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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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[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 0 points 1 month ago

Ah they like to pick up toxic shit that smokers are too lazy to.

this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025

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