crows call me breadladyi’m convinced there are numerous non-human sapient species on earth but an anthropocentrism practiced at scale denies us the opportunity to discover or explore these frontiers
it’s been shown that you can teach various species intermediary languages (amy the gorilla speaking sign language, for instance) so pure translation matrices aren’t necessary for meaningful communication. moreover peoples around the world have historically developed complex material relationships with animal communities using what can be considered gift economies. for instance it’s actually pretty simple to establish trade relationships with crows 🐦
for those wondering how to establish trade relations with crows:
- feed crows food A regularly
- when crows decide to bring you gifts, feed them food B
- when crows bring you different categories of gifts, feed them a food-per-category, ex: food C for jewelry, food D for paper money, etc
- crows will recognize these exchange patterns and opt to bring you things in order to acquire desired treats
good luck! 🐦
Brett Leeper@garbados much like with feeding songbirds closer to winter, predictability and reliability in help are important because they'll become reliant upon you to an extent and that'll fuck em up if you drop out, at least until things are naturally abundant in spring or summer.. if you can design rewards into the environment that'll survive your attention span then that strikes me as more easily sustainable. Managing the landscaping for forage, and coincidentally improving plant abundance and diversity. Encouraging natural predators is another low maintenance scenario but that's less compatible with high domesticity.