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! crows have mortuary rituals! they gather around the corpse of a dead crow and they make loud alarming noises. !

that was later on discovered to be a way for crows to alarm each other’s from danger, ravens can infact remember the faces of whom they consider a threat!

the researcher kaeli swift run an interesting experiment on crows! in fact, she visited a park and threw peanuts to the birds, which the crows consumed, with no worry.

later on, she visited the park again, but this time she was wearing a latex mask and wig to cover her face, and she brought a taxidermy dead crow as well, holding it in her hands, in a innocent, not threatening way.

the first crow that saw her, gave the alarm to the other ravens, whom followed and started making loud noise. this “storm noise” was called by the researcher, “crow’s funeral”.

a week later, she came back not wearing any mask nor holding any bird, bringing peanuts. this time the crows were careful and cautious, just like they learnt there could be danger by the previous encounter; but in the end, peanuts were accepted and eaten by crows anyway.

the day after, she wore the mask again, with no bird in her hands, the crows gathered and started making loud noise! they recognized her as threat.

interestingly, the fear of a potentially deadly situation does not abandon the crows; in fact, even after six weeks, more than a third of the 65 pairs of crows present continued to behave in that way.