#CROW NO
Crow: CROW YES!
Itβs actually impossible to measure how many fucks a corvid give because there is no device sensitive enough to register such a tiny amount.
science/animal side of tumblr⦠explain to me the birb thing
Tail Pulling is a behavior noted in many corvids. The practical application is to create a distraction that will allow the birb to make off with the targetβs food. Imagine being in the lunch room and a large fellow has a Twinkie you covet. You canβt just take it from him because heβll defend his Twinkie. But if you thwap him on the back of his neck and then dash around to snag the Twinkie while he investigates, you stand a decent chance of enjoying spongey goodness. This is basically that in birb form.
Except corvids donβt only do this as a distraction. Sometimes they seem to just being doing it to mess with other animals/birbs. But to use my lunch room analogy, there are times you might thwap someone sneakily on the back of the neck just for amusement. Primates exhibit behavior that appears to be just be annoying other animals for amusement. Given how intelligent crows are, its not unlikely that this is a manifestation of an innate desire to just fuck with someone else for the fun of it. Such as this from the link above:
THANK YOU FOR THE BIRB KNOWLEDGE
BECAUSE IT IS FUN
This speaks to me on a molecular level.
birbs just wanna have fun
Sorry to hijack a little, but to put it bluntly, corvids are also pretty BALSY. They are more than prepared to harass other huge birds of prey which could deal them a lot of damage. Thereβs plenty of cases of corvidsΒ βridingβ other birds as well.Β ItβsΒ often to harass the larger bird out of the area, but as @red3blog said, they quite often (in laymanβs terms) enjoy fucking shit up for fun.
βWhere the hell is the seatbelt on this thing?β
I mean they deserve a medal for having such huge bird balls imo
Literally no fucks are given by corvids. Ever.
@neurodivergent-crow
I havenβt seen this post in ages but itβs my fave corvid post.
Intelligence is rooted in how much of a dick you can knowingly be.
@raphcrow
