Dutch startup seeks to train crows to pick up and collect cigarette butts.

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The concept is that they teach crows to collect cigarette butts (and nothing else) and bring these to a "crowbar". There they receive a little bit of food as a reward for dropping it in the funnel. Interesting idea, if it works!


You can read more about this on their website, which is in English:

http://www.crowdedcities.com/"

[Swalload]

The concept is that they teach crows to collect cigarette butts (and nothing else) and bring these to a "crowbar". There they receive a little bit of food as a reward for dropping it in the funnel. Interesting idea, if it works!


You can read more about this on their website, which is in English:

http://www.crowdedcities.com/"

Then there won't be anymore butts on the ground and the birds will attack people smoking to grab the cigarettes right off their mouths and people will panic and scream and Hitchcock will come back saying "I knew it".

The end.

[LMuhlen]

Should train the crows to beak the head of those nasty smokers who dump their cigarette butts on the ground.

[the game]

Or maybe cigarette smokers should just stop being assholes and dispose of their cigarette butts properly.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Then there won't be anymore butts on the ground and the birds will attack people smoking to grab the cigarettes right off their mouths and people will panic and scream and Hitchcock will come back saying "I knew it".

The end.

Seems like an effective measure to get people to stop smoking.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Then there won't be anymore butts on the ground and the birds will attack people smoking to grab the cigarettes right off their mouths and people will panic and scream and Hitchcock will come back saying "I knew it".

The end.

A few crow attacks might help people to stop smocking sounds like a win win to me.

[Swalload]

Seems like an effective measure to get people to stop smoking.

So maybe this is the true goal of this startup.

[Forgettable]

Should train the crows to beak the head of those nasty smokers who dump their cigarette butts on the ground.

Should go a step further and train the crows to peck the eyes out of the people who run the tobacco companies.

[Tico]

Now this is a very nice and creative idea!

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Then there won't be anymore butts on the ground and the birds will attack people smoking to grab the cigarettes right off their mouths and people will panic and scream and Hitchcock will come back saying "I knew it".

The end.

I remember standing on the ferry to one of our islands when I was in puberty, top deck, throwing potatoe chips at people on the lower decks so giant seagulls would divebomb on them.

The screams... sometimes I still hear them.

[Independent voter]

That's a pretty good idea. I wonder if the crows will learn to game the machine and start bringing it rocks and twigs?

[the game]

Not likely to happen.

yeah you're right.

[Allybeboba]

I wonder if they can make it squirrel proof.