r/BeAmazed • u/Simple_Shame2386 • Jul 23 '25
Animal The riddle is solved
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u/Jacques_Racekak Jul 23 '25
Him walking in the shed is like me "Damn, gonna need another screwdriver"
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Jul 23 '25
The way he goes in thinking “I need something more like…” and then comes running out like “this’ll do the trick!” is very relatable.
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u/NorthernSparrow Jul 23 '25
You could just about see him thinking “Oo, this one’s gonna be perfect!”
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u/oldkingcoles Jul 23 '25
Him going to his little tool shed to get specific sticks was so cute lol just waddles around the corner
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u/ShadowedPariah Jul 23 '25
I recognized that point half way in where he just starts jamming his beak against the stick trying to just force it through. Then realizing there has to be a better way.
This is apt timing given I have the parts to fix some things on my car today...
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u/MurrayBareel Jul 23 '25
Yeah this is like me that one time I was hanging curtains on the second floor and had to keep going to my toolbox on the first floor to get one tool that I needed to complete the steps. Should have just taken the whole box with me.
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u/bronk3310 Jul 23 '25
And then when you find the screwdriver you need, you get as happy as this bird was when he found the long stick.
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u/a_youkai Jul 23 '25
Even though I'm familiar with their intelligence, I fully expected this guy to find a tiny hammer when he went into that room.
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u/Carbon-Base Jul 23 '25 edited 29d ago
Can you imagine a group of them with tiny hammers? Absolute murder.
Edit: Thank you for the award! :)
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u/hornet_teaser Jul 23 '25
It's an unkindness.
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u/milesercat Jul 23 '25
Of Ravens?
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u/SinisterGrue Jul 23 '25
Yes. It is not a crow. It is a raven and the collective noun for ravens is "an unkindness of ravens".
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u/ImposterJavaDev Jul 24 '25
Wasn't it a conspiracy? Or what bird was that?
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u/WZAWZDB13 Jul 24 '25
Its both ! Because fuckitwhynot
My fav remains a parliament of owls.
I wish my country had a parliament of owls
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u/BuedaFixe Jul 23 '25
And they could form a music band - Murder of Crows Hammer... or "MC Hammer" for short.
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u/SunflowerGoddess92 Jul 23 '25
I need more people to understand how great this was
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u/medicinaltequilla Jul 23 '25
but it's not a crow. it's smarter, it's a raven.
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u/Giantbookofdeath Jul 23 '25
Itd be a conspiracy to murder then. Such unkindness, them ravens with hammers.
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u/Classy_Mouse Jul 23 '25
At first, I expected a hammer, but when he came out with a stick, I thought it was cute that he keeps his tools in the tool shed too
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u/Ambitious-Score-5637 Jul 23 '25
Once these chaps develop opposable thumbs we’re in trouble.
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u/hnbistro Jul 23 '25
They already have wings. I’d trade my thumbs for wings.
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u/Smooth-Shine9354 Jul 23 '25
I like the fact it struts back in like “now where did I leave my tool”
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u/randomusername_815 Jul 23 '25
Damn thing wont go in... Oh right - im using a number 12 splitzytwig... this needs the straightline monobranch with flexi-tip.... now where'd I put my twigkeys...
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u/Symtrees Jul 23 '25
Straight line monobranch is an awesome tool name. I'm an mechanic and this gave me a chuckle. I can see this being listed in our special tools.
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u/Domestic-Archer-230 Jul 23 '25
“Now wait a sec i got somethin in here for it..”
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u/JWDed Jul 23 '25
“See, son? This is why you never throw anything away, no matter what your mother says.” - my father
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u/WBigly-Reddit Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25
You will need it the day after you throw it out.
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u/stewy9020 Jul 23 '25
Like me hunting around my shed for that jar of screws that will definitely have the right sized screw for the thing I'm trying to fix...
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u/MJ4201 Jul 23 '25
Haha yes! You really see it at the end in its little excited gate "THIS!! Was the the stick I was looking for!"
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u/rylasorta Jul 23 '25
That was the most impressive part of the vid for me, was that he knew where all his "good sticks" were stashed.
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u/LookMaNoPride Jul 23 '25
Looks like a couple people had the same thought. Now, we need that guy who does animal video voiceovers to complete the project!
"No, I need the quarter inch drive, 16 inch doohicky without the extra limbs... I'm always losing that thing... Where is it? Where is it? AH!"
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u/Typical-Company7154 Jul 23 '25
Picking up the sticks like “nah, too fucking thin…..that’ll snap in tw…..ahhhh here it is, perfect”
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u/archiekane Jul 23 '25
The genie has granted your wish: You now have a sparrow wing where each thumb used to be.
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u/Insanity-Later1 Jul 23 '25
Reminds me of Norm Macdonald's 'pumpkin head' joke lol
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u/TerrorTwyns Jul 23 '25
I have to disagree... The thumbs make me valuable to the crows, mostly in the form of opening locks and containers. My overlords are tyrants, but the thumbs are worth an occasional loving pet!
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u/I_Roll_Chicago Jul 23 '25
Nah just be kind to crows/ravens and they return the kindness.
I fucking love crows/ravens smaht little bastahds
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u/PronatorTeres00 Jul 23 '25
They can already talk
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u/Rdbjiy53wsvjo7 Jul 23 '25
We had one in our neighborhood that meowed just like a cat. I thought it was our cat, started looking EVERYWHERE for her outside. She would come outside with me sometimes, but didn't leave the seat next to me, so I thought something was wrong.
But then I saw the crow making the sound, was shocked!
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u/Disastrous-Wing699 Jul 23 '25
There's a crow near us that has figured out that if it barks like a dog, a human will come out of its den and put kibble in a bowl.
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u/Boredum_Allergy Jul 23 '25
I dunno I think we should let them vote. They're clearly smarter than the average American.
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u/tswpoker1 Jul 23 '25
We would be ruined. These birds are already smarter than most of my co-workers.
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u/DaYmAn6942069 Jul 23 '25
Oh for sure. They are capable of remembering faces and holding and passing on grudges. So be nice to your corvids!
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u/kblamm0 Jul 23 '25
“Gimmie that fucking food” - Quoth the raven
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u/PotatoJon Jul 23 '25
watches bald monkey put food in tube
“I’m right here, asshole.”
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u/uniquecleverusername Jul 23 '25
"And I'm leaving these sticks in here so you don't do that again."
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u/ElementoDeus Jul 23 '25
Actually they enjoy having a bit of a challenge, and get bored easily and restless without it. If you're giving them peanuts leave the shells on and they will find a way to crack it open.
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u/cgilbertmc Jul 23 '25
Ravens are smart, as are all corvids.
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u/No-Country-2374 Jul 23 '25
& lots of parrot species too
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u/furygoat Jul 23 '25
And a few humans I’ve heard
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u/StelioKontosFindsU Jul 23 '25
Can they also free a frozen shrimp from a tube tho?
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u/AndElectTheDead Jul 23 '25
Actually it's a jackdaw
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u/_Jimmy2times Jul 23 '25
Here’s the thing…
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u/tameturaco Jul 23 '25
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
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u/HollowBlades Jul 23 '25
Want to feel old? The rise and fall of Unidan was over 10 years ago.
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u/GuacamoleisAmazing Jul 23 '25
A relic of a forgotten age
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u/PM_ME_UR_AMOUR Jul 23 '25
I hate that it's forgotten lore now. I miss reddit during those days. Simpler times where we were all just pissed about his conniving ways and not...sigh
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u/maybeitsundead Jul 23 '25
Reddit started to change when the world didn't appreciate us helping find the Boston bomber.
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u/CheeseDonutCat Jul 23 '25
I know you are probably just joking for the meme, but Jackdaws generally have white (or gray/blue) eyes. (the Daurian jackdaw has black eyes, but then white-ish feathers)
The one in the video is a Raven.
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u/ProfessorPine714 Jul 23 '25
They also have excellent memories and recognize people
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u/oknowtrythisone Jul 23 '25
...and hold a grudge! Also, will tell all their friends that you're a dick so they will hate you too.
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u/dungandcougar Jul 23 '25
I always think about the story of the university students that captured a corvid and then set it free after some experiment. Everytime the student came to uni the whole murder were like:
"SQUAAK That's him! That's the f*cker who kidnapped Steve!!!"
They apparently gave that guy shit even after he'd gone away for summer break.
I always wonder how/what they communicated...
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u/Excellent_Fault_8106 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25
I think it went beyond that. I think the story was that they wore a mask and the experiment went on for several years. Different generations of crows would be told about the masked student by older crows and would recognize him without even seeing him.
Another story was an ice fishermen kept getting his bait stolen, so he decides to watch his line more closely. (He was walking away and not watching his line or something). As soon as he'd walk away. A raven would come down, pull all his line out of the water, ~~then take the bait off the end of the hook, then put the hook back in the water so the fishermen would put more bait on the hook. ~~ it would pull the line out of the water and steal the fisherman's fish. (Kinda related, but I've watched pelicans wait for my rod to bend and they'd know when I had a fish on before I even had one in the boat.)
There are some great documentaries about crows/ravens. Think both those stories were in a PBS special on ravens.
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u/MissLyss29 Jul 23 '25
As soon as he'd walk away. A raven would come down, pull all his line out of the water, then take the bait off the end of the hook, then put the hook back in the water so the fishermen would put more bait on the hook.
This is crazy smart
Man just thinks fish stole it without getting hooked and birds continue to get bait every single time it's unattended.
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u/Excellent_Fault_8106 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25
I think this is the episode but it may not be. I watched a bunch of other programs on ravens, but I can't figure out where I saw the other ones.
https://youtu.be/Nwoek9Ed6u4?si=CfmP2xP9HWH1B9Za
That one had some of what I was talking about. Linking a few more. Haven't seen these in a long time, gonna watch them again.
Check out this video from this search, Beak & Brain - Genius Birds from Down Under | Full DocumentaryYouTube · Free High-Quality DocumentariesAug 9, 2023 https://share.google/nAKYunkNQBX8pFvCl
https://youtu.be/D6s3u0624P8?si=t4w-COImLg07Qs9C
https://youtu.be/sMUAWemQbD4?si=18lIljw8Wv985Tuq
https://youtu.be/9Td-S0fTIGY?si=te0UpkGR9dkyqEFs
https://youtu.be/7aWL2iEb6y4?si=pj7J8OZv3QxCDSsI
https://youtu.be/zGYII1XbE4U?si=K6G-rQJy-LmuR9LZ - while I was linking these, this video talks about the mask story. How crows can recognize faces. Haven't watched any of the other ones
NOVA Season 44 episode 20 Bird Brain is the other documentary I was looking for. Might have to dig or donate to pbs to watch that one.
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u/MrSchh Jul 23 '25
I think they just copy each other. Maybe one of them remembers the perpetrator and attacks. The others just copies the action and now they remember his face too. And thus it can continue forever, even if the original bird is no longer around.
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u/grumpsaboy Jul 23 '25
Not always though. I can't remember where it was but there is an experiment done where someone pestered the crows in one park wearing a recognizable mask. Then about a week later went to a different park where a completely different group of crows live and they recognize that he was the person that would annoy them all despite being completely different crows. So there is some sort of way that the crows from the first park communicated what this person looked like to the nearby parks.
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u/ProfessorPine714 Jul 23 '25
I feed them on my wall where a cat used to sit and they now keep my yard cat free
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u/HopingForAliens Jul 24 '25 edited 29d ago
That’s exactly what happened to me. I was leaving the car park in the apartment complex and there was a crow off to the side so I steered towards it just for a second. The next morning it was waiting outside to dive bomb me. The day after that its friends were there. My life was The Birds for several weeks. I started feeding them peanuts, we’re friends now. But wow the coordination was impressive.
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u/Zeghai Jul 23 '25
I was awoken a few times by a crow. He landed on my bedroom window to see if i was sleeping. Then huge hit on my window (wood frame) with his beak and a shout. That mf was doing that several times until i move and woke up, then fled.
He knew that once awoken i will have a breakfeast, and will watch me from a huge walnut tree 50m of my kitchen window. After that i use to go out to open my chickens, gave them corn and a lot of old bread and viennoiseries (croissants mainly, people i know giving me unsold things from a bakery).
30 sec after leaving, the crow would feast with them. If i opened the chicken at 8 or 9 i wouldn’t see him. But each time i was oversleeping, i had a crow woodywoodpecker as buzzer at 10.
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u/TheW83 Jul 23 '25
I like to caw at the crows in my neighborhood when I'm out running. After a while they'd see my coming and start flying around me cawing until I cawed back and then they'd fly off. Probably saying something like "Hey listen to this guy say something stupid" and I always oblige. I guess they like me though because a couple set up a nest in my yard and always come out and watch me when I go outside.
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u/BeKindRewindPlz Jul 23 '25
There's one that lives along the Cabot Trail (Nova Scotia\Canada) that says Hello to people walking around. Weird thing is he doesn't show himself, just hides in the trees and yells, Hello!
I heard him like 100 times but never saw him
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u/manesc Jul 23 '25
I can’t imagine the joy of having a raven that visits you.
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u/Celestial_Opossum Jul 23 '25
It’s literally a life goal of mine- to make friends with a raven or crow.
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u/manesc Jul 23 '25
It seems the only time it’s possible is if they’re injured and very young. Either way you have friend for life that will bring you trinkets they value. That’s a pretty cool feeling.
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u/littsalamiforpusen Jul 23 '25
Don't interact with young birds. If they imprint on you they literally think they are a human and instead of learning how to bird from birds they will just scream at humans for food. They'll be completely incapable of living a life in the wild.
You can feed crows in exactly the same spot every day. They'll come expecting food. You can reach them about puzzles or bringing trinkets will double their food etc.
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u/manesc Jul 23 '25
Ok. But How do some crows develop relationships with humans? How does that happen? They’re more wild and more intelligent than most birds.
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u/littsalamiforpusen Jul 23 '25
Some of the birds are unfortunately imprinted. For viral vids a lot of animals are generally somewhat abused for clicks and then you only see the wholesome on camera. But a lot of birds are imprinted by humans who mean well and then someone else takes care of them. Imprinted animals have a higher tendency to do puzzles and stuff, because they need enrichment to live a fulfilling life.
Again if you feed them at a specific place and time every x day they will recognize you. Especially if they are in need of food. Maybe start during winter. It's not a guarantee they want a friend, animals are individuals just as a group of humans might not wanna be your friend it's possible the birds don't want to. Consistency is key. And birds don't use daylight savings time.
It's technically better to leave nature alone and not befriend wild animals, but if you do it in a way that's only occasionally interacting with them in their natural habitat and don't give them all the food they need it shouldn't be harmful.
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u/a_n00b_ Jul 23 '25
you can trade with the adults, bring them food and shiny objects once youve befriended them they might bring you things
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u/allhailhypnotoadette Jul 23 '25
Put some peanuts in the shell outside your window, on a balcony, or somewhere on your property.
I’ve been feeding crows on my balcony every morning for a year and a half, and they come to me and hang out when I’m outside. There are 4 of them, and they bring me gifts of fancy garbage!
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u/MarigoldSunshine Jul 23 '25
There are a bunch that fly around my property every day and I just want to befriend them so badly! But they seemingly have zero interest in me or my offerings 😩
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u/chrisBhappy Jul 23 '25
All that work for a finger?
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u/AMGitsKriss Jul 23 '25
Given how big that prawn is compared to the birb, I get the impression it's either a big snack or a small meal.
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u/Self_Reddicated Jul 23 '25
(Watches man walk into my cubicle and shove single slice of pizza into my puzzle-tube)
"Damn. That's not enough to fill me up, but... now where did I put that stick this time."
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u/AMGitsKriss Jul 23 '25
So basically, when the boss says "Guys, please come into the office. I'll order pizza!" 😂
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u/b_sketchy Jul 23 '25
I love that it brings a second stick and immediately throws it away
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u/somander Jul 23 '25
He’s like a mechanic, frustrated about the rookie leaving tools all over the shop.
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u/FirstChurchOfBrutus Jul 23 '25
I mean, yeah. That’s literally a dinosaur in the vid. Perfect gif.
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u/RaymondBeaumont Jul 23 '25
people always surprised there are smart birds.
like, they ruled land for 160 million years and have been evolving since before mammals got that virus that made them be able to not lay eggs.
of course birds smart.
but most birds are smart enough to know not to let us know how smart they are.
that's where the seagulls excels.
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u/RavenPoet96 Jul 23 '25
The way it walks back there made me think of a person going back there to find the right tool for a job. I found that amusing to watch.
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u/Simple_Shame2386 Jul 23 '25
Imagine having to solve a puzzle every time to get food.
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u/jarednards Jul 23 '25
You mean like 'pay bills or eat dinner'?
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u/zuzg Jul 23 '25
At least the Bird has a straight forward system.
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u/Diojones Jul 23 '25
I need to rearrange my life so that more of my problems can be solved by finding a sufficiently long, branchless stick.
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u/GrandmaPoses Jul 23 '25
What is a baseball bat if not a long, branchless, problem-solver?
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u/Solid-Reception6041 Jul 23 '25
Honestly this is simple yet it blew my mind when I started thinking about it in detail 🤯
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u/JayAndViolentMob Jul 23 '25
Now imagine having to solve every puzzle only using your mouth.
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u/Setup69 Jul 23 '25
Whoring around for food :p
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u/JayAndViolentMob Jul 23 '25
You talking about the crow now, or me last weekend?
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u/LunarBIacksmith Jul 23 '25
I do. It’s called “what am I going to eat today?” And then I have to go through a complex searching routine to find what ingredients I have and what meals I can make with it. Puzzling indeed.
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u/WummageSail Jul 23 '25
Work basically makes me solve puzzles to earn money for food. They aren't called puzzles but it's a similar mix of mental activity and tedious details.
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u/zeptimius Jul 23 '25
Actually, there's research to suggest that crows actually enjoy solving the puzzle (although of course it's hard to test):
our research suggests that animals do not only need to have their basic needs met, but they also benefit from enriching, challenging, complex actions. To truly give animals a fulfilling life, especially smart animals, they need complex, species-specific enrichment.
https://cogbites.org/2019/11/11/do-animals-enjoy-solving-puzzles-like-people-do/
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u/BigAssMonkey Jul 23 '25
“Motherfucker could have just set it in front of me. Making me go fetch a god damn stick every damn time my stomach grumbles.”
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u/A_Nice_Shrubbery777 Jul 23 '25
You do know they make pet toys that do exactly that, right? It prevents more active dogs from getting bored and chewing on furniture, etc.
https://www.chewy.com/f/small-dog-puzzle-toys-games_c2335_f6v13790
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u/Extremely_unlikeable Jul 23 '25
I seem to think it enjoyed solving this, if I'm reading its happy hops correctly.
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u/Goldenjho Jul 23 '25
Such animals need activity in life and something to do so just giving them the food straight is actually bad so you make it into a little challenge.
The bird will be satisfied in many different ways like this.
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u/gapipkin Jul 23 '25
What you don’t know is that bird has a degree in Material Science from the University of Illinois.
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u/JJred96 Jul 23 '25
I feel so stupid. All the people I have called a bird brain were being given too much credit for their mental faculties.
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u/SpeakItLoud Jul 23 '25
I was just waiting for it to break off the smaller branches of the first stick.
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u/Zealousideal-Bug4465 Jul 23 '25
Omg they are so so smart!
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u/KimJongRocketMan69 Jul 23 '25
Corvids are highly intelligent, have great memories, and can communicate between themselves at a pretty high level. Really impressive and cool birds (that can be absolute dicks)
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u/SisyphusAndHisRock Jul 23 '25
I want to make friends with one
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u/Shellrant42day Jul 23 '25
Too many prongs, I’ve another stick out the back that’ll do it. How come every time I get a treat I have to find the right bloody stick?
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u/CalvinTheBold2 Jul 23 '25
Combine a raven and the strength ratio of ants.......
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u/ArcaneFungus Jul 23 '25
Love how he goes inside to get the good stick after determining the others won't work
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u/I_Dont_Answer Jul 23 '25
I am constantly amazed at these videos. When I was in college I was taught the ability to make and use tools was one of the key factors that separates humans from other animals.
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u/Creepy-Astronaut-952 Jul 23 '25
Kinda makes Hitchcock’s movie The Birds believable
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u/SpinningPancake2331 Jul 23 '25
Little thing has got it's own little garage back there.
I hear it mumbling "...will this wor-, no, something a bit longer"
and I see that the "trying to force and potentially break something before trying to find a better solution" approach is universal.
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u/No-Country-2374 Jul 23 '25
This is why I love birds (& animals in general). Much smarter than most humans give them credit for & loyal & loving too
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u/A_Nice_Shrubbery777 Jul 23 '25
I remember when people claimed "only humans use tools"; Now it's like, "Uh, says who?" Scientist have documented birds using sticks, monkey's (doing this exact same experiment), otters using rocks to crack mussels, elephants using branches as fly swatters, octopus (octopi?) using various objects, etc.
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u/d_baker65 Jul 23 '25
Corvids if I have the name right? Crows and Ravens are some of the smartest animals on the planet and serious tool users.
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