• @[email protected]
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    331 year ago

    My mom left some plain potato chips at my place shortly after I moved in. I wasn’t going to eat them, so every few days, when I saw some crows sitting on the telephone line in the backyard, I’d leave a chip or two so they’d like me. But I knew it wasn’t healthy for them so when the bag ran out, I got some raw unsalted cashews and started leaving those instead. The crows stopped coming to my backyard almost immediately. I know the nuts and seeds are healthier, but I think they only wanted the tasty food with no nutritional content. Same, crows. Same.

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      91 year ago

      Raw cashews are poisonous though, at least to humans. Maybe those crows were far smarter than you think.

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        1 year ago

        In this case, raw is a misnomer. The packaging on the cashews says raw, but that just means they haven’t been roasted. They were still steamed, to neutralize the poison.

    • FARTYSHARTBLAST
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      31 year ago

      They can be particular and not all crows like the same stuff. A little treat now and then probably isn’t going to kill them, but don’t feed them bread regularly.

    • @cheese_greater
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      21 year ago

      Its important to confirm any new food you wanna feed anything is safe for it to consume. If you have a digital assistant, just ask it beforehand or look it up. Please don’t feed things anything willy-nilly