Comments on: Japan’s Crow Invasion

By: Charlotte Araki

Charlotte Araki — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:27:00 +0000

I think it is all a matter of perspective. I lived in Japan for twenty years. 15 in Higashikurume and 5 wonderful years in Iwate, Tono. As the whole valley in Tono is filled with rice fields it also meant billions of frogs in the spring. No matter how carefully one drove smushing frogs couldn’t be helped. The pond was always greener on the other side of the road. At night the fragrance of smashed frogs waft through the window. In the morning, however, everything was neat a clean. The crows (ravens?) had cleaned up anything dead. When I returned to the states I was amazed to see rabbits, cats and prairie dogs slowly dessicated by the side of the road. No clean up, human or otherwise.

In Tono I actually had one trained to come down to the top of my car and take dog biscuits. She could stack them and take three at a time. When my horses were shedding you could see crows sitting on their rumps pulling out hair. The horses loved it and the crows had the fanciest nests in town.

By: Moyana Moshimoto

Moyana Moshimoto — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:40:00 +0000

my childhood,i was in Osaka,i did not really see corw,
but this fall, i take trip to Tokyo, and whole day, CAW CAW CAW!!!
not stop, very bad

By: grantp

grantp — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:18:00 +0000

shut up ass-douche

By: Mescale

Mescale — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:05:00 +0000

Nobody knows what the caws of the first man-crow war was.

By: Zaywex

Zaywex — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:50:00 +0000

It’s sort of horrifying because studies show crows are self-aware (they’ve passed the mirror test) and their casual solutions to a new environment greatly demonstrate their intelligence.
But at the same time, it’s like the crows are damaging utilities and demonstrating violence to people who haven’t provoked any crows.
But you wonder how much they understand our culture and how much you understand theirs and how you could actually work out a solution with them when you’re only beginning to understand that they have a language nevermind what caws mean.

By: Hyperichigo

Hyperichigo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:42:00 +0000

Seriously when I went to japan. The crows scared the hell out of me. They are kinda of aggressive and they are massive. I would see poor old japanese women fighting them off on trash day with a broom.