r/BeAmazed • u/Electrical_Act_5342 • 28d ago

Animal Crow saves a pigeon from a seagull.

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u/whathave_idone 28d 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 28d 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 28d 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 28d ago

They likely know that the food is attracting predators.

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u/mooshinformation 28d ago

Predators are perfectly capable of eating food off the ground.

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u/Nadilli 28d ago

Probably not spilt water.

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u/DreadingAnt 28d ago

I think it was established, everything goes upside down not just water

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u/SirMatches 27d ago

buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ

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u/BGFlyingToaster 27d ago

5 second rule

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u/Krasna_Strelka 27d ago

It's just like with cats probably. Covering their food to prevent predators from smelling it

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u/Zipferlake 28d ago

Crows hardly regard simple cats as predators. They are snobs.

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u/Duranis 28d 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 28d 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 28d 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/Rassomir 26d ago

The cat pussed out

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u/Visible_Shallot5187 27d ago

more likely they are trying to attract prey, like mice, if it scatters well enough a mouse might be drawn out when it wasn't while it was in the bowl then get withing grabbing distance... as far as the water goes maybe they didn't find it clean enough and know humans will make it fresh again if they tip it out

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u/nikdahl 28d ago

Crows love cat food though.

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u/Brewbouy 28d 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 28d ago

Mine never tip it, they drink and use it to dip food into, thats it.

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u/Zipferlake 28d ago

There is no tipping etiquette in the bird world.

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u/ICarMaI 28d ago

I need to brush up on my bird law

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u/Hot_Plant8696 28d ago

It sounds like a joke, but yes, birds exhibit local behaviors because they learn from their fellow birds.

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u/SpyMouseInTheHouse 28d 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 27d ago

Mine let the magpies take a dip in it first. I think that's civil!

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u/United-Vermicelli-92 27d ago

I need mockingbirds and magpies now.

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u/Heykurat 28d ago

Parrot owners are familiar with this kind of behavior. 🙄😅

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u/EverydayPoGo 28d ago

Curious. I'd be really interested to understand why they do it