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/Fun_in_Space 6d ago edited 5d ago

Crows have been observed using their beaks to carve twigs so that they can fish grubs out of the holes in trees. That's tool-making behavior. It blows my mind.

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u/casket_fresh 6d ago

They also leave gifts for humans that are specifically man-made objects. They know the objects aren’t part of nature, but human-related, so they collect and drop it off for a human that is regularly nice, feeds them, maybe saved them or a member of their family. They are intelligent enough to go ‘this thing isn’t from nature, it’s the human animal’s thing, I will give them it as a gift, they will like it because it is human thing’

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u/sparrowtaco 6d ago

They are also able to identify humans that have mistreated them, hold long-term grudges against them, and communicate those grudges to other crows who weren't around for the initial encounter.

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u/bdphotographer 6d ago

I am a victim of this. Whenn I was between 10-14 a murder of crows would always be cawng at me. Becauae, I scared away few crows from our roof when my mom was drying some spices in there. I feel like crows still caw at me when I''m living in a different city.

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u/Cobalt_Bakar 6d ago

They can communicate to a wide network of crows, about 40 miles’ radius from the initial observation of behavior that made them deem you to be a “bad human.”

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u/elmz 6d ago

It's kinda self limiting in range, though, because you, a crow that dislikes you, and another crow have to be in the same place. The crows can't pass on hatred through a detailed description of you, you have to be there so they can go "caw, bad man, bad man!"

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u/ottertime8 6d ago

...until they learn how to use the internet

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u/Boot_Shrew 5d ago

You don't know for sure I'm not 15 crows in a trench coat

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u/TheAxeOfSimplicity 6d ago

Caw! Caw! Look at this puny flightless human! He is playing the victim card brothers! caw! Caw!

Entitled sod didn't let our brother have a few measly spices! Caw!

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Caw!

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u/SpookyScienceGal 6d ago

Lol crows can be forgiving. If you ever see a crow maybe offer some food and hopefully KAWW(word) gets around 🤷‍♀️

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Ka.

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u/BadgeOfDishonour 5d ago

Kek-ka.

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Ka tet.

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u/BadgeOfDishonour 5d ago

Ka nok. Ta nok wok tah.

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Ka ka.

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u/BadgeOfDishonour 5d ago

Lota, ta ka nan?

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

Dum a chum?

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u/BadgeOfDishonour 5d ago

I'm beginning to think your grasp of Unas isn't particularly strong.

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u/saysthingsbackwards 5d ago

you've upset the crowmind