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 | | Crows, and especially ravens, often show up in legends or mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their dark plumage, unnerving calls, and tendency to eat carrion. |
 | | This would seem to indicate some acknowledgement of the crow’s intelligence, which may have been apparent even in ancient times, and to some it might imply that the higher intelligence of crows, when compared to other birds, is striking enough that it was known even then. |
 | | In mythology and folklore, crows tend to be symbolic more of the spiritual aspect of death, or the transition of the spirit into the afterlife, whereas ravens tend more often to be associated with the negative (physical) aspect of death. |
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