Fiber-optic cable proves choice target for mischievous crows

Daily Yomiuri ^ | 6-15-06 | Yomiuri Shimbun

[Rakkasan1]

Fiber-optic cables used for high-speed Internet services are being severed by crows playing with the wires and using them for nesting material and perhaps as a form of stress relief, a phenomenon that increases with the breeding season.

[Rakkasan1]

they need some CROWS(Common Remote Operated Weapon Stations) to take out the crows.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Maybe the crows are finding a more practical use for the internet.

[GOP Poet]

Hm-m-m . . .note to self: cable pecking can be fun and reduce stress during mating season. Include on three lists for next spring: cheap fun, cheap relaxation and fun tricks to annoy meddling or boundary less neighbors who use the internet.

[Right Wing Assault]

Just set up free hookups and computers for the crows every few hundred feet and let them get online. They are pretty smart and will realize it is in their best interest to leave the fiber alone or they will be cutting off their own internet service.

[Rakkasan1]

they'll become FReepers.