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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by bayesian_horse on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:35AM (#30100352)
Wouldn't be that clever. They only have one beak per bird, so travelling longer distances isn't worth the effort, or you'd have to pay them with more food. Crows can make these decisions and might decide there are easier ways to get food.
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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by Markoff on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:30AM (#30100986)
It depends, if they could swallow them and then vomit on purpose then their capacity would be significantly increased over one beak capacity.
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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by bayesian_horse on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:55AM (#30101285)
Birds can't do that. Also they'd get nicotine poisoning. That would be a risk even if they used their goiter. And it would taste terrible.
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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by Markoff on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:36AM (#30112557)
Do they even have taste buds which would taste the difference. From what i know birds can't taste spiciness, so they can eat whatever habanero you give them.
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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by bayesian_horse on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:10AM (#30113638)
Every animal has some sense of taste and smell. It's the first brain nerve in vertebrates.
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