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73 Pics That Prove Corvids Are The Biggest Baddasses In The Animal Kingdom
Crows are the smartest birds in the animal kingdom who give zero ducks. Want proof? Just take a look at any of the funny photos below. Crows (and corvids, the family that includes crows, ravens, rooks, and magpies), like to pull the tails of birds and animals who are twice as big as them because they are not afraid. Some argue that this unusual bird behavior was developed to snatch food away - but the other theory is that these cool birds simply like to behave like major assholes.
Also, if you think there's nothing cooler than a bald eagle flying up high in the sky in all its terrifying glory - think again. Crows use majestic eagles as their chauffer boys and personal taxi drivers to take them where they need to go.
One of these intelligent animals even stole the dentures from a man who saved his life - first stealing the poor guy's heart, and then, his smile. Do you need more evidence of the incredible badassery of these smart animals?
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#1
Crow Riding On The Back Of A Bald Eagle
McKenna Sheldon 8 years ago
He's actually trying to chase the eagle out of it's territory. A lot of birds do similar things, and it's known as 'mobbing'.
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#2
Do You Have A Minute To Talk About Our Lord And Savior Edgar Allan Poe?
Fab Henríquez 8 years ago
Cat: I told you NOT to contact me until AFTER you neutralized the dog...
Heather Bailey 8 years ago
Cat: People harass me, now the birds are too! Maybe if I ignore him he will go away.
Marilyn Slater 8 years ago
'If that blasted bird tweaks my tail once more, I'll scratch it's eyes out!'
#3
Dog Tail, Bird Bait
Tyna Valentis 8 years ago
haha prankster bird....a look to left..... a look to the right... nobody´s watching.....and action!
#4
Crow Gives No F*cks
Jude Blank 8 years ago
Step right up! Only 5 tickets and you have to be able to grip the windshield wiper folks! No emesis bags provided
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scorpesh 8 years ago
*me* when there is nothing likely to watch on YouTube: (
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Gayle Hunter-Gatherer 7 years ago
I've seen them riding those twirling caps on the vents on top of houses.
#5
Wrong Neighborhood Motherf*cker
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
This crow is a thug, look he's even on house arrest, i peeped that ankle bracelet lol
Kat Sommer-Derksen 8 years ago
That's Canuck! He lives in Vancouver, BC and is very famous! Last year he stole some stuff from a crime scene. That may be one of the things he stole, that knife.
Melanie Kirk 8 years ago
He stole my friend's keys. His person found them in a gutter two days later... He also came in her car and tried opening her purse to steal stuff. I've also seen video of him on the skytrain and in a police car.
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Melanie Kirk 8 years ago
This is Canuck!!! He is awesome. Lives in Vancouver BC. Stole this knife from a crime scene. Seriously!
#6
Crows Are Damn Smart
Hamlets twin 8 years ago
Better be careful or else that person is going to be standing on cinder blocks
Hans 8 years ago
It still is a nice trick! And it indeed needs to be damn smart to learn a trick like that...
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#7
"I'm Gonna Stand On Your Head Charlie." "Go For It."
#8
There Is A Raven In Front Of My Kitchen. He Just Sits There, Stares At Me And Doesn't Give A F*ck
Lydia Wolverson 8 years ago
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, STILL is sitting...
#9
Fly Still, I'm About To Land
#10
Man Saves Crow's Life, Crow Steals Man's Teeth. He Stole His Heart. Then, His Smile.
#11
Crows Like To Pull Tails. Some Think It's To Distract Other Animals, Some Think It's For Fun
John L 8 years ago
If you will note, they are not ever seen doing this in front of the eagle. They're smart enough to know better.
Roberto Carlos Valerio 8 years ago
Well... Tails are usually in the back of animals.
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BoredBunny 8 years ago
Crows do that when an eagle is eating, to get some of their share. Crows are scavengers, and live off other animals, like food parasites. As you can see, in the photo, the eagle is eating.
#12
Look Me In The Eye, Wolf
#13
I'm A Simple Crow: I See A Bag Unattended - I Take It
#14
Don't Even Think About It
Nanna Cohen Rodrigues 8 years ago
That face Lmao. He's like: go away or You're this piece of meat under my paws and you know what i am going to do with that.
#15
Random Friendly Crow Appeared, Wanted To Take A Selfie, When "F*ck You Eye!"
#16
Crow Bothering Eagle
#17
Crow Trying To Steal A Snack Straight From Dog's Mouth
Sarah Exley 8 years ago
It's actually a pied crow. Magpies have a kind of bluish tinge to their plumage.
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Heather Mullen 8 years ago
that's an Australian white backed magpie. The young birds have grey instead of white, it will end up with a snow white back. Much smaller than the black backed magpie from the northern states.
#18
So Much Cooler Than You'll Ever Be
#19
Ducks Vs Ravens
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
"Back the duck up, we aren't ducking around here, cross the line, you die"
Amber Ice 8 years ago
"Crow away!! YOU are not crowssing the line! This is our pond! Crow up and stop bothering us!"
Load More Replies... Usernameofgag 8 years ago
It is like watching movie with bad guys that come to wrong neighborhood...
#20
This Jackdaw Pinching Hair From A Horse's Back
John L 8 years ago
When the nest needs some padding, you go to where the padding is located. :D
Lara B. 8 years ago
We have some birds at our yard which do the same with our horses. Usually they build their nests at the same time as the horses lose their winter coats (well... not surprising in spring time) and our horses actually enjoy it :)
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Caroline Allnutt 8 years ago
Horse is like 'Hey! Knock it off, dude." Crow is like "I... I ... just need to be able to make my children comfortable"
#21
I Shared My Lunch With A Raven Today
#22
He Has A Hat.
Final score:
80points
Tammy Chapman 8 years ago
Canuck isn't afraid of anybody. And he apparently thinks he deserves gifts (Payoffs).
#23
Cats Don't Belong In Trees According To This Crow And He's Going To Fix It
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
cats thoughts in pic 1) is he gone? 2) he is right behind me, isn't he? 3) nope? where is he?!
Tammy Chapman 8 years ago
Instead of calling your friendly local fire department to get your cat out of a tree, just call your unfriendly neighborhood crow.
#24
And Don't Ever Set A Foot Here Again!
#25
Somebody's About To Eat Crow For Dinner
#26
Jealous Of That Fur
#27
The New Chainsaw Massacre Has Found It's New Star
Wyndmere 8 years ago
If he brings friends, it'll be murder by a murder of crows.
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Tammy Chapman 8 years ago
Damn, I hope that's not Canuck. The knife was bad enough, but a chainsaw.?? No way in hell. And I hope that's not in Texas, we already had a Chainsaw Massacre.
#28
Yesterday A Crow Tried To Steal My Picnic Blanket And I Didn't Really Say Anything
Anderson Moorer 8 years ago
What's the worst is when they squeegee your windshield and then demand money.
#29
Should I Slap This Crow?
#30
Crow Vs Polar Bear
#31
A Crow Hitches A Ride On The Back Of A Vulture
#33
Australian Ravens And Eastern Osprey. Image Says It All
#34
The Bravest Crow In The World Or The Most Foolish
#35
Raven Don't Care
#36
He Really Has Balls
Aunt Messy 8 years ago
Eagles - both Bald and Golden - are great at fishing. It's hilarious to watch them. There's a pond at the base of the Bennett Dam in BC that the staff stock with trout so they can go fishing on their lunch breaks. It's an eagle smorgasbord. They squabble like a bunch of teenaged girls over their catch, and the crows and ravens are right there, stealing their fish while they argue.
#37
Crow Picking On A Wiener
#38
Not Scared At All
#39
Can't Wait For His Turn
Tammy Chapman 8 years ago
He's putting a lot of effort into tugging away at that tail, looks like if he let's go he'll fall on his a*s.
#40
Crow Pulling The Tail Feather Of An Eagle To Distract It From The Fish It Is Eating
#41
Seagull Vs. Crow
Salina Singh 4 years ago
gulls have stronger beaks but crows have stronger feet and faster
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#42
Cape Crow Riding A Tawny Eagle In The Kgalagadi
#43
A Picture Of The Day I Was Teaching My Pet Raven Shiva How To Eat A Scorpion
Shauday Smith 8 years ago
How did you teach it to eat a scorpion? did you just toss a scorpion at it and said, "figure it out." and The m***a effin did because it's a Raven and badass?
#45
Another Asshole Crow
#47
Please, Be A Good Wolfie, Give Me Your Bone
#48
Harassing This Snowy Owl
#49
Corvid Telling This Buzzard To Straighten Up And Fly Right
Silent Skeleton 8 years ago
*throws money* buy yourself somethin *pat pat*
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Afan Sitagyl-Manor 7 years ago
White necked raven on white-backed vulture, somewhere in Africa.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 8 years ago
That's not a buzzard, that's a vulture. Seriously, it's not rocket-science to see that!
#50
One Of Our Garden Crows Pulling The Tail Of A Squirrel
Tammy Chapman 8 years ago
I can just see the payback for this. Squirrel gathers friends and finds crow's perch or nest and they just start pelting it with acorns and rocks.
#52
Looking Danger In The Eye
#53
The Thief
#54
This One Is Always Up For A Drink
#56
Even More Brave When Together
#58
He's Such A Bully
#59
Just Keep Walking
#62
First They Steal Your Food, Then They Steal Your Dog
#63
Not Scared At All
#65
What A Strange Cat
Final score:
19points
#66
Bad Ass Crow
Eachann Úlfhrafn 8 years ago
Corvids [and many other birds] consume tobacco -- as in, they eat it -- to ward off parasites and kill intestinal worms. Had a crow we rescued, years ago, and he kept nickin' my husband's tobacco, straight from the pouch... or the end of the cig, before he'd get it lit XD
#67
Asshole
#68
The Attack Of The Crow
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 8 years ago
Nope, it's a crow. Carrion-crows have also feathered beaks, though not the "beard" that a raven has. The beak is also less massive than with a raven, and - most importantly and visible here - the raven has a wedge tail, while the crow has a rounded one.
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Tail Pulling Meanie
#72
On The Boss Head
Final score:
7points
Raven 8 years ago
Drive-by comment on this entire beautiful thread of corvid photos: we didn't newly need *proof* (despite enjoying examples) that corvids are clever-but-annoying a******s who don't give a damn, the "biggest badasses of the animal kingdom" -- the very fact that we ourselves [use the term] "crow" in victory is a reference in our language to the long well-known corvid habit of audibly gloating over such successes.
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John L 8 years ago
Most of the actions of these crows really have a purpose. They are very territorial and know predators can easily attack their nests and steal the hatchlings for food. They are just running them off. Also, large birds like to preen like all others, but it is not all that easy to do this to the tail portion. Crows can help by pulling out the old feathers. As for the horse and other large mammals, they have pests that need to be removed. Crows can help and have something to eat, along with loose hair for nests. Add that to their carefree attitude, and they are the James Dean of the animal kingdom.
J. Guigon 8 years ago
Black-billed magpies (not sure about other corvids) also engage in "daring" games as a means of elevating themselves in the social order of their groups. The braver the magpie, the higher their status among their group.
Load More Replies... Nancy E 8 years ago
Crows are much smarter than most realize. If you've read 'Gifts of the Crow' you know how smart. They can tell time, recognize faces , have emotions, they like to have; they bring gifts, etc. Perhaps the most amazing story in "Gifts of the Crow" concerns a group of New Caledonian crows. A study published in 2010 documented how these birds solved a food-fetching problem by using a three-stage strategy: "pulling up a string that held a short stick tool, then using the short tool to get a longer stick tool, and finally using the longer stick to push food out of a hole in a box." It didn't matter whether these crows had previous experience with the tools; they all solved the problem with little effort.
Amber Ice 8 years ago
I didn't read it but know they're part of the smartest birds group and also smartest animals... Maybe I'm gonna read it ;)
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Kate Yeti 8 years ago
Didn't get a picture, but I saw a big, ol' raven fighting a much bigger goose! Geese are mean, especially around here. This raven was even meaner! It tore out a bunch of down feathers, fought the goose, chased it away, and returned to collect the down! That clever bird is going to have a cozy nest! :D
Lauren Nielson 8 years ago
okay tbh I see all these things that these birds are doing but like I have a pet parakeet who WILL fight you, and I've seen her attack the dog we were dog-sitting, and she has no problems biting people and taking things. I think that birds are just really angry winged cats.
Carol Taylor 8 years ago
just this morning a crow was dive bombing my dog when she went out the front..normally it's the magpies..
John L 8 years ago
Most of the actions of these crows really have a purpose. They are very territorial and know predators can easily attack their nests and steal the hatchlings for food. They are just running them off. Also, large birds like to preen like all others, but it is not all that easy to do this to the tail portion. Crows can help by pulling out the old feathers. As for the horse and other large mammals, they have pests that need to be removed. Crows can help and have something to eat, along with loose hair for nests. Add that to their carefree attitude, and they are the James Dean of the animal kingdom.
J. Guigon 8 years ago
Black-billed magpies (not sure about other corvids) also engage in "daring" games as a means of elevating themselves in the social order of their groups. The braver the magpie, the higher their status among their group.
Load More Replies... Nancy E 8 years ago
Crows are much smarter than most realize. If you've read 'Gifts of the Crow' you know how smart. They can tell time, recognize faces , have emotions, they like to have; they bring gifts, etc. Perhaps the most amazing story in "Gifts of the Crow" concerns a group of New Caledonian crows. A study published in 2010 documented how these birds solved a food-fetching problem by using a three-stage strategy: "pulling up a string that held a short stick tool, then using the short tool to get a longer stick tool, and finally using the longer stick to push food out of a hole in a box." It didn't matter whether these crows had previous experience with the tools; they all solved the problem with little effort.
Amber Ice 8 years ago
I didn't read it but know they're part of the smartest birds group and also smartest animals... Maybe I'm gonna read it ;)
Load More Replies... Kate Yeti 8 years ago
Didn't get a picture, but I saw a big, ol' raven fighting a much bigger goose! Geese are mean, especially around here. This raven was even meaner! It tore out a bunch of down feathers, fought the goose, chased it away, and returned to collect the down! That clever bird is going to have a cozy nest! :D
Lauren Nielson 8 years ago
okay tbh I see all these things that these birds are doing but like I have a pet parakeet who WILL fight you, and I've seen her attack the dog we were dog-sitting, and she has no problems biting people and taking things. I think that birds are just really angry winged cats.
Carol Taylor 8 years ago
just this morning a crow was dive bombing my dog when she went out the front..normally it's the magpies..
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