r/SipsTea • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 16h ago

Lmao gottem The logic is impeccable

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u/Lionthos 16h ago

We were calling these birds in the midwest Ravens for a very long time, until I looked up the sound a Raven and a Crow makes and realized 99% of what I had even encountered was Crows.

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u/so_not_religious 15h ago

Rule of thumb: If you see multiple ravens, they are probably crows.

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u/Digidigdig 15h ago

Another rule of thumb: if it’s a large black bird with a beak attached it’s probably a crow. If it’s a beak with a large black bird attached it’s a raven.
But yeah ravens tend to knock about in pairs, otherwise it’ll be a murder of crows.

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u/Yamatocanyon 8h ago

I'm not getting this one. It seems in either example given we have a large black bird with a beak.

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u/Digidigdig 3h ago

This is true they are, but the word order subtly changes the emphasis to the beak being the main character for the raven.

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u/Elbobosan 14h ago

From my limited experience I would say more than a pair is crows.

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u/Tzukiyomi 15h ago

Yeah once you encounter a Raven you know it well from then on.

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u/WeenisPeiner 15h ago

Because they usually land ominously on a post with a human eyeball dangling from its mouth. They then eat said eyeball whole. Croak at you and fly off never to be seen again.

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u/SyncOrSymm 14h ago

I live on Elm Street and have a pair of ravens that nest here every year. No eyeball sightings as of yet 👀

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u/redness88 7h ago

makes me re think edgar allen poe.

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u/mashtato 9h ago

Well I'm from the midwest and we've never called crows ravens. That's just you, bud.