I live (and ravens) and I’m properly wary around them now, in case they have chicks and I piss them off in some way and get divebombed for generations.

My dad has befriended crows by chucking dog treats when out with the dog. They got to know him and came to the house. Cawed on next door’s roof and he’d come out, chuck a treat on the garage roof and off they went.

 

[two sheds]

On the whole, yes.

Yes I heard that if you see more than one crow they're rooks, which you can remember because there are rookeries there aren't croweries. Not always true though I did subsequently learn. Not often close enough to examine their trousers to distinguish them though.

 

[purves grundy]

I’ve seen a few crow funerals on my cycle ride to work in Yangon. They’re never very well attended... still, fascinating creatures.

 

[cyril_smear]

My dad has befriended crows by chucking dog treats when out with the dog. They got to know him and came to the house. Cawed on next door’s roof and he’d come out, chuck a treat on the garage roof and off they went.

I bet the neighbours love him. You can't beat the sound of hungry crows at 5am.

 

[cyril_smear]

Yes I heard that if you see more than one crow they're rooks, which you can remember because there are rookeries there aren't croweries. Not always true though I did subsequently learn. Not often close enough to examine their trousers to distinguish them though.

an dof course rooks look different to crows.

 

[The39thStep]

I've killed loads of crows since I was a yoot and never so much as being shit on.

Surprise is the best form of attack. Remember Pearl Harbour

 

[cyril_smear]

Surprise is the best form of attack. Remember Pearl Harbour

oh aye that worked out for Japan.

 

[The39thStep]

oh aye that worked out for Japan.

You’ll come out one day and bang! A crow sniper who’s been holding out for years

 

[ice-is-forming]

My mate Dave, whose actually a lad from Wolverhampton who lives here now. Well he got a beak in the eye last week! It was a smaller bird, but from the crow family.

 

[two sheds]

an dof course rooks look different to crows.

Ok ta yes I checked - particularly around the beak if you're close enough to see that. around 1 metre across both of them and raven even bigger.