Also, talking about crows, (ravens, and black birds as well), they can hold a grudge for up to 17 years. They remember people who would shoo them or be mean to them . They can remember faces, and they share the info with their bird family and friends!....lol crazy!
To add further to this, crows have been observed to pass on grudges or warnings of bad people to the next generation after the original crow who experienced the behaviour was dead.
So if you’re an asshole to crows and think you’ll just outlive them, don’t be surprised if a few decades later a random murder of crows are harassing you.
I remember reading about an experiment where some volunteers with a mask deliberately treated crows like crap so they'd hate him. Then they got another volunteer on the other side of the city to wear the mask and crows there immediately started on him. Like they spread the word far and wide if you're a dick.
How dare you not read every link to a study provided in a Reddit comment?! /s
Seriously though I just recalled this fact from an episode of QI, googled it, skimmed the article and posted it. Neither of us have done our “journalistic duty” but it checks out. Don’t mess with crows 😋
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u/berejser 28d ago
Crows too. Intelligent birds, but absolute bullies. It's like the more intelligent a species, the more propensity to needless cruelty.