!!! ok but thatβs legitimately what itβs doing!! Thatβs a corvid right there (looks like a hooded crow, to be precise), which means itβs intelligent enough to recognize, a) cars are dangerous and streets should be treated with a certain degree of caution, b) this carβs slowing down for themβcars do that sometimesβwhich means theyβre not in imminent danger, so it doesnβt have to fly away just yet, c) that hedgehogβs still gonna get killed if it doesnβt MOVE, FAST (cars can change speed very quickly and the hedgehogβs still in the way), and almost certainly also d) if the bird does nothing it gets a free lunch.
Yβall, YβALL. This bird is consciously deciding to put itself in danger in order to save the life of a very stupid creature. A creature which, if the bird did nothing, could be free food.Β
i canβt - look if you follow me you know I have a thing for corvids, but this is - like!!! People are always sayingΒ βah yes they have sub-human intelligence and donβt consider anything that isnβt immediately necessary for their own survival/pleasure,β but! Whether or not it can do philosophy, this crow is clearly demonstratingΒ compassion. Even if itβs just the kind of compassion a toddler shows to a snail, a social creature that instinctively recognizes the potential for emotion in other beings,Β thatβs still huge and coolΒ and importantΒ and corvids!!! are! neat!!!Β
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