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Anonymous
I did a report in high school on the common raven (corvus corax), and I love the little fuckers, so I'm fairly knowledgable about them.
No, they live a few decades. The record in captivity is 40 years.
They rank up there with African gray macaws. They have excellent memories and their talent for mimicry is nearly unmatched. They have also been proven to be able to count.
It's illegal to keep wild animals as pets in most places. You need to have a special license for it, and it's harder to get than an exotic animal license because the idea is to discourage people from capturing wild animals and keeping them as pets, for both the animal's welfare and to prevent the spread of disease.
Ravens mostly live in rural areas and tend to be more solitary than crows so they really never have the opportunity to be pests. Crows are more social and tend to favor urban/suburban areas but the only real concern is noise pollution (although feral parrot flocks in southern California easily have them beat in that regard) since they're not as numerous as pigeons, their shit is not as caustic, and they are less likely to nest in buildings than in trees.
Don't see them enough to see them do anything cool, but there is one story about a raven who lived near an area that was popular for filming action movie scenes who eventually learned to mimic the sound of an explosion.
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