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I hope that once the crows have cleaned up the ground, they will also attack any smokers in public and take the cigs from their hands :P

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Any chance we can jump to the second part? I'm worried about poor crows smoking.

What about rowdy crowdies(murders) of drunken crows in bars, buying booze with cash from selling the dry butts to street people....coming to Swedish town near you soon...

There's actually health benefits (I'm not paid by Big Tobacco I swear):

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.11952 ("City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites")

Basically every plant chemical (flavor, drug) that humans are interested in is a defense against pests or infections.

There was a crow in Austin that used to steal car keys from picnics. It was such a nuisance they had to capture it.

How.... strange.

I have never in my life, ever, seen people leave car keys anywhere but their pocket, unless they are home.

Is this normal in Texas? Maybe garb is the cause, jeans being more popular, thus a tighter fit, more desire to remove keys from pockets?

I am very confused.

I see it often, especially when people have no pockets or have difficult to use pockets. In the mentioned case of a picnic, I could see someone leaving keys on the table for the duration instead of having them press uncomfortably against the leg while in the pocket. Years ago I did maintenance at a park, and from time to time I saw people do exactly that.

Interesting. Are your experiences in Texas too?

I imagine local styles would contribute here. Also, just how many keys a person has.

I have two keys. My FOB is round unless tge key is exposed, and a single house key. So number of keys is important too.

But why would Texans have more keys? Are keys more important in Texas?

My work "key" is a card. Are there fewer cards used for entry in Texas? Do Texans dislike tech and cards?

Is there a law against cards vs keys in Texas.

Oh man, I have so much research to do now. Damned crows!

There's no local style in Austin, I lived there. It's a bunch of college aged kids from all over, so there's a huge mix of styles though a lot of people do tend to end up adopting a modernized "hippie" style after living there a few years. Most grow out of it a few years later, some don't.

Womens clothes usually have less, smaller or even fake pockets.

Which they compensate for by putting said keys in a purse, not out in the open.

> Are your experiences in Texas too?

Sorry I didn't specify, this was not in Texas.

Beach

I wouldn't be surprised if crows were smart enough to be able to learn how to pick-pocket humans, to be honest

Why would you steal a car if you can fly?

Given that the crow was stealing multiple car keys, my assumption would be that it wasn't using the cars, but that this was more of a side hustle.

Fun fact, for crows, every market is a black market!

Related, Never Trust a Dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7tBkVu5oM

It would be great, but if this becomes real, it will probably take a lot more time before they accurately distinguish smoking from other activities.

They'll make friends with smokers and increase the pleasure of smoking. :P

I hope they peck your eyes out.

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