In Defence of Crows

[willedoo]

I saw something online that I thought was a good idea for anyone with a fluffy cat. A bloke recycles all the hair he combs from his cat and hangs it outside in a basket so birds can take it away to use in nest building. I remember when my old cow was still alive, the ravens used to pinch hair from her tail but the cat hair would be a lot easier.

[nomadpete]

10 hours ago, willedoo said:

I saw something online that I thought was a good idea for anyone with a fluffy cat. A bloke recycles all the hair he combs from his cat and hangs it outside in a basket so birds can take it away to use in nest building. I remember when my old cow was still alive, the ravens used to pinch hair from her tail but the cat hair would be a lot easier.

I couldn't be bothered to go to all that trouble, who combs their cat?

If it was up to me, I'd hang the bloody cat out and let the birds take as much as they want.

[spacesailor]

I've got a ' rescue ' cat , the wife resuscitated it when found , as a tiny hairless thing & it,  ' adopted us '.

Definitely not a " pet cat " but getting better with age .

When it dies I think , a quick trip to the " taxidermist " 

Will make it a better pet than it ever was in life . LoL

spacesailor

Edited April 26 by spacesailor
Missed word

[octave]

8 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

When it dies I think , a quick trip to the " taxidermist "

Just a suggestion which would also include your interest in aviation

 

 

[spacesailor]

If you " fly your  " cat,  does it have to be registered .

spacesailor

 

[octave]

8 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

If you " fly your  " cat,  does it have to be registered .

spacesailor

 

registered and microchipped

[spacesailor]

NSW , microchiped , but no registration. 

Dogs microchips & registered,  

Unless a breeder .

spacesailor

[nomadpete]

Is there any legislation that requires a pilot certificate endorsement for piloting a ultralight cat?

 

Or any minimum wing area?

[facthunter]

NO If things go wrong you just "Paws" it and start from scratch. Nev

[onetrack]

Reviving an old thread - and getting back onto crows - I didn't know that a French theme park had trained crows to pick up rubbish, in exchange for food.

They mostly seem to target cigarette butts. The article I read said they'd selected six, "particularly intelligent" crows for the training.

Most of the more intelligent members of the bird families seem to enjoy playing games and interacting with humans, once they lose their natural fear of them.

 

 

Edited September 2 by onetrack

[willedoo]

I wonder if the crows get addicted to the nicotine in the cigarette butts.

[Marty_d]

1 hour ago, willedoo said:

I wonder if the crows get addicted to the nicotine in the cigarette butts.

If they do, the logical progression is they'll start stealing lit cigarettes from people.

 

Win win situation - if they've been trained to dispose off the butts properly they'll be cleaner than the humans, and it'll encourage people to stop smoking.

[red750]

Most people know that the collective noun for crows is 'murder' - a murder of crows. There are a number of collective nouns for magpies, but the most common is 'mischief', particularly in this swooping season. The noun for cockatoos is 'crackle'.

[red750]

“A riot of kookaburras” is the phrase used to describe a bunch of them. The wild cacophony they produce is the reason for this. The scientific name of the kookaburra is Dacelo novaeguineae.

[Litespeed]

The collective noun for a grouping of politicians?

 

 

Parliament?

 

 

No

 

It's a Masterbate.

 

For the LNP?

 

 

A Fuckem

[octave]

Well after an afternoon bike ride, I can confidently say that Magpie season has started.

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Blimey - you must be high in the pecking order!

 

Edited September 10 by Jerry_Atrick

[octave]

This f***** was pretty agro and he got me twice, once on the way out and then again on the way back. 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I remembe running the line at a soccer match around Glen Waverly back in the mid 90s. A pesky little bugger was dive bombing me, but even though he connected with the back of my head on occasion, I never felt a beak.. Maybe I'm just thick.

 

But from the vids I occasionally see on YouTube, it seems they have learned that we don't really fight back too much and have become more emboldened over the years.

There is something stirring in the Iberian orca population as well.. For only a few years, they have started to taking to ramming boats. There are plenty of theories as to why, but no one knows for sure. Partly, becoming emboldened when realising those pesky humans are defenseless must come into theit through pattterns..  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/orca-whale-attacks-boats-mediterranean-b2399817.html

 

Both magpies and orcas are farily intelligent.

 

[octave]

5 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

it seems they have learned that we don't really fight back too much and have become more emboldened over the years.

 

Something I have noticed is that in the past they seemed to make contact with the helmet but lately seem to go for the ears.

[onetrack]

What is it about Victorian magpies, that they're so vicious? I can't remember the last time I was attacked by a magpie, the West Aussie magpies must be more laid-back.

I can recall a story (I think it was last year) about a bloke in Melbourne who just sat down on a park bench, and a magpie landed in front of him, then flew up and pecked his eye out, blinding him!

The bloke didn't even have any interaction with the magpie - maybe the Melburnian magpies are just all crazed pyschos? Something to do with Melbournes weather?? 🙂

[red750]

Nesting time.

[red750]

[Marty_d]

Careful, you'll give Octave PTSD.

[octave]

On 10/09/2024 at 4:12 PM, octave said:

Well after an afternoon bike ride, I can confidently say that Magpie season has started.

 

I say a magpie but actually, I took a bullet for the country. But this is the best ear ever, everyone says that.  They say "Sir this is a great ear", "there has never been an ear this good".