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Crows

Like parrots, you can tame crows with seeds. They avoid up players so you have to sneak up behind them while there not facing your direction to feed them or like a cat have to wait till they fly to you to feed them. Crow can be found (possibly) circling above buried fossils, sunken ship wrecks, and hidden chests. (Chests that have no access to light)

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    It'd be neat if crows would try to eat crops and you could use armor stands as scarecrows! Also, since crows are scavengers, they should attack Zombies. Vultures could be desert variants of crows.

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    And if these were added, I'd totally just turn all my farms into greenhouses xP

     

    I love the idea that they would circle over treasure, since crows love shiny things and would hope that you would leave some trinkets behind for them when you uncover them.

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    YES I love crows!!!!!

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    I like crows, but not for taming. They should be a pest like Nox said, destroying crops and requiring scarecrows to fend them away from your crops.

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    I agree. These pests might take dropped shiny things, and occasionally spawn as a witches pet. Like wolves, they will protect their owner. Except, they will not be tameable for players.

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    If you tame them they should steal mobs items

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    i think you should be able to breed them with meat

     

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    Also crows could alert you if mobs were coming. 

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    Good idea I love animals so yeah.

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    Crows should like bread if you feed them ever day after five days they will bring a gold nugget or and emerald when you feed them also they hang around villages

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    It would be cool if once tamed they would bring you random items, with it usually being simple stuff like string and a flower but very rarely bringing you gold or diamond or something!

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    Also, if one is attacked, they could attack you in groups (like zombified piglings), but the one attacked would attack you forever (until you get away, die, or kill it)
    It has lots of possibilities!
    Maybe there could be a system where, the more crows you attack, the more hostile they become, and if you feed them, they could come close to the area you fed them

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    yes, i also think you should be able to befriend them with shiny objects as crows are know to be smart and remember kind acts. They should be able to (once tamed) bring gifts for the player. 

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    They should take iron tools and iron because irl they steal shiny stuff.

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    Realistically, crows have 360 vision so sneaking up from behind wouldn't make a difference. Still a cool idea though

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    If we were to base them off real life crows, then they can be friends with the player if you feed them. Although, I think it should be more like cats where they're cautious around the player and fly away from them unless you have the desired food item (could be seeds or meat since they're omnivores). I also think when it comes to feeding them, it should be like dolphins where they can't be tamed, but can bring you to treasure chests or something like that.

    For hostility, it should be like what another commenter said where they'll attack as a group if one of them gets hit by the player.

    Lastly, I agree with another commenter where they should pick off at your crops and scarecrows (aka armor stands) should deter them. I think maybe when you befriend the crows by feeding them, they won't eat your crops. The more you feed them, the less likely they'll eat your crops (5 times max maybe?).

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    With the newest Minecraft Live I think there will be renewed interest in this addition.
    Crows are exclusive to the Poplar and Dark Oak forests, and the Pale Garden.
    Not tameable, but bring a daily gift to players at sunset if fed enough.
    Able to work together with wolves to hunt rabbits or attack skeletons.
    Steal stacks of dropped rotten flesh and/or bones.
    Follow players holding crops, (bones), or rotten flesh.