# Crows are fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718 "2014-10-08T02:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/41 "2015-03-18T02:44:51Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Crows are assholes: > > [http://corvidblog.tumblr.com/post/37622242234/tail-pulling](http://corvidblog.tumblr.com/post/37622242234/tail-pulling) > > And incredibly smart: > > (Summary: the crows figured out that dropping a nut from a height would sometimes crack the nut. If they dropped the nut in front of traffic, then the cars would crack the nut, but the crows then had to dodge cars. The crows figured out that they should drop the nuts in a crosswalk and wait for the light.) > > [http://youtu.be/BGPGknpq3e0](http://youtu.be/BGPGknpq3e0) Yep. Crows, [dolphins](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/dolphins-that-kill-their-young-make-mockery-of-playful-image-1167111.html), [chimpanzees](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29237276), humans - there definitely is a correlation between intelligence and assholery. 'Course, that doesn’t explain Michele Bachmann. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/42 "2015-03-18T06:37:25Z")
Here in my mobile home park there is an ongoing war between crows and mockingbirds. The crows get chased out by the mockingbirds, but I get the feeling the crows are sort of humoring them as they fly off casually, almost cheerfully, and come back after a few minutes. The mockingbirds take the whole thing a bit more seriously, and I feel a little sorry for them. The crows seem to be doing the mocking. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/43 "2015-03-18T09:19:21Z")
While we’re on the subject of crows – does anybody know what that sound is they make with their beaks? It sounds a bit like a woodpecker, kind of a rattling sound. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/44 "2015-03-18T15:12:17Z")
Anybody remember these guys? > **[Heckle and Jeckle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckle_and_Jeckle)** > > Heckle and Jeckle are postwar animated cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, originally produced at his own Terrytoons animation studio and released through 20th Century Fox. The characters are a pair of identical anthropomorphic yellow-billed magpies; they were voiced at different times by Sid Raymond (1947), Ned Sparks (1947–51), Roy Halee (1951–61), Dayton Allen (1956–66) and Frank Welker (1979). > The Talking Magpies, released January 4, 1946, was the first Terrytoons cartoon to feature... Haven’t thought about them in decades until this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/45 "2015-03-18T15:40:27Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Yes, apparently. Joshua Klein gave a TED Talk about his [vending machine for crows](http://blog.ted.com/joshua_klein/). Dude. That is impressive. Of course I note that by underhandedly putting in ten years of work to apply knowledge to the problem, he gets to do a TED talk and I don’t. But I planned to use my crow army for gain, while he wants to train them to clean up the world, so who’s the real winner here? ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/46 "2015-03-18T16:04:15Z")
Crows are AWESOME! I work at a university and I’ve spoken, in person, to the campus corvid expert. Found out some fascinating things about those birds. I love 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/47 "2015-03-18T16:43:08Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Dude. That is impressive. Of course I note that by underhandedly putting in ten years of work to apply knowledge to the problem, he gets to do a TED talk and I don’t. But I planned to use my crow army for gain, while he wants to train them to clean up the world, so who’s the real winner here? It’s simple, but devious. All you have to do is train crows to bring you _Joshua Klein_. Muhahahaha! > [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > Anybody remember these guys? > > [Heckle and Jeckle - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckle_and_Jeckle) > > Haven’t thought about them in decades until this thread. My twin brother and I dressed in home-made Heckle and Jeckle costumes for Halloween one year when we were small. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718/48 "2015-03-18T22:32:01Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > My twin brother and I dressed in home-made Heckle and Jeckle costumes for Halloween one year when we were small. That must have been snortingly funny. Glad somebody else remembers those guys, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crows-are-fun/700718.md?page=2)