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On the old site, there was an ask reddit question along the lines of "Whats the moat unbelieveable thing thats ever happened to you?"
Some user commented about how while they were out walking outside a taco bell, a crow came up to them, placed a quarter down and said "taco". So the person went and grabbed the bird a taco.
So, yeah, this does make sense. If some "lesser being" shows strong intelegence, it makes sense that a "higher being" would just do whats asked of them for the story or just rewarding them for being smart.
Now that's presumptious. Why should humans be higher beings than crows?
Did you not read the story?
Because we can buy tacos
Side Note: Is this story from 1887? When tf was the last time a taco cost a quarter?
Maybe a quarter was all the crow had, and the human took it as partial payment.
Yeah I doubt the crow would understand the various values of coins, let alone why a taco costs 2 coins when before it cost 1.
I’m reminded of the photo meme that goes around where a dog buys something like a hotdog every day, paying with a leaf
Obviously, the thing he’s buying costs more than a leaf, but the people who work there are just kind of “he’s trying to pay, but doesn’t understand what money is. Give him the hotdog”.