{"id":93,"date":"2006-06-23T00:28:13","date_gmt":"2006-06-23T05:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/06\/23\/soccer-playing-crows\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T03:12:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T07:12:37","slug":"soccer-playing-crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/06\/23\/soccer-playing-crows\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Playing Crows"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Oh, La, La Friday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/63447236@N00\/161025971\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 5px solid white; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/55\/161025971_ee12c1396d_o.jpg\" alt=\"women_football\" width=\"468\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To join the &#8220;Oh La La Friday&#8221; Meme please see the post below:<\/p>\n<p>Add a link if you are a participant:<br \/>\nIf you aren&#8217;t &#8211; don&#8217;t link.  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I&#8217;ve removed several links in the past couple of days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Soccer&#8217;s for the Birds<\/p>\n<p>Or at least that&#8217;s what one zoo in Japan believes:<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>A flock of the birds dressed in soccer jerseys showed off their dribbling and shooting skills at a Japanese zoo as football fever gripped the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The four young carrion crows at Tokuyama Zoo in western Japan used their beaks to dribble a miniature ball toward a soccer goal, sometimes tackling each other for possession before scoring, according to head zookeeper Satoru Tanaka.<\/p>\n<p>The crows get tidbits every time they score, Tanaka said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We tried to coach owls and falcons as well, but the crows were the best. 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