Their slouching posture, their love of carrion, have helped to make crows symbols of death, yet few if any other birds are so lively and playful. They indulge in such apparently useless games as carrying a twig aloft, dropping the toy, then swooping down and catching it. For no apparent reason, they...
At times a little dry, but it is an extremely useful book about symbolism and animals.
One quick word about the title: it says Crow, but basically the entire corvid family is covered, including ravens and magpies. I've read plenty of these Animal books by now, and this is the only one that seems to have gone on by a somewhat different setup. Most of the other books have themed chapter...
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