Julian Casablancas of The Strokes has shared his current slightly unconventional hobby – learning how to communicate with crows.
When Mojo asks Casablancas to tell them something he’d never told an interviewer before, he replies, “I’ve been trying to communicate with crows lately. I heard they have an intricate sonic language, but I haven’t had any luck.”
Crows are considered to be among the most intelligent animal species in the world, using tools, remembering faces, and solving problems, but it doesn’t seem to be going smoothly for Casablancas so far. He explains that he decided to use food as a means to communicate with them: “I was trying to feed one M&Ms earlier, but he wasn’t having it. People can catch me making weird noises, trying to mimic the crow. I …