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I'm getting a bit tired of seeing cats on /an/ and I doubt if I've seen a crow thread. Since crows are some of the most awesome birds, I say show your crows then. Because they're nifty and speak to the dead.
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>> That Gomez
I've always had a tough time telling crows and ravens apart. Mostly just because around here, our crows get to be monster-sized. Just around the schools, of course.

Is there any sure-fire way to tell which is which?
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I think ravens have a wider beak than crows and have a deeper voice
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All my corvid photos seem to be either ravens or magpies :o
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Last good one. :<
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary..
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Crows are cool, I'd like to have one as a pet.
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he is dancing
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Crows learn to use traffic lights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKO-QMyLc4

Crow uses a tool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ykewnc0oE
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fear my quality pictures.
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raven or crow? don't know.
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>>84312
They be rooks.
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Crows are actually one of the top five smartest animal species on Earth according to current knowledge. And that list includes humans.
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crows are EVERYWHERE in japan.
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I love crows, they're so clever. Here in Australia they've become the only natural predator of the cane toad (which is an introduced species and a pest). Cane toads ooze poison from their backs, and anything that eats them ususally ends up dying. Crows have learnt to flip them onto their backs and eat their nontoxic innards.
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>>84456
crOWNED!
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>>84325
Yes I think that one is a raven. =) Now go go tell the difference!
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My crow. His name's Grief.
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white raven
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black raven black raven, circling above the grave
>> Anonymous
If I Had My Way, as I am sometimes prone to say, I'd live in a house with plenty of space (by modern standards, not a ranch) and have practically a zoo ...with corvids. Too bad it's illegal here.
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HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RAVEN AND A CROW:

1)Size. Ravens are bigger. MUCH bigger. They're the biggest members of the family passeriformes (the perching birds), and can be as big as a small hawk.

2)Beak shape. The beak of a raven is heavier and more blunt, bigger in relation to the head than that of a crow. A crow's beak is a bit sharper and shorter, whereas a raven's beak is shaped a bit like a bullet.

3)Tail shape. Ravens have a diamond-shaped tail while they are in flight, and crows have a curved fan shape to their tails.

4)Call. The call of a crow is nasal and higher-pitched, but a raven's is hoarser and throatier, more of a croak than a caw. Ravens are the better mimics, too, and are more likely to make un-raven-y noises.

5)Habitat. Ravens are much rarer in urban environments than crows. If you see it diving in the trashcan behind McDonald's, it's probably a crow. If you see it diving in the trashcan in a national park, it's probably a raven. That's not to say that ravens never enter the city and that crows never enter the wilderness; each bird as a species just has a preference.

6)Numbers. Crows routinely gather in large numbers. (Called a "murder of crows," but a "flock" is fine, too.) Ravens gather in flocks occasionally, such as when there's a large amount of food or when juvenile and seeking mates, but generally they'll tend to be encountered as loners or nesting pairs.
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Once when I was eating at A&W there was a windstorm, so I put my half finished cup of fries in the middle of one of the smooth marble tables outside and watched as crows and seagulls took turns landing on the table and getting blown off by the wind. Evenually the seagulls gave up, leaving the crows.

After being blown off the table a few times one of the crows decided to just fly over the cup, pick it up, then dump the contents on the ground. Smart birds.
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The Tower's ravens are damn cool.
Big and smart.
They hop around and don't mind the tourists.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0wYaXYwP-w
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>>85344

I saw those! I don't think you can go down and play with them though because they are on roman ruins and you will get kicked out of the tower of london for going down there. Some french family did when I was there anyways hehehehe.

Another thing, my mom has a family of crows that nest behind her house so everyday about 7:30 pm, about 50 crows fly over her house.
>> Anonymous
Ravens occasionally show up in town, and strangely enough get mobbed by other crows as if it were a raptor of some kind.

crows: caw-caw
Raven: Gronk-gronk
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whenever I see one i say "hey Eric!"

tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee heevvvvvtee hee tee heetee hee tee heev vtee hee tee hee
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???
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Crows suck.

Ravens > Crows.

Pic very related.
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>>85406
Crows are ravens, fucktard.
>> Anonymous
>>85342
I've seen crows carry off whole McDonald's bags in my city. Lol, like they just went through the drive thru.
>> Anonymous
>>85408
you are so fucking stupid.
Both ravens and crows are in the family Cordivae. Ravens are larger than crows and are about the size of a hawk a 4 foot wingspan. Raven's beak is larger and their feathers tend to look like they have a green or blue tint.
Raven tails are pointed at the end, crow tails are round.
Crows are also loud and noisy with a high pitched call, where a raven's call is lower and more hoarse.
Crows are also tolerant of noisy, populated areas with people and animals, while ravens like privacy and are more solitary so they are mostly found in woods, meadows and hills.
ravens live for 30 years and crows live for 8 years lol.

google 'raven' and 'crow', and its fairly easy to tell them apart.
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>>85408

'Crow' and 'Raven' are both common names that get applied to a number of different species. But I think both are of the genus Corvus.
>> Anonymous
Crow hunting season is 365 days a year here
>> Anonymous
>>85414
Did you not see the part where I was all>>85336
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There are several different species of both crows and ravens, but all are of the genus corvus. The common raven is corvus corax, the North American crow corvus brachyrhynchos, but there are also carrion crows, Cuban crows, brown-necked ravens, etc.

The family corvidae also contains rooks, magpies, jays, nutcrackers, and treepies.
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(Did a project on this shit back in biology class in high school :P )
>> Anonymous
>>85432
That's mostly people making mistakes, although in many languages the same word is applied to crow and raven.

Let's go weaboo: karasu is the Japanese word applied to ravens and crows alike, and they have no specific words for either species I believe.

But I'm not weaboo enough to know for sure.
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>>84309
Owl = boss bird gtfo
>> Anonymous
wait was it a flock of crows or ravens, which is called a murder
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A "murder" of crows. Ravens don't usually flock together like crows do.
>> Anonymous
"Murder of Crows".
"Parliament of Owls".
"Unkindness of Ravens".

Yes, it's really called an "unkindness". Look it up.
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>>85927
Also a murder. There are several collective nouns. NO U look it up. The "unkindness" kinda cracked me up but not as much as "bunch of hippies"... :D