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It wouldn't surprise me if a clever animal trainer could teach crows to
>collect discarded aluminum cans in exchange for rewards. After training a
>few crows, the rest of the population might catch on from them. Imagine
>hoards of crows scouring the city for aluminum cans!
>
Scott
>
Holy Cow, that explains what the crows are doing in the garbage cans at the
zoo. All this time we thought they were looking for food. Little did we
suspect that they were looking for aluminum cans to drop into the recycling
containers. Its probably a corvid alternative to scrabble.

Mike

Mike Waller
Woodland Park Zoological Gardens
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Seattle, Washington 98103
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