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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by glasz on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @10:12AM (#12129129)
surely the crowd would have calmed down if you buried the poor pal. but instead you threw it into the trash can. come on...
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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by guptaneil on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @10:26AM (#12129225)
Burying our dead is a primarily western culture tradition. Many other cultures prefer cremation for example. Why would the birds care how you dispose of the body?

It's possible the birds knew OP wasn't the killer and were hoping to intimidate them into leaving the body alone in hopes of catching the real killer, but that's just a guess.

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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by SEJeff on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:49PM (#12130492)
Hmmmm, humans have buried our dead since at least the times of the ancient Egyptians, and likely long before that.
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Re:When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause o... by RaleyField on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:23AM (#12129727)
> It's possible the birds knew OP wasn't the killer and were hoping to intimidate them into leaving the body alone in hopes of catching the real killer,

Or the birds remembered the real killer of their fellow crow but then OP showed up and so therefore, ipso facto, he must've killed the crow but they couldn't know both couldn't kill the crow because they are birds so shriek.

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