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 The crow is a species of bird in the family Corvidae that is generally brown in color. 

The word 'carvuch' in Latin means 'large-bodied'. There are 40 species of crows.

 These range in size from small pigeons to large 'Jakta' breeds.

 It is thought to have acquired additional cognitive ability in birds.

 It lives in crowded places where people live and eat garbage and other waste. Due to this it plays a role in environmental protection.

These can be trained very easily. Raising crows as pets is illegal in some countries because they can be tamed and easily engaged in anti-social behavior.

Crows include Australian, North American, African, European, and Asian species. The black crow and the domestic crow are the Asian species.

A crow is actually a songbird and it has a complex system of calls.

The normal number of eggs in a clutch is anywhere from three to nine.

Some crows in a Japanese city drop nuts onto a road so that cars will break them by driving over them, and then swoop down to collect their broken nuts.

Some crows in particular regions have responded to calls from other species of animals.

Hunting crows is allowed in the United States.

The lifespans for an American crows are different depending on whether they are in the wild or in captivity.

 In the wild, the average lifespan is seven to eight years. However, in captivity, the lifespan can be much longer.

Large groups of crows get together to roost. These groups can sometimes be in the thousands.

Crows generally stay with the same mate throughout their whole life, but they are not always entirely faithful- they sometimes mate with other crows.

The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment was a series of studies involving a kid being offered a reward, but being promised two rewards if they waited for 15 minutes.

 Some crows and ravens were subjected to a similar test, which showed they could choose to resist temptation, at least to some extent. They would restrain themselves, but only if the upcoming food was better than the food currently available. If they already had a good kind of food like sausage, they wouldn’t wait.

In the Quran, it is said that Allah sent a crow to show Cain how to bury the body of his brother, Abel after Cain had killed him. Cain then became very regretful about what he’d done.

In addition to imitating other animals, crows can also imitate humans.

Despite its tendency to eat roadkill, the American Crow is not specialized to be a scavenger, and carrion is only a very small part of its diet.

 Though their bills are large, crows can’t break through the skin of even a gray squirrel. They must wait for something else to open a carcass or for the carcass to decompose and become tender enough to eat.

Crows are crafty foragers that sometimes follow adult birds to find where their nests are hidden. They sometimes steal food from other animals.

 A group of crows was seen distracting a river otter to steal its fish, and another group followed Common Mergansers to catch minnows the ducks were chasing into the shallows. 

They also sometimes follow songbirds as they arrive from a long migration flight and capture the exhausted birds.

 Crows also catch fish, eat from outdoor dog dishes, and take fruit from trees. 

Crows can be identified by their distinctive ‘caw caw sound. 

Considered songbirds due to their vast range of melodies, crows have been known to vocalize their feelings in response to hunger or being threatened, for example.

Until recently, Carrion crows and Hooded crows were thought to be the same species. 

However, they are different, occupying different parts of Europe and Asia. In some areas where territories overlap, interbreeding occurs. 

The Carrion crow can be distinguished from the Hooded crow by its all-black body compared to the ash-grey body of the Hooded crow.

Crows can be distinguished from rooks as they have feathers around their thighs and around the base of their beak.

Scavengers by nature, a crow’s diet can involve over 1000 different food items.

 From worms, insects, and carrion to scraps of food, fruit, and seeds.

Crows are very good egg thieves. They will watch other birds build their nests, observing and inspecting what the birds do. 

This makes it much easier for the crow to rob the nest once the eggs have been laid. As highly opportunistic birds, crows will watch other birds bringing their young food, which they may swoop in and steal!

American Crows congregate in large numbers in winter to sleep in communal roosts. These roosts can be of a few hundred up to two million crows.

 Some roosts have been forming in the same general area for well over 100 years. In the last few decades some of these roosts have moved into urban areas where the noise and mess cause conflicts with people.

Crows have been known to perform ‘anting’ where they rub ants all over their feathers or lie near an anthill allowing the ants to crawl through their feathers. It is yet unknown why exactly birds do this. 

Some Suggest the ant act as an insecticide and anting helps control parasites such as feather mites. 

Others argue it is carried out as a method of catching prey – enticing the ants to rid 

themselves of their poison sacks, allowing the birds to eat them harmlessly.

When crows mate they often stay together for life, separating only at death. 

However, some instances have found only the females mate for life while the males will cheat on occasion!

Crows build nests all over the place: in pylons, trees, and cliff edges, almost anywhere can be suitable.

 Nests are built from twigs with a lining of hair and bark. 

Both the male and female build the nest together and the female then incubates the eggs. Once the eggs are hatched both birds help feed the chicks.

 A nestling crow can eat as many as 100 grasshoppers in 3 hours!

There are a number of different types of crows, including the Mariana crow, the fish crow, the Carrion crow, and the Pied crow which has an area of white feathers on its body.

“Eating crow” is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary to mean “When you make a mistake and are forced to acknowledge it humbly”.

Crows belong to the genus Corvus, along with ravens, rooks, and jackdaws.

A three-legged crow is present in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese mythology.

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Hawaiian crow and the Mariana crow as endangered.

Crows can remember the faces of individual humans. They can also hold a grudge.

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