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I sat and watched a raven (majestic and BIG, if you've never seen one) at Yellowstone Park for a few minutes. It was a big parking lot outside the gift shop, a
by ethbro 7y ago
I sat and watched a raven (majestic and BIG, if you've never seen one) at Yellowstone Park for a few minutes.
It was a big parking lot outside the gift shop, and some visitor had parked his motorcycle there. Pannier bags on the back.
The raven was sitting on one bag, actively working the zipper open. About a foot of zipper.
Which is pretty impressive, but the more impressive thing was how.
It would worry it for a couple seconds, tugging it a bit farther open, then stop, lift its head, and evaluate its surroundings.
If it didn't see anyone nearby, again with the zipper.
... I gained a new level of respect for corvids that day.
- state_less 7y agoRavens are pretty awesome. They can even say, "hi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsnHVaScjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsnHVaScjg
- type0 7y agoSpeaking of corvids. Magpies are ones of the more social birds, I'm always amazed how vocal and varied their communications are. You could teach them to speak simple phrases. They can engage in gang violence (especially between two groups of juveniles). Magpies can establish "friendship" with crows if it helps them scavenge food.
- jachee 7y agoI once watched three ravens raid a McDonald's trash can. Two of them held the "flap" open, and the third went in for fries. Once they'd made a decent pile on the ground outside the can, they all set in to feast.
- uhtred 7y agoDoes level of intelligence determine how much respect you give something then?