[autechr3]

Perhaps in the mind of the crows, they are giving gifts as a reward. In effect, training the human (in the article).

[MollyR]

That is mind-blowing, and makes me want to reevaluate the concept of gift giving.

[blacksmith_tb]

There's a famous quote attributed to the Inuit that Marcel Mauss mentions in The Gift: "Gifts make slaves like whips make dogs." Both halves of that statement are provocative.

[Khao]

So can we consider our paychecks to be gifts then?

[qb45]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8hPcnGeCI