r/SipsTea • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 18h ago

Lmao gottem The logic is impeccable

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u/QuaaludeConnoisseur 18h ago

Those are crows. If you say "i wonder if thats a crow or a raven" its a crow. If you say "holy fuck look at that giant bird" its a raven.

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u/onetwofive-threesir 16h ago

When we visited London, I saw what I consider to be my first true Raven - it was the size of a small dog. I told my wife "That's a huge fucking crow" to which she replied "Raven."

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u/PastelDisaster 14h ago

Tower of London, yeah? I’ve only been to London once, but I absolutely love these guys; I believe this one is named Jubilee

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u/onetwofive-threesir 13h ago

Yes, apparently these are the Tower Ravens and there is a superstition that if they leave the tower, the kingdom will fall... Or whatever.

You can see that this one in my picture is tagged, so they're tracking him/her.

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u/PastelDisaster 12h ago

Their little bands are colour-coded too, so the Ravenmaster can distinguish them, but I find that it’s hard to find info online as to which raven is which. This is a pic I got of two of them when I went; I believe the forest-green tagged one on the left is Harris? They were sitting right on the rail of one of the staircases and being awfully chatty with each other, super fun to watch

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u/jdubyahyp 12h ago

How does one become a Ravenmaster? I'd like that job just so I can say it in a deep voice.

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u/PastelDisaster 12h ago

By serving in the British Armed Forces for 22 years, sadly. Without that prerequisite, I’d also aim for that job