"Apparently, College, and Complex: r/AskReddit  What perfectly true story of yours sounds like  an outrageous lie?   RamsesThePigeon 13d, 17h  Just up the street from my apartment in San Francisco,  there was one of those fast food restaurants that was  either a KFC or a Taco Bell, depending on the angle from  which it was viewed. The establishment was a frequent  stopping point for students coming from the nearby  college... and those students were a frequent target for a  remarkably bright crow  Now, on most days, the bird in question would just hang  around the restaurant (as well as other ones nearby) and  scavenge for scraps. Every once in a while, though - I saw  this happen twice, and had it happen to me once - it would  enact a much more complex scheme than simply going  through the gutter: The crow had apparently discovered  that money could be exchanged for food, so it would wait  until it saw a likely mark, squawk at them to get their  attention, then pick up and drop a coin. Anyone who  responded would witness the bird hopping a few feet  away, then following its ""victim"" toward the source of its  next snack.  When the crow approached me, it dropped a nickel on the  ground. I stooped, picked up the coin, and then jumped  slightly when the bird made a noise that sounded not  unlike ""Taco!'  Needless to say, I bought that crow a taco.  The final out-of-pocket cost for me, minus the nickel, was  something like >l.T5. Even so, I figured a bird that smart  deserved a reward simply for existing  Of course, that was probably exactly what I was supposed  to think.  TL;DR: A crow paid me five cents to buy it a taco. onyourleftbooob:  nadiaoxford: I don't have a hard time believing this."
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