Do Crows Have Funerals?
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- New research suggests that crows gather when another crow dies. Are they mourning?
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When a crow dies, other crows gather around and linger over the body, almost like a funeral. But are they mourning? Or does this ritual mean something else?
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Its not just crows , that they have funerals for . My Mother died , in the early 90s . She had green houses . When she washed the pots for the bedding plants , the crows would ride on the edge of the wheel barrow , and poke at the empty pots in the water , being washed . Some of them would walk along with her . They were her friends . She died at home , after a long illness . That afternoon , the crows lined the gutters of here house , shoulder to shoulder , until dark . I dont know how they would have known she had died that day . It was a very impressive thing to see .
Amazing....
Crazy! I used to work at a cemetery, and twice, I witnessed at least 50 crows attend a funeral.
Oh my god you just melted my heart 🥹😭 I want to be friends with crows for my entire life too
Birds aren’t even real you silly folks
wonder what the research crow tell their pals when they're released?
They're not only smart, they are affectionate. I have one that followed me from my last home to this one. He now has a mate and they greet me every day, no matter what time I come outside. They most certainly know me and they lose their sh*t if I don't respond back in the time they expect me to. Fascinating birds. They make me feel connected with nature like no other creature has.
You are so lucky, they recognise faces and know who their friends are.
😯 Do you feed them? He must really like you to have relocated 🤗
Did you use to feed them or something? they definitely remember something kind you did.
Yes! I have seen this. One day a grackle (which is a similar bird) asked me to help it. His mate had been hit by a car. I got her out of the road, but she was already dead. I laid her in the grass and about 8 of them gathered near her in the grass. The male walked around his mates body, then walked around her in the opposite direction. All of the birds lowered their heads and were completely silent for a few moments. Then they all flew off together. It was amazing. I've never thought about birds the same since then.
Not all birds have human level intelligence, but crows do.
Wrong. Pretty much all creatures who have been studied for intelligence display it. Birds, fish, mammals, insects etc.
maybe some day we and they might even communicate
Crow burial is mentionned in the Quran chapter 5, verse 31:"Then Allah sent a crow digging the ground, to show him how to cover his brother's corpse. He said, "Woe to me! I was unable to be like this crow, and bury my brother's corpse." So he became full of regrets."
Grackles are no where in the ball park compared to crows. They’re a nasty bird.
Vin Diesel: "I just don't understand it! I keep being attacked by these big flocks of angry crow's!"
Crows: "Vin Diesel must die!"
actually yes. grad students rounded up crows and did experiments and released them. Those crows harassed the students even when they returned decades later as alumni
They can pass your description to their Young so that they can recognize you the first time they see you!
The adage goes: If you help a crow, you'll have a friend for life, but if you wrong a crow, it will dog you for the rest of its days.
When I find one running on my roof, I look it right in the eye and telepathically tell it: "I will F--- you up". Then they never run or bang on my roof again.
I helped a freezing to death crow once, she was lying in snow barely moving but enough for me to try and help. Took her home, gave her warmth, food and water. She seemed very grateful and friendly. As she got better I opened up the window so she can go but she went outside, realized that its cold af outside so she came back in and spent the night at my house.
That was a great day for us both. Didnt saw her since then again though.
So you swallow?
@@HamabaJuJu haha
@@WetAdek But you are a legend in that crow community!
Imagine walking through a park and seeing a masked person holding a dead crow
Even if the crows don't, I would flag that as a dangerous place and not return
I was thinking the same thing
Ahh lol
That crow going back to the wild is going to have some really crazy stories to tell the bros back home.
The crows, famous for their curiosity, are gathering to study the weird behavior of the humans who put on freaky masks and place taxidermic crows on the ground.
I'm looking at that scene where he's putting the sedated crow into a scanner, and I'm thinking, "Alien abduction."
Me too.
They do feel for the dead !! I witnessed it first hand .. I live on the ocean and beside me was a abandoned house ,it was like a park , beautiful big trees .. lots of crows called them home ... in the mornings they would be so noisy.. every morning I would take my paddle boat out and paddle around the inlet .. when I came back I saw a dead crow on my stairs . It looked old .. so I thought it just died , so I tossed it into the ocean .... OMG .. all of a sudden the sky went black ..I kid you not ... hundreds of crows came out of the trees .. I was terrified .. and they were so noisy ,and they just kept circling.. when my ex !! Got home he told me he was bb gunning these birds and got one ... OMG !! So this is Karma .. I had a purple Tracker and He had a big black pickup .. every morning his truck was plastered with poo .. and my tracker was fine ..even thou we were parked somewhat beside each other ...so I’m a true believer that they do morn .. and I wish I had my phone with me and taped it .. it was out of this word .
yep karma, definitely deserved that.
illegal to kill crows, in America at least
fantastic I feed some crows they know me and my dog and they protect my dog
That is so awesome! I would love to have a murder of crows protect me and my pets!
@@terraespiritus4895 And peck home invaders.
@@presidentlouis-napoleonbon8889 yes and that too!
I feed a family where i live and they protect me from other birds. Red tails and yesterday they came to protect me from 10 turkey vultures that were curious about me. Crows are truly amazing
I raised one for 12 weeks last year and it was awesome!
They are even more intelligent than a dog....🤔
I remember I helped a crow during massive heatwave he wouldn't fly but he kept cawing at me and my friends we thought we to close to the nest but turns out it wanted help. It let us pick him up and pet him gently he was very calm we brought him to our workplace out of sun. I babysat him all day through my shift until finally cooled off and flew away. Very amicable little guy hope hes OK still haha
woah, wait. Did she have to wear the mask because crows/ravens are notorious for remembering the face of their enemies?
was this a way to keep her safe? LOL
Yes, and it gets even worse- not only do they remember enemies, they'll communicate that you are hostile to other crows they meet.
YES. They remember and they attack.
Yes. If you are their friend, they, and all their nearby relative families will offer you protection. Magpies, which I know well, and are relatives to crows, attack enemies and anyone who could be an enemy in spring, but if you feed any of them, you will not be attacked and you can walk immune to their hostilities around their nests and habitats for miles around.
Yes it’s very important a scientist did it’s research...and just remember they can attack.
I noticed that the scientist used someone else to wear a mask and hold the dead bird. So I'm reckoning that wearing a mask does nothing at all!
There was a mated pair that lived in a neighbor's backyard when I was a teenager. When one died in the nest, the other lingered there for long periods for months afterwards. I can't tell the sexes apart for crows, but I called the survivor "The Widow Raven."
They mate for life, and are very attached! The male is a little larger, so if you see a pair you can pick them out, and if you see them enough you can still tell which is which.
I'm going to feel sorry for the next big-eared bald guy walking through there...
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I’ve seen several crow funerals. And knew it was that because afterward you see the dead bird(s). Once we had a horrible storm so bad there were a few that fell from the sky. They get together in a huge group and freak out. All screaming. It’s actually sad because you know.
I also saw a lynx steal a squirrel and the other squirrels freaked out and cried for hours.
All animals are sentient. Prove me wrong.
Agreed. Animals don't deserve the way humanity treats them
I believe all animals are self-aware. Not only sentient, but sapient. I believe emotions are at the core of survival. I know research says otherwise, but I can't deny the observations I've made of animals of all shapes and sizes.
Nah, we should determine sentience on a case-by-case basis. Show me evidence that sponges are sentient.
crows are amazing! PERIOD. highly intelligent creatures that truly keep you guessing! their intelligence is always evolving! like many other animals.
developing. evolving would be changing from intelligence into something else entirely. learn the difference.
Evolving doesn't mean changing into something completely different. Evolution can be seen in things as simple as the little toe getting smaller.
Actually humans are not intelligently evolving. What’s happening is mass information from past has culminated. Our intelligence is stacked from the facts of the past.
Replace crow with human for this video and get that creepy alien abduction vibe.
"Human brain is only the size of our asclys, but it is remarkably complex. Now, in order to find out whether humans can feel bzark, Professor Zagoz will proceed to vigorously probe this specimen anally..."
Vin Diesel should really stop killing crows.
I don't get the joke.
@@DarkPhoenixSaga I don't get the X-Men Apocalypse movie. 😅
@@unifieddynasty Lmao, actually I didn't get the name from those terrible X-Men movies, I got it from a very good X-Men cartoon from the 90's lol.
We’d be doing the same if some creature was holding a mummified body of a human. They’re just yelling, “WTF.”
Yeah I'd call over my friends to watch it from a safe distance too lol
“HOLY SHIT”
“WHAT THE HELL DID THAT THING DO TO THEM”
“GET AWAY FROM THAT GUY OH GOD”
I am so glad they are doing this important research while respecting the crows
Very interesting. I walk in a cemetery for fitness. I have witnessed this behavior more than once. Also I witnessed in the same cemetery, a large group of crows doing this behavior around a deceased cat.
I dream to have a crow friend, who'd greet me everyday upon walking outside. I love crows!
About 15 years ago, I went out for a walk on a VERY cold winter evening, and after a few minutes I had a such an eerie feeling. I didn't know why, until I noticed hundreds upon hundreds of crows sitting dead silent up in the trees. They obviously knew I was there and they made not the slightest sound. I stopped briefly to look, and felt a "presence" that was as if it were one giant "being" silently watching me. I was more-or-less ok with this, but then decided it was best to keep on walking slowly and silently under those watchful eyes. It was a humbling experience, that's for sure!
About 5 years ago I was in a salon located in a strip mall on the border of Valencia Park and National City in Sab Diego. Just about the time I finished getting braided up, there was a large boom that came from the back of the building which blacked out half of the mall. I went in the back and saw what happened: a large, beautiful and stunning crow had unfortunately landed on top of a transformer box on a pole, the crow was instantly electrocuted and still laying high on the pole next to the box, lifeless. There were many crows close by that witnessed the tragedy of their loved one. They began to circle in the sky above the pole in a very uniform fashion, each making distinct calls during the funeral procession for their loved one. To this day, I am both humbled and honored when I see a single or group of crows. And I must confess I am jealous seeing footage on those lucky individuals having crows as friends, the crows even brining them little presents; I want that, too!
Crows do not only remember Faces well, they also remember the moving pattern of a person. If you only wear a mask, they can still recognize you. In Christian parts of south India people often hang a dead crow at their house to keep the others away. It is superfluous to make brain scans of the animals to find out if they have emotions. If you watch them carefully you will find a wide range of emotions. They are quite moody & I am absolute positive that they are even capable of black humour, because I was victim to some of their jokes several times.
Imagine if a girl a tanktop and a creepy mask walked into your living room holding a dead taxidermied family member of yours. Seems like they've crossed the ethical boundaries just a little bit to me.
If a lion eats a man, is it unethical?
This has nothing to do w/ survival.This is intended to psychologically mess w/ the crows so they can study their reactions. When a lion attacks a man, it's because they're being threatened or because theres no other available food. Theres really no correlation between the two
arachnonixon They didn't go out and kill a crow and stuff it just to experiment. Things die naturally... and if, let's say, a cat, killed a crow and it's body was visible to the whole family of crows, is it unethical?
+Alex C You are not understanding his point at all.
I imagined it, imagined the wedding 2 months later, (she never removed the mask), and now I'm worried about my mental health!
There was a magpie that used to sit on the fence outside my house on cold mornings, feathers fluffed up. When it heard me walking towards it, it startled and looked at me, ready to escape. Then calmed down and let me walk close past it. Every morning for most of the winter. It clearly recognised me as someone who would not harm it. Havent seen it in a few years now.
I swear, Professor John Marzluff appears on every single (scientific) video about crows.
Yes, I have witnessed this in Durban, South Africa.
One died in my garden, 8-9 came for 2 days and just stood silently for hours next to dead friend.
It disappeared, I guess scavenged, after 3 days
yep. when a Crow dies you burn the body and chant, "now your watch has ended".
Hahahahaha! Good one!
Matt Poslusny Bad hombre, bad hombre !
Another GoT freak like me i see! 😂
It's true. I've seen it with my own eyes. When i was a kid i shot one with a pellet gun. And then a hundred crows all swooped down and mourned the dude's death.
I never shot another animal after that.
I have witnessed this myself in my own garden - such intelligent creatures , unlike many so called 'humans' !
2:17 that got to nightmare imagery really fast
I'm pretty sure if I saw that masked lady in the park holding a dead bird, I would immediately associate that with danger.
won't be killing off any crow families anytime soon. I like that approach. And I am sure he said thank you to the crow when he released it. Good thinking.
I stumbled upon a crow funeral service in a patch of ground without trees. The birds were all on the ground hopping around in a circle.
It was so bizarre and fascinating that I watched for 5 minutes.
How do they know the data they're seeing in the birds' brains is from "20 minutes ago"? That struck me, a layman, as strange.
maybe they inject them with some contrast agent that accumulates in sctive brain areas?! idk :P
@@user-bl4oq7fd8d That sounds possible. Thanks!
I didn't get an announcement that you commented, but I got one saying someone "liked" the question. Makes no sense.
Crows are intelligent when I go hunting they don't mind me until they see my shotgun as soon as they do there gone and don't return for weeks you can hear them in the distance but you won't see them.
Not only crows. Magpies too. Magpies is my favorite kind of birds though. Really smart and intelligent
Hmmm. In the lab, and at the end of the video when the researcher released one of his test subjects, I wonder why those researchers didn't wear masks as well. I don't imagine these birds were altogether happy about being snatched from the wild, handled, caged, shown dead crows, and whatever else. Wouldn't they later be on the lookout for those responsible?
They are fast learners and very affectionate...
How can the crows brain-scan reflect the emotional response it had several minutes ago - before anesthesia?
Possibly lingering calcium ions used for brain activation scan, takes time for them to clear - so areas with a lot of recent activity show higher levels?
@@zbytpewny Really? Well, perhaps it’s possible...
Omg ! Is she really feeding them cheetohs?
Yes. She's very concerned about their health, apparently 😐 Like, come on, ma'am...you're not even supposed to feed that to your kids!
@mary guevara
That I noticed too, I usually feed them little bits of cornflakes, that was not a good choice of hers in my opinion.
@@Widdekuu91 idk crows eat anything, I've seen one eat a slice of pizza I shared.
Now they won't leave me alone
@@kidgohan7158
Haha, they recognise faces, yep, you're the person-to-go-to for food now haha.
After a while they'll back off again I think, if you don't feed them anymore :P
@@Widdekuu91 eh I don't mind though
Berbs gotta eat lol
one time I saw like five pigeons carry a dying pigeon onto a roof and they were all standing around it making some weird noises like they were having a grieving ceremony or something.
Crows are not the only bird or wildlife that mourns, I once observed two chameleons mating, a few days later on that same porch found a that sam female lizard dead being consumed by ants, with a ring of small debris surroundings this process, a day or so later, the remains were covered by all the debris, like a grave, with a male chameleon next to the grave like debris covering the skeletal remains of the female, elephants have been known to scatter the bones of dead relatives...very interesting, thank you!
This could be the same as how some civilizations slow down near a traffic accident to see what is going on, concerned about their mortality, or it could be something as complex as mourning like with elephant "funerals".
1:45 Yup, it's in the USA alright...
They are extended family so it makes sense that a large gathering would occur once a "death call" is made. It looks both strategic and mournful.
Losing a sibling is much worse than losing an in-law that you've rarely had any interaction with. The gathering is also about discovering what the cause was and then identifying the culplit so that it is mobbed out of the area on sight. I've even seen videos that show Crows helping a neutral domestic cat guard its territory from a potentially dangerous invader.
They are very self-aware and show an incredible degree of foresight.
I have a ton of crows in my neighborhood in CA and I leave them peanuts occasionally. I walk down the street some days and they call out to me when they see me. One day I heard one and looked up -- he was doing a straight down, spiraling dive-bomb towards my head... it was so pretty. He pulled out at the last second and cawed in my face.
Great experience, thanks for sharing!
Yes, I also had the same experience. It is no attack, they do it to remind you to bring peanuts next time. Sometimes I give them dog cookies as well & one day a dog snatched them out of my hand & went away. I was shouting angry at the dog, then some of the crows passed my head very close & by passing patted me on my head very softly with a wing. This was absolutely baffling me!
@@hanswissmeyer9950 That's awesome!
I found a dead magpie with a total circle of magpies around the body. Some were on the buildings a tree .They were fairly silent. Why is this surprising.
I walked into the backyard one day and there were crows everywhere! Found out my son had killed one and it was dead on the roof of the garage..I made him bury it than the birds went away..it's was unreal!
Awsome vid. The creepy mask adds to the noir vibe of those crows. This crow funeral actually happened to me when i shot one with a bb gun 25 yrs ago. It was a surreal experience and i have been telling people about it ever since that day. It's cool that others are waking up to this behavior and have given it a name aka crow funeral.
"like humans, crows has strong family bonds.'' THAT is so true.
The real lesson here, which I can attest to, is birding is a great way to find smart, fit people to date. Also old people.
I once worked next to a park...hour lunch breaks. Loved watching the bald eagles...one time, a crow died right on the corner, across the from the park/workplace. Within a few minutes, over a hundred crows assembled on hydro lines & trees, A L L cawing in requiem for their fallen. Had anyone dare step near the deceased, they'd likely have recieved a Hitchcockian send off.
Great stuff. I have been fascinated by crows from early childhood. The more intelligent birds ever......
My wife and I have been bird watchers for many years in both Africa and N America.T spent a whole Summer chasing grackles and crows away from my bird feeder but not the smaller birds. All the birds quickly identified their place in the pecking order and soon the smaller birds no longer worried about me. At the end of the year just before migrating South the grackles came one last time -every available spot in the garden was full of them ! It was worse than a scene from The Birds . There were also a number of crows in the group.then they all took of without a sound. If a grackle sees me it takes off like ir being hunted, even though I moved away from Regina 5 years ago. Another strange thing - as we drive around we have found that generally Crows tend to stay in urban areas and magpies in Indian territies So strange
I saw similar activity with buzzards. I watched a sick buzzard barely able to fly for two weeks. He could make it to the top of a telephone pole for few days. Then he could barely get off the ground. He was visited by what I thought may have been his mate for several days. Then small groups would come and roost and protect him for several days. The groups got larger. They would leave for a while, but always came back. The mate would get close and check on him and raise her wings in a funny manner. The others would mimic the gesture. Finally, the last day came, there where more than fifty buzzards roosting all around. They did not leave and one sole buzzard would check on him every thirty minutes or so. It gestured and the rest would mimic. In the afternoon after a gesture ritual, another sailed down to check things out. They both gestured and all the others gestured and started leaving. The next morning I checked and the buzzard had passed. Nothing ever bothered the carcass and they didn’t resume their attention. My research never found any mention of this behavior. I felt honored to have witnessed this ritual and have come to the conclusion that there may be many animals that are self aware and may also have a sole. It was humbling.
I made the mistake of feeding them off my balcony here and there. Ever since, they would follow me all the way to work squawking at me while I rode my bike.
When I was a teenager, about 50 years ago, I shot a crow. It was from my bedroom window, I lived in the country, so no neighbors. About 15 minutes later, there were, about 50 to 60 crows that came back, and hovered over the dead bird ! I guess there were one or two other birds, with the one I shot. They went and got the others. Anyways, I eventually quit shooting birds, and became a vegetarian, and bird lover, so to speak. I believe, the crows are trying to make a statement, to people, or other animals. They are saying, don't do unethical things, which may come back to haunt you. Also, they sense the dead bird, will have an after life.
Kaeli did an episode of the podcast "Ologies" that was great.
Good video, Crows are a very unique, brilliant Bird.
Shorts with a lab coat? Love it! ❤
It would be interesting to see what would happen if a crow was (safely) anesthetized and placed in a similar manner, allowing any nearby crows to gather, then to see their reaction when the subject crow regained full consciousness. Would they think he had risen from the dead?
I was driving one day and passed right by where a crow had been hit and dead on side of road. There was a flock of other crows squawking raising hell around the dead member and some were attacking the cars driving by. That image has stayed with me. Makes you think about what's this thing we call life? What's really going on?
An ornithologist called Swift. That's funny!
I feel like science is asking questions most people have known for a long time. Animals feel, love and think. Anyone who has been around animals has seen enough evidence to know that this is the case. Reptiles, insects, mammals, fish, science now backs up that all of these creatures, from spiders and flies to whales and sharks feel and think.
Do we really need to keep acting so surprised that a Bird has feelings, thoughts and emotions? Simply sit in a room with a Parrot for a few hours and you'll be confronted with undeniable intelligence. Just like with any creature.
Even microorganisms, bacterias and molds show intelligence, the ability to learn and teach and adaptability.
Look at microbial intelligence, intelligent slime mold and Flies and Spiders that can lie. The displays of empathy and altruism in these creatures.
It's fairly obvious that we're not unique in anything other than our advanced tool use and technology. This gives us a huge advantage, but it doesn't change who we are on a base level, our emotions and thoughts and feelings. Nor does lack of advanced tools mean that other creatures lack these feelings and thoughts.
Late for 3 years but gotta say
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do you have a list of videos about crows? Thanks!!
That crow is like a human who got abducted by aliens. They are is writing a crow book now about all the weird tubes and experiments they ran on it in the lab.
that one thumbnail looked like master blaster from beyond thunderdome
When i was a child. We lived on a farm. A crow once got its wing hung on our bobed wire fence and was stuck. I kept trying to get close to free it and about half a football field away was around 10 crows way up in the tree. Everytime i got close they would cawww caww at me and fly down at me. They thought i was trying to hurt the crow but i was trying to get him free.
Or those crows didn’t want you to free it.
@@boomboomboom9297 big brain moment
The crows in our neighborhood hate us because we walk around with our cat on a leash. Our cat has never bothered them, he’s actually terrified of them because they attacked us several times. I guess they just hate cats. One time my cat and I were minding our own business and they started crowding around us as usual, but there were lots of them so I picked up my cat to leave and they started swooping down to attack, I hit a few of them while waiving my arms in self defense. They know where we live and sometimes, I guess if they are bored, they will hang out on our neighbors roof right outside our window and just yell non stop, terrorizing our cat. They also remember my and my husbands face so even when we walk around the neighborhood without our cat, they bully us. My husband pretends to throw things at them and when they saw his arm go back, they would back off. Well they soon learned he was bluffing and now they don’t care, they will follow us, hopping tree to tree saying hateful things to us 🙊
Omg 😅 that's so funny. Maybe try and feed them?
2:42 Don’t know how the crows feel but seeing that in some park would freak me out
I once saw a 100-strong group of common (or green-headed) grackles do something very similar. Freakiest thing I ever saw!
I found an injured crow in my backyard, captured it and gave it to a rehabber. A large murder of crows watched me, in their eyes, I stole/killed their friend and they let me know they weren’t happy! I was attacked for years after that! In my own yard they dive bombed me!, I go to the park and Other people at the park would come up to me and asked me, whats with you and the crows Mr?, they’re following you everywhere!
0:53 she is more pretty than tayler swift
It's exactly what she said in the beginning, they consider that place dangerous and even teach their offspring about the area to avoid, how they do it is beyond me, but I've seen it! All crow bird species are really intelligent, for a bird ;)!
A common insult is to say someone is bird brained yet birds have tighter more efficient neurones.
Quran tells how the crow is, there are many reason to believe, Quran came from the God of the universe.
Quran 5:31 Then Allah sent a crow who scratched the ground to show him to hide the dead body of his brother. He (the murderer) said: "Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother?" Then he became one of those who regretted.
Quran also tells ants speak to each other, which has been proven again by science: search for a video title on YT title is: "Quran miracle, Talking ants, Scientific discovery in 2009, proof that quran is from God"
Are you from south-central/west Canada?
Amazing
The probably try to figure out if anybody knows the dead bird. Family bonds are VERY important to birds.
Im sure we can all agree this woman is absolutely gorgeous. My heart skipped a beat when i saw her the first time. Wow.
So why didn't the recorder wear a different mask of her own? The crows migth've noticed her constantly there and speculated this might be a test, trap, or something else.
I'd love to feed my neighborhood crows, but I don't want the squirrels to steal the food.
They are mentioned in the Quran, crows tought cain to Bury his brother. Yes they are mighty creatures and I love them even ravens.
What about them attacking the flags in Israel, do you think they are trained or collecting nest material? Hilarious to watch, they are very determined!
The one thing I’ll never understand is the scientific setting of which these birds are always observed in. I know it’s impossible to do a brain scan in nature… but with that being said how can you confirm any data in that scenario. I’m trying to imagine if I were that bird some giant abducts you and drugs you and then straps it down lololol. Just the element of all this negates any reasonable reactions that we might think they are experiencing by this trauma instead
PET scan about elevated emotional response under ANAESTHESIA?
1:45 That pause there gave me the worst thoughts... "For the first 3 days, I'd just feed the birds"... And the fourth? WHAT HAPPENS ON THE FOURTH?! "Then on the fourth day, we'd introduce our funeral elements" IT GETS WORSE *cuts to shot of a crow in a box* "In our experiments, we use STUFFED taxidermy crows."
That was a roller coaster ride of emotions that happened all in a few seconds.
Seems there is a study for EVERYTHING. Why study this?. How the heck do they recognize or distinguish each other? Fascinating.
Imagine for a moment, you are going about your day, then a giant creature, like an Elephant, captures you and puts you into a cage. It ties your feet to a bar, so you can't move around freely. Then, between poking and prodding you, they keep placing a human corpse before you and watching you intently, before giving you drugs, binding you to a medical table and putting you inside a strange and horrifying machine... that's the stuff of nightmares. These Crows must have serious PTSD by the time that guy is finished! I'd be wondering if it was some bizarre mind game, where they are letting you know what's going to happen to you. Yeah, there are strong emotions being felt, they are probably fucking terrified!
I think they gather around to try and assist the crow and protect it in case it’s hurt. I’ve seen them gather around an injured crow the same way and even dive bomb people that get close to it.
" flying monkeys " has an unfortunate meaning
Unusual to see such an attractive science geek.
There is no mystery. They not only gather.. they know who did the deed.. beware. You can't fight off a group of three hundred or more birds. They know you.
"...flying high." I want to know if they can learn to enjoy anesthesia.
*captures a human*
*shows pictures of dead humans*
*shoves human into a scanner*
"Oh yeah he's definitely feeling something"
there is autobiography named my grand mother at the age of... in which death of grand mother was similar
Yes saw it my self.