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If you think you can hold a grudge, consider the crow

If you think you can hold a grudge, consider the crow

Sometimes the only way to avoid attacks from a murder of crows is to move a long way away. Bribing the birds can also work.

Beady eye: Crows don’t think humans all look alike. In fact, they never forget a face. Getty

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Over and over, the crows attacked Lisa Joyce as she ran screaming down a street in Vancouver, British Columbia.

They dive bombed, landing on her head and taking off again eight times by Joyce’s count. With hundreds of people gathered outdoors to watch fireworks that July evening, Joyce wondered why she had been singled out.

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