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30 facts about crows that will make you learn more
You may have heard of crows because of their great intelligence or ability to use tools.
Or perhaps you heard a friend talk about a crow swooping down and attacking them on the way to school or work.
Crows are intelligent and fun animals that you can spend years learning about.
But for starters, you can learn a lot of facts about them by reading this list.
Different groups of animals are called different things - like a swarm of hyenas, or a swarm of hippos.
American crows are found in various places in North America as well as in Bermuda.
Some crows may use tools to obtain food.
The lifespan of an American crow varies depending on whether they are in the wild or in captivity.
Large flocks of crows gather together to make their nests.
Crows usually stay with a mate for the rest of their lives, but they don't always have complete fidelity - sometimes they mate with other crows.
Crows can remember faces of individual people.
They are able to communicate with other crows if they perceive a particular human as dangerous.
Crows are omnivores and they don't seem to be fussy eaters.
The Queensland crows have found a way to eat the poisonous toad without harming themselves.
An eight-year-old girl has an interesting relationship with crows.
Crows live on every continent except Antarctica.
There are several different types of crows, including the Mariana crow, the fish crow, the Carrion crow, and the Pied crow, which has a white area on the body.
"Crow eating" is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary as "When you make a mistake and have to humbly admit it".
Crows belong to the genus Corvus, along with crows, rooks and jackdaws.
The three-legged crow appears in Japanese, Korean and Chinese mythology.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Hawaiian crow and the Mariana crow as endangered species.
Crows sometimes attack people, but these attacks are generally not very serious.
Crows from previous years often help parents take care of new crows.
In Japan, some crows nest from stolen metal coat hanger.
The Stanford Marshmallow experiment is a series of studies involving a child being given a reward, but being promised two rewards if they wait for 15 minutes.
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.
In addition to imitating other animals, crows can also imitate humans.
Once the crow leaves the nest, it will spend a few days on the ground learning important skills and how to fly.
The crow is actually a songbird and it has an intricate calling system.
The normal number of eggs in a litter is from three to nine.
Some crows in a Japanese city drop nuts on the road so cars break them by driving over them, then swoop down to pick up their damaged nuts.
Some crows in specific regions have responded to calls from other animals.
Crow hunting is allowed in the United States.
Crows, as intelligent birds as they are, investigate an area for possible threats after another crow dies there.
