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Asharq Al-Awsat
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BIZARRE: Swedish company recruits crows to catch cigarette butts | Mind Blowing Facts

A carrion crow in flight. Arterra/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images

Crows are being recruited to pick up discarded cigarette butts from the streets and squares of a Swedish city as part of a cost-cutting drive, The Guardian reported.

The wild birds carry out the task as they receive a little food for every butt that they deposit in a bespoke machine designed by a startup in Södertälje, near Stockholm.

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