Communication with an intellectual creature

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Tetsuji Maverick Rai Project developer Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 15 Jun 05 Posts: 399 Credit: 16,571,350 RAC: 0	Message 22067 - Posted: 9 May 2007, 14:29:08 UTC Last modified: 9 May 2007, 14:42:34 UTC This morning I was fixing waterpipe on the roof. Suddenly a crow perched near me. So I tried to contact it in an intellectual way and mimicked a crow cawing. After some trials, the crow cawed in a very strange voice with its feathers around the neck standing on end as if it had replied. Was it talking "hey who's the hell is it, speaking our lingo"? After that, it jumped up to the top of the water tank and flew away. All the time the crow wasn't afraid of me. It's a new, very interesting experience to me. So I am wondering crows communicate by voice.... Luckiest in the world. WMD = Weapon of Mass Distraction ID: 22067 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jun 05 Posts: 3400 Credit: 1,026,406 RAC: 0	Message 22136 - Posted: 9 May 2007, 23:16:55 UTC - in response to Message 22067. I'm just happy it didn't crap on you. me@rescam.org ID: 22136 ·

Tetsuji Maverick Rai Project developer Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 15 Jun 05 Posts: 399 Credit: 16,571,350 RAC: 0	Message 22187 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 11:50:56 UTC Last modified: 10 May 2007, 11:51:25 UTC Today I tried again, but in vain; one didn't come near me......getting its crap is more rare! Luckiest in the world. WMD = Weapon of Mass Distraction ID: 22187 ·

Tetsuji Maverick Rai Project developer Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 15 Jun 05 Posts: 399 Credit: 16,571,350 RAC: 0	Message 22193 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 13:38:50 UTC - in response to Message 22136. I'm just happy it didn't crap on you. If it had crap on me, in a sense, it would have been a success in interspecies communication! Luckiest in the world. WMD = Weapon of Mass Distraction ID: 22193 ·

Urs Echternacht Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Jan 06 Posts: 1038 Credit: 18,734,730 RAC: 0	Message 22207 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 18:53:18 UTC - in response to Message 22193. I'm just happy it didn't crap on you. If it had crap on me, in a sense, it would have been a success in interspecies communication! Nevermore! _\\|/_ U r s ID: 22207 ·

Bill Hyland Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 May 07 Posts: 3 Credit: 4,431 RAC: 0	Message 22917 - Posted: 17 May 2007, 4:46:41 UTC - in response to Message 22067. This morning I was fixing waterpipe on the roof. Suddenly a crow perched near me. So I tried to contact it in an intellectual way and mimicked a crow cawing. After some trials, the crow cawed in a very strange voice with its feathers around the neck standing on end as if it had replied. Was it talking "hey who's the hell is it, speaking our lingo"? After that, it jumped up to the top of the water tank and flew away. All the time the crow wasn't afraid of me. It's a new, very interesting experience to me. So I am wondering crows communicate by voice.... As with learning any new language, at first your pronunciation will be off a bit. You might have propositioned the crow and confused the poor bird mightly :) ID: 22917 ·

Tetsuji Maverick Rai Project developer Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 15 Jun 05 Posts: 399 Credit: 16,571,350 RAC: 0	Message 22918 - Posted: 17 May 2007, 5:04:42 UTC - in response to Message 22917. As with learning any new language, at first your pronunciation will be off a bit. You might have propositioned the crow and confused the poor bird mightly :) The crow seems to have decided I was not a good apprentice... It doesn't appear again :( Luckiest in the world. WMD = Weapon of Mass Distraction ID: 22918 ·

Demiurg Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Apr 07 Posts: 506 Credit: 15,684 RAC: 0	Message 22930 - Posted: 17 May 2007, 10:18:57 UTC - in response to Message 22918. As with learning any new language, at first your pronunciation will be off a bit. You might have propositioned the crow and confused the poor bird mightly :) The crow seems to have decided I was not a good apprentice... It doesn't appear again :( Seems like the crow has decided that you aren't a good date after all:-) ID: 22930 ·

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