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Crows are intelligent birds and learn quickly – even from each other. In Sweden, they are used to collect cigarette butts and bring them to a machine that automatically rewards them with peanuts. (lemmy.ca)
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Corvid Cleaning: Deploys Crows to Clean Up Cigarette Butts in Sweden

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[-] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Some people won't be happy until the tyranny of extrinsic motivation is entirely banished. I wish them well, so I try to keep them motivated with little treats at semi-random intervals.

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