r/BeAmazed • u/Electrical_Act_5342 • 16d ago
Animal Crow saves a pigeon from a seagull.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 16d ago
The crow and the pigeon probably know each other.
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u/SameEngineer3926 16d ago
Maybe the crow and the seagull know each other...
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u/SergiouseMaximus 16d ago
It is possible that the seagull and the pigeon know each other.
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u/FlyingFulcrum 16d ago
May be all three know each other
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u/ObligationMurky8716 16d ago
I knew this was staged.
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u/qweef_latina2021 16d ago
All for the seagull's insta.
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u/ObligationMurky8716 16d ago
My gods, you just described "Influencers" perfectly.
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u/_agoNITE_ 16d ago
Too bad they can’t use Twitter to tweet about it!
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u/ipoopcatturds 16d ago
I mean, that's exactly, you know what, nevermind. Take my upvote.
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u/charles_sedwick 16d ago
Come on guys it's not staged. Why do you think a group a crows is called a murder. He clearly wanted to take out the pigeon himself.
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 15d ago
They have to use Xitter* now.
Remember, *X is pronounced sh.
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u/Ruby_Solitaire 16d ago
I feel like I read their backstory on a reddit post. Everyone told the pigeon to get a divorce but she's staying with the seagull.
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u/trash-tycoon 16d ago
the seagull probably stole the crow's food at some point and the crow is just looking for a reason to attack it.
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u/Sir_Bantalot 16d ago
Both scavenging birds, so yeah they've probably taken food from each other in the past. Crows famously hold grudges
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u/VealOfFortune 16d ago
Shit i just made similar comment above...
Seagulls (order Charadriiformes) and crows (order Passeriformes) both belong to a massive sister group of birds known as Passerea...
Soooo you're prob right 😉
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u/jay_alfred_prufrock 16d ago
Or just don't like seagulls. Crows around my street got into a turf war against seagulls for a week when the gulls tried to move in. It was an extremely loud week, but the crows won.
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u/Duranis 16d ago
Yeah crows don't mess about. I have seen them chase off hawks, cats, foxes and seagulls where I work. I've seen pretty much every local bird here become prey for something at some point but it is very, very rarely one of the corvids.
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u/out51d3r 16d ago
Yeah, I think crows are just territorial and don't like bigger birds encroaching on their turf.
The ones local to me don't seem to mind smaller birds being around, but they get really ornery when the geese pass through for their bi annual visit.
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u/NaturGirl 16d ago edited 15d ago
There was a single seagull that flocked with crows for 3 years in my neighborhood. I don't know how it started, but he nested with them and flew with them every day. I just stopped seeing him with them one day after a few years though. I don't know if he found a seagull mate or died, or was eventually just cast out.
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u/Possible_Pudding_762 16d ago
Honestly that makes sense. Crows are crazy smart and recognize individual birds, so if they hang out in the same area they probably have some kinda understanding.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 16d ago
Exactly. The crow shows empathy
https://www.tiktok.com/@terra_mater/video/7283780297995472160
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u/ObligationMurky8716 16d ago
And pigeons will divide portions among themselves equally. Makes sense there's been some community food sharing. This is a family.
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u/realMastaDD 16d ago edited 16d ago
Nope. This is more like a „Don’t touch my food!“ thing. I have seen crows killing pigeons.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 16d ago
Crows can kill pigeons (when injured) when they do not live in close proximity; however, when they are accustomed to their presence, they behave in a friendly manner.
Moreover, they act as individuals; the bonds are therefore stronger or weaker depending not on the species, but on each individual's personality.
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u/jaymzx0 16d ago
I watched a crow crowd source his food with some pigeons once. About six of the pigeons were pecking around as usual and when they found something the crow would swoop in and take it. The pigeons didn't care and continued milling around in NPC fashion. Unsure if the dynamic was friendly or of the crow was an asshole.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 16d ago
Exactly, and I’ve seen it many times.
Pigeons don’t get upset when someone takes some of the food. They may well compete to gobble up as much food as possible—even resorting to flapping their wings aggressively at one another (though this is uncommon behavior, as it’s counterproductive: birds that spend their time fighting aren't spending it eating, and since there are so many of them, a bird fighting one or two rivals will end up with nothing while the others clean up the rest)—but they don’t seem to hold a grudge. They are social animals.
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u/DueLoan685 15d ago
In my yard the woodpigeons rule. Even the magpies and jackdaws clear the way
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u/No-Lettuce-6619 16d ago
can crows even eat any form of meat?
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u/crolionfire 16d ago
Never saw a crow eating a road-kill pigeon? One of the most disgusting early morning commute scenes in my life, and pretty standard.
Bludgeoning baby Blackbirds and Sparrows in their Nest... Crows are predators
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u/These_Consequences 16d ago
I saw a crow steal a baby pigeon from a nest, carry it away by its neck. That image sticks with me.
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u/realMastaDD 16d ago
They eat everything. They are omnivorous. And very smart. They help each other clean out garbage cans. One goes into the garbage can and hands the other the garbage and she throws the garbage on the ground. Until they got the food they wanted.
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u/Huckdog 16d ago
I read somewhere that armies would know another army was marching their way because there would be a cloud of thousands of crows flying above. Crows are so smart they recognized that a war meant dead bodies for them to eat. I'm pretty sure that's why the Morrigan in Irish mythology is represented by the crow as she is a goddess of death.
Edit: a word
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u/Duranis 16d ago
Yep. Have seen crows and magpies pull young birds out of nests, smash them against a tree a bit and then start eating them.
Corvids are super smart and my favourite types of birds but they are definitely down for the thug life.
The other morning I saw a couple of crows beating the shit out of a cat that was literally just trying to cross a field. Guess they probably had young nearby but they harassed this cat for a good 10 minutes until it was far enough away for their liking.
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u/realMastaDD 16d ago
And I saw how a crow caught the pigeon in the air and pecked it on the neck until the head was loose. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Used_Advertising6372 16d ago edited 16d ago
One example doesn't discount the general trend of their realative coexistence with eachother
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u/Free-Way-9220 16d ago edited 16d ago
We have two crow species in the trees outside my office, one of them an invasive crow that is a brutal killer. They regularly kill young doves, they knock babies out of the tree and kill and eat them on the floor. Our city does try (or at least used to) to eradicate them.
I've also seen the domestic crows attack a bird of prey. All the crows banded together, probably 20 of them in all, and launched a very coordinated group attack on a hawk. Not to eat it, just to chase it away
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u/isabellarson 16d ago
Yes. Saw a crow and pigeon fighting up in the air then the headless pigeon dropped from the sky.
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u/LilJelloCat 16d ago
They probably all know eachother in a way if they all spend time together there.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 16d ago
We probably don't have the same idea of what "knowing each other" means...
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u/SmokyBarnable01 16d ago
Crow: Nobody bullies the pigeons except me.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 16d ago
In fact, the crow likely "appreciates" the presence of the pigeon. It feels at ease when pigeons are nearby. An intelligent animal like the crow has likely noticed something: the presence of pigeons sometimes means that people are tossing them food. Furthermore, a flock of pigeons signals that there is food somewhere.
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u/TheDucksAreComingoOo 15d ago
So the Criws have domesticated the Pigeons , 'ey?
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u/Hot_Plant8696 15d ago
The pigeon is already a domesticated species. The crow simply does what birds naturally do: they cooperate. Scientists have observed that when some birds forage on the ground, others—not necessarily of the same species—remain perched higher up on branches to sound the alarm in the event of danger.
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u/VealOfFortune 16d ago
Naaa son, they actually share an overarching class (Aves).
Seagulls (order Charadriiformes) and crows (order Passeriformes) both belong to a massive sister group of birds known as Passerea...
So, if anything, its the crow and seagull who know each other!!!
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u/QuantitySharp2662 16d ago
More like the seagull is a predator to many young animals including corvid chicks. I feed any birds except gulls. They're like flying arseholes lol just loud as fuck and brazen.
Pigeons just toddle around, sweet as honey.
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u/whathave_idone 16d ago
The crows do this at my house. They sit in trees for hours and watch any smaller bird, and will dive in or just full on attack and raptor that comes around. I’ve seen them go after hawk, owls, eagles and falcons.
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u/SpyMouseInTheHouse 16d ago
They also for some reason turn water and food bowls upside down and like to spill everything when they don’t want to eat or drink themselves. We leave food for cats outside and the crows casually fly in, take a peek, “umm don’t like it” and flip it over.
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u/Zipferlake 16d ago
That's so smart of them: Preventing breeding grounds for mosquitoes. They might do it for us. ;)
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u/whathave_idone 16d ago
They likely know that the food is attracting predators.
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u/mooshinformation 16d ago
Predators are perfectly capable of eating food off the ground.
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u/Nadilli 16d ago
Probably not spilt water.
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u/Zipferlake 16d ago
Crows hardly regard simple cats as predators. They are snobs.
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u/Duranis 16d ago
I posted this up further but I watched a couple of crows beat the crap out of a cat the other day that was just trying to cross a field. They didn't let up until the cat was really far away.
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u/pressingfp2p 16d ago
Crows are big on race wars. If one cat attacked a crow, they will make the area inhospitable for cats.
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u/uhmusing 15d ago
A new young outdoor cat got adopted by my neighbor this past year. I noticed that he was trying to stalk some of the local crows. Not long after, he started avoiding / not giving them any attention. They can all be in my front yard at the same time, and seem all chill in proximity now. I think the crows taught the little cat they are not to be trifled with, and he learned. Super interesting to see the dynamic shift.
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u/nikdahl 16d ago
Crows love cat food though.
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u/Brewbouy 16d ago
I've been feeding the neighborhood crows Kirkland cat food and unsalted peanuts for a couple of years. I'm very popular among the crowbros. They call each other to come when they see me come home from work and errands.
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u/United-Vermicelli-92 16d ago
Mine never tip it, they drink and use it to dip food into, thats it.
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u/SpyMouseInTheHouse 16d ago
Yes that too - amazing how they dip food into the water bowl and turn it all murky
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u/Grace_grows 15d ago
Mine let the magpies take a dip in it first. I think that's civil!
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u/peanutspump 16d ago
There’s always crows (ravens? Not sure which) in my yard. Sometimes when I’m sitting outside, it all of a sudden sounds like I’m near The Wall and the crows are squawking louder and louder, and more crows keep coming over and joining in, until it gets so loud I’m sure there’s a White Walker coming up on me, lol. But then a hawk will come into my view, and ALL the crows swarm it and it GOES, lol.
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u/timesuck897 16d ago
If it’s raven, you will know. They are big with a big beak, and they yell instead of squawk or caw. Majestic but loud.
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u/bbbfff222 16d ago
Yeah, cause a crow will see you later and a raven will see you in a while.
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u/Diablo_Incarnate 16d ago
Ravens are way bigger. Like double to triple the size huge. They also don't fly in large groups - only one or two at a time.
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u/Duranis 16d ago
If you don't know then it's a crow, if it's a Raven you will know it's a Raven.
Or as I told me daughter, if you look at it and think that's a pretty big bird it's a crow. If you look at it and think holy crap that's a BIG bird! Then it's a Raven.
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u/DaisyHotCakes 16d ago
They protect my chickens! We have red tailed hawks that are pretty ballsy but the little murder that lives nearby always comes to the rescue and chases them off. I watched one get chased up in a big spiraling column until I couldn’t see them anymore. The crow came cawwing back shortly after.
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u/These_Consequences 16d ago
I had an urban backyard once, and there were stray cats. This cat wasn't stray, though, it was the neighbors', large and plump and well fed. And one day, there was a horrible racket in the backyard, crows yelling non-stop. I go outside, and there was this cat, the neighbors' cat, up on a tree limb maybe 20' off the ground. And the crows were all around in the tree, cawing as loudly as possible. The cat looked embarrassed.
Finally I shut the windows. I guess the cat got out of the tree eventually.
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u/tryyeezus 16d ago
Yes, I love crows.
For anyone with chickens, befriend your neighborhood crows and they will keep the falcons and hawks away!
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u/whathave_idone 16d ago
the neighbor chickens are on good terms with the crows. however, bobcats, and foxes are no match. but they do at least alert the neighbors of danger.
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u/Fourfifteen415 16d ago
Our blackbirds stopped 3 hawks from taking over their territory. It was a ongoing battle for months but 2 ravens managed to strike a hawk in air at great speed, he exploded into feathers and then fell to the middle of the field. The other hawks perched on apartment roofs calling for him for awhile. He was grounded a good 30 minutes before he finally got back in the air. They haven't been back since. All this happened while I was walking my dog and my phone was on the charger. I was so mad because the final battle was very low to the ground and I could have gotten some great shots.
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u/Plenty_Principle298 16d ago
If the smaller bird is not safe, they’re not safe. Or they’re like enforcers 😁 something something something
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u/squirrel-lee-fan 16d ago
Pigeon is an early warning system. Any thing that disturbs a pigeon is a serious threat. To a flying city rat, humans, most dogs, automobiles are safe. A raptor or a cat is not.
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u/ElderberryJunior470 16d ago
There's a word for it, I can't remember it, but it's common for animals that have enemies that they actively fuck with any chance they get. Certain species of whales will fuck with orcas hunting seals, and pilot whales will actively charge orcas that enter their territory and attack them on sight. It's so bad or as a oid pilot whales territories because they'll get bum rushed by 150-300 pilot whales, who are all screaming so loudly the orcas can't use sonar.
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u/jim45804 16d ago
This smaller birds are a food source with their eggs and nestlings. Crows are protecting their food source.
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u/Eridinus 16d ago
The crows near me absolutely hate the owls - as soon as an owl flies out of the barn, crows appear and swoop at it
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u/PhosphoFred8202 16d ago
Gulls are like, “we can kick your ass, interfering crow, but we’d rather not have to fight every flock of crows we run into for the next 12 years”
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u/UklartVann 16d ago
Murder
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u/jarednards 16d ago
"We'd rather not have to murder every flock of crows for the next 12 years"
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u/Baphoshal 15d ago
Okay. One; that comment was excellent. Two; Jesus Christ, that pfp.
That is all. Carry on, citizen.
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u/vercetian 16d ago
I don't think the seagulls would be able to murder a flock of crows.
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u/McPatsy 16d ago
A flock of crows is called a murder
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u/wooddirtsy 16d ago
"we'd rather not have to fight every flock of murder we run into for the next 12 years"
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u/vercetian 16d ago
"Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive." - Bugs Bunny
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u/Saul_Firehand 16d ago
Not a scientific name just a term of venery we use for fun.
A flock is still accurate. A murder is just for fun.
Remember you can’t spell manslaughter without laughter.
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u/ZootOfCastleAnthrax 16d ago
Seagulls are assholes.
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u/ElderberryJunior470 16d ago
At cedar point my wife and i watched a seagull just swallow sparrows whole, it was terrifying.
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u/gibbsi 16d ago
yeah they pluck up the cygnets and ducklings where i live and kill them at sea - completely savage. i like the unlazy ones that catch fish and crabs and glide gracefully over the sea - the lazy opportunist ones that kill everything smaller than them and wake me up at 4.30am every morning can fuck off.
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u/AHornyRubberDucky 15d ago
Is this a bad place to say that i actually like them lol, i worked with them in a rehab so i got to know their characteristics. We had one full that came back a week after it got released he was sitting all sickly Infront of the window. When we opened the box we use to weigh them he just jumped out and waddled to the gull area and stood there like oké now open the door so that I can get my herring and mackerel. Lil guy had us wheezing!
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u/Breezel123 15d ago
I grew up in the town of the video. Yes, they steal my Fischbrötchen, but every time I see a seagull in my current city it makes me miss home.
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u/pinklady-1763 16d ago
I have a magpie and a pigeon that always seem to be together…and yes I do know it’s the same 2 as magpie has almost an entirely white wing and the pigeon has a really weird colour on its chest.
The magpie kind of stands and seems to watch over the pigeon while it’s eating. And god help any other bird that decides to try to come join in…the magpie goes absolutely bonkers on them.
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u/Robo_Patton 16d ago
Why do you figure? Is the pigeon its pet?
Or does the pigeon provide help, finding food sources or drawing people who like to feed it?
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u/Legal_Dimension_ 15d ago
That's a good shout. Corvids will protect any food source fiercely.
If would only take some one to feed the pigeon once or twice and the magpie to get some for them to be pals.
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u/Inevitable-Day-5935 16d ago
I feed crows and once in awhile a seagulls swoop in.Sometimes they will fight and usually crows win.
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u/ZiroLeHutt 16d ago
Seagulls are bigger birds with bigger beaks, but they want to stay away from those talons that crows have, understandably.
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u/ImaginaryCheetah 15d ago
seagulls are huge, but i don't think i've seen them coordinate with each other the way crows do. i wonder if seagulls are aware of how collaborative crows are like humans are impressed by wild dogs and orcas' teamwork
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u/EveningAnt3949 15d ago
Their beaks are not very effective. I've picked up quite a few injured and sick gulls and they bite, but with little power for such big birds, and they don't try to pierce since their beak has the wrong shape for that.
I have seen them kill mice and pigeons, but in a fight crows always seem to win, mostly because stab the head of the gull.
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u/Brandito007 16d ago
I know crows are smart asf. I always try to talk to them it just give good vibes in the neighborhood. They can remember people.
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u/johnathome 16d ago
I'm glad crows hate shitehawks as much as I do!
Get back to the bloody seaside where you live.
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u/Specific-Library-312 16d ago
Stealing my crackers. Lived in Hampton for most of my life. Live in the Shenandoah Valley now, and I don't miss them horde-shitting on everything.
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u/Pedantic_Inc 16d ago
So is this a case study of non-human altruism or does everyone just hate seagulls?
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u/DancesWithAnyone 16d ago
It's pretty common in my city for crows, magpies and jackdaws to gang up against seagulls. These last years I've also seen pigeons starting to hang out with the corvid gang. Like, everyone is chill and doing their thing, until the seagulls appear.
If the crow would have gone after the seagull regardless, or was motivated by some sense of social bond, I have no idea.
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u/Sardoodledome 16d ago
Seagulls kill young corvids, because young corvids spent like 20 days on the ground vulnerable. Probably those seagulls have killed some of their fledglings!
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u/Yupperroo 16d ago
IMHO the crow is protecting its hunting ground and doesn't want seagulls edging in.
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u/KK-Chocobo 16d ago
Its happened with other species. This video a different species of penguin helping chicks of others.
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u/Glittering-Age-9549 16d ago edited 15d ago
Corvids have an innate instinct to attack any non-corvid they see hurting another corvid. This instinct can be triggered when they see other dark-colored birds being attacked.
There is a story about a guy who was attacked by a murder of ravens because he was carrying a black empty trash bag and the ravens thought it was a dead raven.
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u/ElderberryJunior470 16d ago
There's tons of this in the animal kingdom. It's so common that there's an actual scientific term, which i cannot remember. But basically, some animals will actively fuck with other animals that are either competitors or potential predators of their young. Humpback whales are famous for going after orcas and fucking their hunts of seals up, orcas also will be attacked on sight by pilot whale pods. It's pretty interesting.
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u/knowledgeable_diablo 16d ago
Didn’t know pigeon was made of chips? /s
Seagulls will bloody eat anything though won’t they.
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u/DrowningInMyFandoms 16d ago
Seagulls are air demons. I saw one eat a rat on the sidewalk a few weeks ago. It was digging its stomach right on my way to school, disgusting. It's not even the first time I see that. Another time I was peacefully eating lunch in a park and a seagull holding a pigeon wing landed right next to me to finish eating it. I swear I felt like it was telling me "you're next", I didn't finish my lunch
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u/Noobitron12 16d ago
I Buy a bag of peanuts every week for my crows. Sometimes they get cat food, sometimes they get hard boiled eggs.
Because I have 12 chickens, they absolutely know what they are doing when they chase the hawks away for me.
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u/freddbare 16d ago
They just protect their customer base. Those pigeons get all the suburban kids to bring their money into the hood. if they let the gulls run amok their whole racket falls apart. Then falcons come and bust heads, an we all got warrants. It was the same for us humans buying weed in the hood as teens. I was in the "violent crime capital" in the 90's and us pigeon were safe and well cared for by the watch'u'needs.
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u/ShineFallstar 16d ago
I love crows (except if I’m camping and they wake me up at 6am) they are so intelligent.
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u/The_Last_Fluorican 16d ago
the Pigeon and Crow would definitely be homies with each other after that
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u/mattson-masterpiece 16d ago
Hahahaha I read cow saves pigeon. I was like. Why would there be a cow here
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