I can attest to how smart they are. I have tried everything to get them to let other birds get to the bird feeders I have. They hoard the food, don't let robins, cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, woodpeckers, catbirds, or any other bird near the feeders, and generally just suck. Finally, I started shooting them. Didn't want to but there was nothing else to do. They started figuring out where I would snipe them from and when. I had to change positions and times. I've killed 14-15 of them and they have moved on to easier, less costly food sources but they will come back in a second if I stop scouting for them. Smart fuckers.
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skeptoid (Old Spike)
When students at a University captured ravens on campus for an experiment, after they released them those ravens would attack and harrass those specific students for the remainder of their time at the university. True story - they remember. If even one of the children of those murdered ravens survived, I'd be looking over my shoulder if I was you. They will wait, bide their time. They are making dark raven plans to get their revenge even as I write this.
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eh (Long Spike)
Wish I could call bullshit but those fuckers are scary.
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bannik (Site Moderator)
Millions of years of evolution
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eh (Long Spike)
Evolution could have gone a direction that would have left our ancestors carrion a long time ago.
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Some lunatics believe that actually happened. Behold:
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(Long Spike)
I can attest to how smart they are. I have tried everything to get them to let other birds get to the bird feeders I have. They hoard the food, don't let robins, cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, woodpeckers, catbirds, or any other bird near the feeders, and generally just suck. Finally, I started shooting them. Didn't want to but there was nothing else to do. They started figuring out where I would snipe them from and when. I had to change positions and times. I've killed 14-15 of them and they have moved on to easier, less costly food sources but they will come back in a second if I stop scouting for them. Smart fuckers.
(Old Spike)
When students at a University captured ravens on campus for an experiment, after they released them those ravens would attack and harrass those specific students for the remainder of their time at the university. True story - they remember. If even one of the children of those murdered ravens survived, I'd be looking over my shoulder if I was you. They will wait, bide their time. They are making dark raven plans to get their revenge even as I write this.
(Long Spike)
Wish I could call bullshit but those fuckers are scary.
(Site Moderator)
Millions of years of evolution
(Long Spike)
Evolution could have gone a direction that would have left our ancestors carrion a long time ago.
(Old Spike)
Some lunatics believe that actually happened. Behold: