Short answer Crows recognize individual human faces and are known to spread word of dangerous people with their calls.
A crow is staring right at you. Those eyes might remember your face.
Crows can pick out individual human faces. When they see a threatening face, brain regions linked to attention and fear light up.
I did nothing to a crow yesterday, right?
Crows are thought to pass word of dangerous people to other crows through their calls.
A crow carrying off a cookie from the trash. Crows are also known for using tools.
Ravens can even recognize themselves in a mirror. There's a reason they have a reputation for brains.
So around crows, it's safer to mind your manners.
I'd better be good in front of crows
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- American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis) Banff.jpg, Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
- PD106514-ARW american crow scavenges discarded christmas cookie from trash.jpg, Paul Danese, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
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