Crows

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When I was in Japan this summer, I was surprised to see crows in Tokyo. Not only were they plentiful, but they were big too, and they weren't afraid of people. Crows are acknowledged as being at the top of avian IQ (capable of making tools and communication. It should probably come as no surprise then that crows like high-speed internet as much as humans do. They like it for any entirely different reason (the fiber optic cable is great for building nests), but as a result of this nest building, crows have managed to disconnect portions of Tokyo.
I used to have to do fiber optic cabling at work -- not only was the fiber optic cable expensive, but it was fragile to the point where broken fiber optic had to be entirely replaced, so I'm sure it must be frustrating to have to replace what was taken by the birds.




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