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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 190 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 46 points 1 year ago

Both of which are rad

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 176 points 1 year ago (4 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!

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Seed me daddy! I don't want bread.

OwO

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't want to be bread?

Oh well...

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, one assumes you're not fucking them.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

Bold to assume

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Brand new sentence

[–] thaklor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Murder-daddy

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 93 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago
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[–] glibg@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 year ago (5 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.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 71 points 1 year ago (2 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

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 year ago

Goddamnit. Sitting here ready to subscribe to crow facts and you got me with a freakin pinion joke.

Well done.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 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.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is how it was explained to me by a very elderly, birdwatching family member... If you ever go "whoa, that's a really big crow," you're probably wrong

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[–] glibg@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Yup. They also have a way bigger beak and "scruffier" looking feathers, which is what I noticed in the pic. I love birds.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Raven at the Tower of London. They are big, with massive beaks.

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 18 points 1 year ago

Here's the thing...

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Don't let your dreams be dreams, future bro to birds

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[–] badelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 10 points 1 year ago

😂 the allegory

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yesh. Ezekiel bread is okay. Good catch.

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

My favorite emo band

[–] notso@feddit.org 38 points 1 year ago

Anón when an old lady shows up to feed the crows:

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago

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

That's racist.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (6 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.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 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.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There she is now officer! The crow lady!!

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 27 points 1 year ago

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

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

you can't just call people by that slur

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Barking@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They also like boiled eggs... ...source - our local crows at the park

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[–] Batman@lemmy.world 22 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.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago (4 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….

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not "training crows to steal money", it's introducing crows to capitalism

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

for the crows it’s a gift-based society, not capitalism

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

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

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This is the worst comic book villain origin story ever

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