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For those not yet in the know, this crow is attempting something called kleptoparasitism, a foraging strategy where instead of getting your own food, you steal someone else’s!
There are two types: obligate, meaning you steal all your food, and facultative which means you do it opportunistically. Most animals are facultative. Sometimes it’s done on other species sometimes within your own.
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Mondays can be tough. Here’s a thread of corvids being silly.
Act one: On the merits of tail pulling

Common raven and sweater vest
Hooded crow and Protecc Dog™️
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Last week someone requested a Sunday, 10-things-you-should-know thread about magpies. I am of course happy to oblige. Enjoy!
1. When many people think of magpies they think of an iridescent black and white bird, but actually they come in all sorts of fabulous colors. Unlike crows and raven which all belong in the Corvus genus, magpies are found in several different genera, hence their diversity.
For example there’s the Bornean green magpie, the Ceylon magpie and the Taiwan magpie (📸’s David Irving). Although they are in different genera, they are all in the corvidae family, making them corvids just like crows ravens and jays.
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