Trolling at its finest: crow starts a nasty fight between 2 cats on a rooftop

[cirrrocco]

vid of 2 of the same type of birds ganging up on a cats and start a fight....actually they look like the same cats too. wierd but the i know the type of bird actually starts with an M...i just can't recall atm. but their notoriious for attacking cats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=WANZBs8Za0Q

*edit: i think the birds are called Magpies.

Loved the soundtrack on this one.. perfect

 

[TridenT]

That was pretty good. I was like, "oh shit they're both dead" when they started rolling off the roofs. Somehow they managed to not even be phased. I was surprised.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_4QP1OHic&feature=related

That "bully bird" was obviously defending its children, possibly a chick that fell out of the nest. It righteously sacrificed itself in hopes of allowing its offspring to mature and live a full life. Would some mangy piece of shit city cat with a billion crack babies do that? Nope. It'd abandon them.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

sung to the beatle's blackbird...

trollbird is gonna pick a fiiiiiight
take two cats and make them fight
all felines
you are only waiting for your victim to arrive

 

[lothar]

That "bully bird" was obviously defending its children, possibly a chick that fell out of the nest. It righteously sacrificed itself in hopes of allowing its offspring to mature and live a full life. Would some mangy piece of shit city cat with a billion crack babies do that? Nope. It'd abandon them.

The bird chick starved to death due to it's parent's bullying action.
Bird chicks are not independent, unlike kittens which are.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

I actually raised a crow when I was around age 15. He was about to be eaten by my cat Felix, but I foiled his attempt. It was definitely a difficult animal to raise (messy, crazy food requirements), but I couldn't believe how smart it was. Great pet up until the day he felt he was ready to fly away.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Lots of racial tension in that video.

 

[OutHouse]

I had a crow in Germany steal a unopened can of tuna out of my ruck sack. It was my lunch too! We watched the fucker fly off with it in his mouth.

 

[Broheim]

That doesnt look like a crow to me.

Either that or theres no light balance or exposure on that cell phone.

it's a hooded crow, it only lives in Eurasia and is by far the most common crow here in Denmark.

 

[Broheim]

vid of 2 of the same type of birds ganging up on a cats and start a fight....actually they look like the same cats too. wierd but the i know the type of bird actually starts with an M...i just can't recall atm. but their notoriious for attacking cats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=WANZBs8Za0Q

*edit: i think the birds are called Magpies.

no it's hooded crows again.

 

[pcgeek11]

Yep. We raised bobwhites and after a few weeks they had virtually pecked off the legs of the smallest and kindest one.

Is that like a Quail?

 

[Wyndru]

Looks to me the bird was trying to interrupt the fight, not start it.

 

[WelshBloke]

Its a hooded crow


Edit: Whoops already covered. Never mind, ignore this post.

 

[biostud]

nm

 

[JJ650]

That "bully bird" was obviously defending its children, possibly a chick that fell out of the nest. It righteously sacrificed itself in hopes of allowing its offspring to mature and live a full life. Would some mangy piece of shit city cat with a billion crack babies do that? Nope. It'd abandon them.

Yeah, that "bully" was a mocking bird and if you get near a nest or chick, they will dive bomb you until you finally leave. We had a nest of them one spring in a holly bush and when I mowed the front lawn, I was constantly being dive bombed.
All spring they both would buzz me and shriek at me. After a month or so they stopped and tolerated me.
We have them in the same spot every year now and no more hit and runs. They have accepted me.

 

[Perknose]

That "bully bird" was obviously defending its children, possibly a chick that fell out of the nest. It righteously sacrificed itself in hopes of allowing its offspring to mature and live a full life.

Agreed, even though, as was subsequently pointed out, by dying the mother ended up dooming her offspring. She risked her life for her chicks, and lost.

You should have stopped there, though.

Would some mangy piece of shit city cat with a billion crack babies do that? Nope. It'd abandon them.

You obviously have zero actual experience with the scenario you are imagining from behind your keyboard, or you wouldn't have posted something so stupid and so generally wrong.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

dat cat

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I don't know if it's a crow, but there are stories about them that I guess you'd call urban myths.

There have been reports that they will pick up lit cigarettes in their beaks and actually smoke them. I'd love to see photos but I've never found any. The legend is portrayed in the animated cartoon characters of Heckle and Jeckle who are often seen smoking cigars.

Crows can recognize individual humans and teach their offspring and each other about people who are nice or not nice to them!!!

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

i heard the crows in dumbo were racist

 

[FoBoT]

What was its airspeed velocity? Was it carried on a string?

It could grip it by the husk, unless you are talking about two crows, then they might need a string

 

[Perknose]

i heard the crows in dumbo were racist

The crows themselves weren't racist, but the depiction of the crows in Dumbo was the epitome of the casual racism that used to be the norm.

These old Disney movies are a little bit like your aging Uncle Frank. Honestly, he means well when he points out that Will Smith is "well-spoken."

In this 1941 classic, Dumbo the flying elephant runs into a band of jive-talking black crows who sing, "I'd be done see'n about everything/when I see an elephant fly!"
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Lesson Learned:

Come on, blackbirds acting in a manner stereotypically assigned to African-Americans isn't that offensive. At least they didn't just get some white guy to do his best "black voice." Oh, really? They did? And, they called the lead character "Jim Crow?" Um, hey, look over there! It's a convincing, logical end to this argument!

Best (Worst?) Moment:

So many too choose from. The crows are very specifically depicted as poor and uneducated. They're constantly smoking; they wear pimptastic hats; and they're experts on all things "fly," so it's really a team effort contributing to the general minstrel-show feel to the whole number. You could pretty much pause this video at any second and use it as evidence in your hate-crime lawsuit against Disney.


For its time, though, the portrayal of the crows was almost progressive. The crows band together and help Dumbo learn to fly, so they're counted among the heroes of the film. Remember, this was just a couple of years after somebody introduced a bill to outlaw lynching and congress voted it down. So, you know, you take what you can get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35puUhqQJc

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[ElFenix]

it's definitely a corvus

 

[Kadarin]

This should give you a good idea of how smart these birds are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZnsO2ZgWo

That's smarter than some people would be under the same set of circumstances.

 

[leeland]

marked for home

 

[MarkXIX]

This should give you a good idea of how smart these birds are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZnsO2ZgWo

That's smarter than some people would be under the same set of circumstances.

Mind = blown!