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  2. Carrion crow - Wikipedia

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    The carrion crow has a wingspan of 84–100 centimetres (33–39 in) and weighs 400–600 grams (14 oz – 1 lb 5 oz). Juvenile carrion crows can be identified by their brownish plumage and blue eyes, both of which darken to black and brown as the crow grows older.

  3. Corvidae - Wikipedia

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    However, some crows also eat many agricultural pests, including cutworms, wireworms, grasshoppers, and harmful weeds. [19] Some corvids will eat carrion , and since they lack a specialized beak for tearing into flesh, they must wait until animals are opened, whether by other predators or as roadkill.

  4. Eastern carrion crow - Wikipedia

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    The eastern carrion crow (Corvus corone orientalis, originally a separate species C.orientalis) is a member of the crow family and a subspecies of the carrion crow. Differences from the nominate subspecies include a larger size, at a length about 500 millimetres (20 in), and more graduated outer tail feathers. The eastern carrion crow is found ...

  5. White-tailed deer - Wikipedia

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    Few wild predators can afford to be picky and any will readily consume deer as carrion. Records exist of American crows and common ravens attempting to prey on white-tailed deer fawns by pecking around their face and eyes, though no accounts of success are given. [42] Occasionally, both golden and bald eagles may capture deer fawns with their ...

  6. Crows Have Been Keeping an Incredible Secret: They Can Count ...

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    Crows, along with other members of the Corvidae family, are some the smartest animals on Earth. A new study shows that crows, in this case the carrion crow, can count out loud just like human ...

  7. Crows can count up to four, a new study finds - AOL

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    Liao and her colleagues trained three carrion crows, a European species closely related to the American crow, over more than 160 sessions. During the trainings, the birds had to learn associations ...

  8. Carrion - Wikipedia

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    Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters (or scavengers ) include crows , vultures , humans , hawks , eagles , [ 1 ] hyenas , [ 2 ] Virginia opossum , [ 3 ] Tasmanian devils , [ 4 ] coyotes [ 5 ] and Komodo dragons .

  9. Eating crow - Wikipedia

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    Black crow painted on a plate. Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, [1] used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position. [2] The crow is a carrion-eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to ...