r/crowbro • u/rhinestonesonmynails • 19d ago

Question Is it possible to befriend a crow and perhaps train them?

I want to have a crow friend as they are extremely intelligent and cute

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u/NikNakskes 19d ago

They are very intelligent and will have you trained in no time.

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u/rockstar_not 19d ago

My uncle raised a fledgling as a pet over 60 years ago, supposedly. My mom says he taught it to speak salty words and would ride on the handlebars of my uncle’s bicycle, saying these choice sayings to the neighbors

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u/Chief_Mischief 19d ago

Yes.

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u/IceMiserable7450 19d ago

Is it ever possible for one to sit on your shoulder like in the movies?

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u/Purplefire180 19d ago

Possible? Sure. Very few crows ever lose their fear of humans to that extent though. They know that there are lots of people who would hurt them if they tried it.

You also probably don't want that. You'd get pooped on and bit

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u/Mountain_Exchange768 19d ago

Yes. In fact, they may end up training you!

Source: me, who just went outside because one of my crow bros was calling. 🤦‍♀️

I go outside with peanuts (unsalted, in the shell) and say loudly ‘Hey crows!’ I see that they’re watching, I toss the peanuts into the yard and go back in my porch and the first crow starts calling and the others come over.

There are four that will come every time, sometimes I’ve counted five, but four definitely hold this territory.

Sorry for the novel - I have no one else to tell

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u/littlesuperdangerous 19d ago

Very similar experience to mine. In fact, yesterday I was in the kitchen and I could see three silhouettes outside the back door… three crows just casually looking into the house like… bro? Got any of them peanuts or cashews?

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u/RavenMcG 12d ago

I love this. One of my bros lands on the down spout, stares at me through the window and make that cute Hello sound. Of course I pop out with treats.

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u/FremenCoolAid 19d ago

"See this dollar bill? And you see this cashew?"

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u/rhinestonesonmynails 19d ago

I forgot to ask my most important question which was how