r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/pichipichipoco • 6d ago

Crows plucking ticks off wallabies like they're fat juicy grapes off the vine Video

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u/OstentatiousSock 6d ago

Those ticks are biting in deep. It’s possible that, as the bird ripped one off, he caused a spurt of blood and it happened to hit the camera. It seems to be a small streak.

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u/CradleRockStyle 6d ago

Ticks gorge on blood. Popping them could spray the blood, like crushing a mosquito.

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u/HoboVonRobotron 6d ago

I've seen dogs with what look like bullet wounds, but they're ticks that exploded. They get a lot of blood over time.

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u/Rex_felis 6d ago

So really the crows are eating the wallabies.

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u/Mr_Blinky 6d ago

They're eating the wallabies, they're eating the cats and dogs, the geese are disappearing!

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u/azder8301 6d ago

If we go down the food chain far enough, practically the crows are eating the sun

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u/DoublewideBeerbelly 6d ago

More like wallabies flavored gushers

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u/Intelligent-Guess-81 6d ago

Forbidden fruit gusher

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u/Xaraxa 5d ago

nature's Gusher

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u/RaptorsFromSpace 6d ago

The Wallabies ear looked a bit bloody at the end there. I wonder if it's entirely from the tick or if the bird nicked it a couple times.

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u/Quailman5000 6d ago

They all looked like the ends of their ears have been slowly nibbled off by ticks.

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u/Hoodi216 6d ago

Could be mosquitos too, ive seen cats by the end of the summer their ears are like open sores from relentless mosquitos.

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u/DraugrLivesMatter 6d ago

Is there anything more disgusting then a parasite

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u/ikonfedera 5d ago

A parasite in your house!

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u/Caboose_Juice 6d ago

i’ve fed magpies by hand before, their beaks aren’t that sharp i doubt that they caused the bleeding. it’s probably the ticks bursting

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u/PricedSuperior 6d ago

Yeh, nah mate. That’s off some c*nt trying to snipe these pesky barstards. /s

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u/RaptorsFromSpace 5d ago

This deserves an award for most Aussie response.

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 6d ago

Pretty certain it's from the wallaby shaking it's head, and it flicked the blood on the camera 

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u/FlacidSalad 6d ago

It's just some blood spatter from the wallaby shaking around after having things dislodged from its flesh

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u/tomtomclubthumb 6d ago

You can see at least one bloody hole on the wallaby's ear.