Anon deals with crows (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com)
 
I've become a bread crumb dealer to 4 crows in my local lake. And they pay me with a bit of everything. Shiny stuff, fabric, pens etc. But recently they paid me with 20$ they've found somewhere. So i decided to buy them some more expensive bread. They loved it. So they understand what to do. Give me dollar notes. And i've problamy racked up 200$ at this point. Is it morally wrong though, i mean. They're the ones who steals it from someone. Or perhaps they just got a big pile laying somewhere. Should i keep on doing this?

top 94 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 189 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

They have the money but probably aren’t allowed in the stores to buy it themselves.

It’s either

1.) Facilitating the financial self-sufficiency of local avian wildlife or

2.) The bird equivalent of buying alcohol for your kid cousins who are standing outside the liquor store.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 179 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation where you're the sugar daddy for a murder of crows, get them some nice peanuts and sunflower seeds instead! bread isn't good for birds!

  • source
  • hideshow 12 child comments
  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Seed me daddy! I don't want bread.

    OwO

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ehh. You're more of a fence than a sugar daddy. You move stolen loot for a cut.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 90 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I kinda wish all the stray/feral cats I've befriended would start coughing up some cash once in awhile instead of dead mice and hairballs for me.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    $20 for bread crumbs?! These crows must be living in the USA.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What about Ezekiel bread? (Made from legumes, not grains)

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago

    It's bold of Anon to assume that the crows are not earning the money legitimately.

    That's racist.

  • source
  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    The photo is of a raven, not a crow. That said, exchanges of this sort with corvids has always been a bucket list item of mine.

  • source
  • hideshow 16 child comments
  • [–] 70 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    What is the difference between a raven and a crow? One major difference is that ravens have 3 pinion feathers on each wing, whereas crows only have two.

    So its really just a difference of a pinion

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 10 child comments
  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Apparently, ravens are so huge that if you see one you will not be in doubt that it can't be a crow. At least that's what I've been told.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    TBF even crows are a lot bigger than what I always thought crows were. I've seen them up close since I've been feeding my local murder peanuts, and these guys are the size of roaster chickens.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    True in Europe and the US, but not everywhere. Corvids are a hugely successful animal class, and there are related species all over the world locally called crows and ravens. Some places the local species called ravens are bigger. Other places the local species called crows are bigger.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Same!! 🥺 I have a bunch that live by me, but they have a far enough range so I don’t see them every day and can’t seem to get their attention. Any corvid experts here that can give me some tips?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I've been feeding roasted (and unsalted) peanuts to my local crows for three years now. Those ungrateful bastards haven't given me shit in return. One time I thought they had given me some little seeds and berries, but I realized they had just puked those up to make room for the peanuts.

  • source
  • hideshow 9 child comments
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Do you have a designated table you put the peanuts on?

    I knew a guy years ago who managed to start trading with the crows in our neighborhood by having a table with two sections, one with bird snackies, the other empty (I think he may have put some foil there at one point?) so they'd have a place to put their payment.

    The always got little plastic things, bits of mylar, twistie ties and what not.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Do you have a designated table you put the peanuts on?

    Lol I get enough abuse from my neighbors for feeding the crows as it is. If I put out a crow table they're going to sic ICE on me.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    ungrateful bastards

    You know maybe if you have them better nuts than peanut they'd be more appreciative. Also cold hard cash.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are legumes okay for crows? I know they are omnivores (really interesting to see their bigger cousins, the ravens, pick off ducklings). Especially peanuts that become kinda weird when you chew them. Crows have gizzards, right?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    Florida man arrested after training crows to steal the declaration of independence for him.

  • source
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Buy them some unsalted peanuts or walnuts. They will worship you as the god you are.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    That's just one distribution method of the mint. They find dollars go through more hands on average if they are given to crows by this man's lake. He should not feel guilty for stimulating my economy.

  • source
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (20 children)

    a lot of people have trained crows to steal money for them… it’s very illegal….
    probably not getting cash from restaurant tables.:.
    people have also trained ferrets to steal jewelry and used them as burglars….

  • source
  • hideshow 20 child comments
  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    brb, checking local laws on "training animals to do crime"

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    this is why ferrets are illegal in California

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I want to train a common animal to pick locks. Any recommendations?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 10 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    yes, get a transparent lock and picks from any large online retailer….
    they’re cheap, easy, fun, and drastically increases your chances of survival in a zombie apocalypse

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Alas, possession of lock picks is the crime for my locale. Id love to get into it when i can get put of here tho

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    it’s usually only a crime if you have possession of them while committing another crime…

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    A black bear in the Adirondacks (her name was Yellow-Yellow) learned and is believed to have taught her cubs how to open BearVault canisters. she was shot in 2012 but Adirondack bears continue chewing through canisters...

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Not greentext. Think I found a new career!

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I want my own money stealing finding murder of crows.

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Give them bird seed instead

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I wish the crows around my parts would do that. The ones around here just generally act like a menace to society.

  • source
  • This is the worst comic book villain origin story ever

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Op discovers they are a druid

  • source
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Fagin of the birdies.

  • source
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago