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Can adult birds imprint on humans?

I just saw a youtube short of someone who took a wet crow into their home and dried it and fed it and the comments praising the person to the skies sort of rubbed me the wrong way, but I don't want to have any opinion based on lack of knowledge.

I know baby birds can imprint easily, and that it is irreversible. But can adult birds also imprint? I tried googling this but I didn't find any adult-specific results.

Did the person in the video do something bad, is what I wonder.

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No but thay can shite on you

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This is a captive bred juvenile, a baby that’s imprinted on humans. Not a returned, adult, wild bird but still cool and still adorable!


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