Crows have character -- Fun "facts" to entertain.

I can’t argue that animals aren’t brilliant, because I am truly fascinated by how they work. The ability to live off the land freely, camouflage themselves at times, escape the dangers of humans and predators and survive leaves me watching plant earth wide-eyed for hours on end. However, the Great Crow Fallacy attempted to offer conclusions to the public without a full report or sustainable research, leaving the public holding onto the theory long after it had been debunked.

Jackson and Jameison point out, “It’s fun to think that crows might be clever enough to learn such a neat trick” (105). Most people believe what they want. If the idea is pleasurable to entertain, even if research proves it to be false, then people will continue amusing the idea. It’s a great “fact” to keep the conversation rolling, and unless you are questioned, which is unlikely, the dinner table is going to assume your telling the truth, thus the word of mouth kicks in and returns even more believers. The tests ended up revealing that birds often drop their food on hard surfaces to crack them open, but that isn’t nearly as fun now is it?