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Wild Crows in Sweden Help Clean Up Cigarette Butts

lschueller: This is pretty cool. Would be interested in the scientific review later on... I reckon, that just the increased awareness amongst smokers might account for a decrease of butts by 15 to 25%.

kiddico: I see this and articles like it all the time, thankfully snopes did the hard work of writing an article saying otherwise: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sweden-crows-cigarette-but...

Towaway69: > A key concern is the health risk for the birds: cigarette filters contain toxic chemicals, and handling them may pose a risk to the crows. Corvid Cleaning acknowledges this issue and is carefully testing which types of litter are safe for collection.> Moreover, there is a philosophical debate about sustainability: is it ethical to turn natural foraging behavior into a “job” for animals?I wonder what the crows think? Whether they would notice that the health risks and stop on their own accord.It’s probably not yet a “job” unless humans manage to remove all other food sources for crows, thus forcing crows to do this for their survival, then it becomes a “job”.

borski: https://archive.is/Rkty0

burnt-resistor: We'll be charged Crow Redemption Value soon. /s