Say 'lightly fried fish fillets' one more time, Doc.

Hooded crow is having the time of his life. Please do not disturb him 

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Just now he started asking “what’s this? what’s this? what’s this?” while staring worriedly behind the couch. I said “I dunno” because I wasn’t sure if he was actually asking about anything in particular. Maybe he meant the couch? The darkness behind it? The marimo next to the couch?

Then he said, “it’s wood?” which I figured he was saying because I had been making him a toy from wood blocks a moment ago. So I said, “I’m not holding wood anymore.”

But he kept staring intently over the arm of the couch, so I had to go over and see what he meant.

This duck got himself all in a flap after inadvertently straying into the path of a giant Shoebill while heading towards water.

But it was all water off a duck’s back for the imposing 4ft tall bird which instead of eating his smaller friend, carefully picked him up in his beak and moved him aside.

Despite its fearsome reputation as a predator around water, the Shoebill seemed more concerned with completing its journey than tucking into a feathered snack.

These extraordinary pictures were captured by 51-year-old amateur photographer Mark Kay, at the San Diego Wild Animal Park in the U.S.

‘I thought the Shoebill was going to eat the duck, but soon realised he was moving him out of the way.

‘After the duck fell to the ground, he seemed flustered and just walked away. The Shoebill just carried on.’