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D Candidate Kaeli Swift from the University of Washington saw something that she deemed challenging,and has decided to study it. Swift was watching crows encountering their dead, seeing them produce the typical alarm calls for fellow birds, or looking on as the crows held “funerals” for the dead,when suddenly she saw a crow behave differently. celebrated Mechanics reports that Swift discovered crows committing necrophilia on reoccurring occasions.
After the initial finding, Swift set about further studies by first collecting copious amounts of dead crows from Seattles natural history museum. Once the bodies were collected, and Swift then asked a taxidermist friend to fix up the birds from decaying,explains The Atlantic. With the tools she needed in hand, the researcher then set about driving through Seattle, or placing the dead crows at random on the sidewalks,waiting for another crow to wing on site so that she could record whatever response took place. She recorded the responses from hundreds of crows.Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com