WATCH: Amazing footage of crow 'trying to use credit card'

Unbelievable footage shows how a clever crow stole a commuter’s credit card and almost used it to purchase a train ride from a railway station ticket machine.

The crow deserves a prize for its keen observation skills, as it mimics human commuters by attempting to navigate the technology.

Stunned passengers watched the black bird climb onto the automated machine and was instructed to hit a button to make a payment.

Perhaps realising the machine needed payment, the bird can be seen strolling over to a snatch a woman’s credit card, then waddle back with the plastic in its beak to have a go at completing the transaction.

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The thieving bird ignores the woman’s request to return the card, and momentarily appears to try to and insert the card into the machine, at Kinshicho Station in Tokyo, Japan.

Despite its best efforts, the bird’s attempt to ride the train was unsuccessful and it returned the card to the woman, who even thanked the creature.

The Twitter video has been viewed more than 2.88 million times, liked by more than 107,400 people, and has been shared more than 54,200 times.