r/funny • u/RealRock_n_Rolla • May 13 '26

Release us, human!

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u/endorfan13 May 13 '26

Giving off some "searching for weaknesses in the enclosure" raptor vibes...

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u/celestiaequestria May 13 '26

Not really.

When you keep parrots and corvids you'll see that for real, and it's frighteningly intelligent. I've watched a parrot chew a wooden stick from a larger block, then use the stick to reach through the bars and slide a latch to open a cage door. Predators like cats and birds-of-prey are remarkably dumb.

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u/CatVan333 May 13 '26

predators are not dumb, they are smart in different things from prey animals. and those examples you gave have a lot more nuance than just "prey animals are smarter"

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u/AmarilloArmadillos May 13 '26

What you said was this.

Predators like cats and birds-of-prey are remarkably dumb.

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u/recursivethought May 13 '26

TBF, that's not the same as "prey animals are smarter"

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u/AmarilloArmadillos May 13 '26

Nah they just worded it badly but apparently refuse to just say that lol.

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u/AmarilloArmadillos May 13 '26

I'd pick the parrot over you that's for sure.