Business to train crows to gather rubbish

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Dutch start up wants to train crows to clean up the streets of Amsterdam
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A Dutch company has announced plans to teach crows to pick up cigarette butts off the street in exchange for food. The company, called Crowded Cities, will use an automated feeding system to reward the birds each time they drop a cigarette butt in a receptacle.

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