This guy gets it. He really does. We need to work with the animals who have adapted to the human ecosystems we have built for ourselves. The more we fight them, the trickier they get. So, if you can’t beat them… ?
That’s right, make them join you. Assuming the embedded object fails (because the WP video plugin doesn’t have TED talks covered yet) here is the link to this amazing video. This was all discovered by an amateur hacker and writer, not an actual scientist.
Crows and ravens are amazing. I need one of these crow vending machines, I want some crow-friends.
“Years later, they came back, and the crows remember them. Lesson: don’t piss off a crow”
I mean, holy shit, crows in Japan drop nuts into traffic, and then WAIT FOR THE LIGHT to go in the street and collect the cracked nuts when the cars are stopped by the light.
Wow, these little critters are definitely under-utilized by the society to which they’ve attached themselves. I mean, think about it. We didn’t domesticate cats – they moved in with us. That’s why they’re still so independent. Crows are doing the same thing. Now if only I could figure out how to get a dead wasp or roach or pincher bug to work the vending machine, and I’d be set – especially wasps since they’ve colonized our dying shed.
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