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Crows & Death - The Consciousness Of

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 Greenbanks 26 Oct 2015
In reply to Timmd:

Fascinating stuff! Thanks - an education. I'm drawn to the notion of a 'murder' of crows - almost as an 'unkindness' of ravens.
 DaveHK 26 Oct 2015
In reply to Timmd:

A bit like climbers discussing the causes of an accident then.
 Andy Morley 27 Oct 2015
In reply to Timmd:

This doesn't seem to address the subject of why crows will attack an injured crow, and will fly in from all around, in numbers, to have a peck.
 marsbar 27 Oct 2015
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/crowfaq.htm

In reply to Andy Morley:

Apparently to dispatch the injured crow so it doesn't attract predators.

OP Timmd 27 Oct 2015
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That's what I was thinking it'd be, it's all to do with survival in the end.
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 krikoman 27 Oct 2015
In reply to Andy Morley:

> This doesn't seem to address the subject of why crows will attack an injured crow, and will fly in from all around, in numbers, to have a peck.

Mercy killing, Crowthanasia?
 Andy Morley 27 Oct 2015
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> Mercy killing, Crowthanasia?

Not the way I witnessed it.
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