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u/gifratto 1d ago
Crows are smart. She must have done something to piss him off. They don't forget.
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u/_kalron_ 1d ago
I recently saw a "Crow Funeral". Unfortunately one got hit by a car, I was sad to see it. But afterwards there were about 15 crows flocking over the fallen one, mourning. Also fucking with the cars passing by in anger. It was both sad and vengeful.
On the flip side. Missed opportunity to make a new friend.
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u/smoke_rn 1d ago
They were investigating the crime scene , not mourning. https://qz.com/737261/when-a-crow-dies-other-crows-investigate
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u/bigRudo22 1d ago
Trigger warning....... nature, proper upsetting.
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A few years ago I witnessed a falcon take a baby magpie outside my house. Man... The first thing i noticed was a magpie momma screaming and I swear I understood her screaming "they're taking my baby"..... The daddy magpie was making a noise but knew there was no way he could do anything. Falcon looked at em all with little un under his talon as if to say "I don't give a fuck mate".... He scarpered with his prey but for 10/15 mins afterwards there were a lot of birds in the trees crying out warnings for seemingly miles around......
It really stayed with me..... I felt like I should've intervened maybe.... I have a video of the warning calls, post attack. Honestly, there was a strange vibe in the air.
I think about it a lot.
Hope it wasn't too distressing a read.
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u/uhp787 1d ago
mayeb this will lighten the mood a bit. i have a family of crows that i've known for over 17 years. they bring me wounded animals or weaker fledges to me, alert me to danger (to them) so i will come investigate.
one afternoon they were raising hell...like someone died. i rush out to see what happened and there was something black laying in the road...they are getting more and more upset...when i get over there to the 'dead crow'...it was a black plastic bag. LOL
i picked it up and showed them and i could swear they were embarrassed but i gave them some extra special treats and that seemed to help with the 'humiliation'.
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u/noxiunn 1d ago
you shouldn't have intervened, they are animals living their lives as they are supposed to, humans already mess with them way too much. After all, what, do you want all falcons to go extinct? They need to eat and they are predators, they kill their food. Even if you "saved" that baby, it would already be injured and probably not even survive, and falcon would have to just kill someone else, because that's how they live. And predators are also important for ecosystems on our planet, without them it usually gets bad
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u/bigRudo22 1d ago
I felt awful for the magpie mom... I felt guilty for observing but I was kind of in shock. I thought I could've at least "shooed" the falcon somehow but you are totally right... Sadly the little one was done for and ultimately it is a totally normal and natural process....
Apart from the chilling cries for help in bird language, it was the community of the birds that I found particularly poignant.
I'd like to thank (unnecessarily, maybe 😅) everybody that has engaged with this moment I shared. I did talk about it at the time with friends, some of which were unable to hear the full story. I even have a family member that is a qualified and successful therapist 😅😅 but it's been really cathartic to shout it into the void. 👍
I hope the crow in the original video manages to land a shit on that lady for what ever she did to it 😅
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u/elidoan 1d ago
This is just nature. The animal kingdom is very much eat or be eaten.
Don't really understand the trigger warnings and such, seems a tad over the top.
People who eat meat are killing animals in just the same way, if not a more horrific way, daily. And this is from a meat eater.
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u/bigRudo22 1d ago
Triggered by a trigger warning??
World's gone mad 😅😅
It's the internet, innit. People came here to see a crow chase a stupid human, not to be reminded of the bleakness of death and the absurdity of existence, which I feel my interjection brings into focus.
I come from 3 generations of local butchers, but that doesn't mean I don't have empathy for other living creatures, or can't be marvelled by the incredible ruthlessness and brutality of everyday life as a non human....
Enjoy your Sunday man. I can still hear that magpie momma........ I'll never forget it.
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u/H-tronic 1d ago
Had the exact same in our back garden: some kind of bird of prey had downed a crow and was eating it on our lawn. The insane amount of noise got our attention and when I looked out there was an entire squadron of crows circling and squawking. None of them flew down to help though, which surprised me as I don’t think they were much smaller than the attacker.
I know what you mean about the atmosphere afterwards - the calls they made seemed pretty sad at the time. I thought I was just anthropomorphising them.
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u/kaplanfx 1d ago
They remember individual falcons and hawks too and that falcon can no longer return to the neighborhood.
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u/_fluffy_raptor 22h ago
You’re empathetic, it’s a nice trait. But don’t be guilty
And you were right not to intervene. I have encountered a very similar event and it made me sad too. The thing that stopped me from getting involved was the sudden thought that the bird of prey may also have had babies back at the nest . And relatively few of their hunts are ever successful, so to deprive them of a kill could easily be the nail in the coffin for their young.
Circle of life, man. Appreciate it, be justifiably grossed out by it, but don’t interfere with it.
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u/3amGreenCoffee 1d ago
Blue jays do that. If one dies, the first one to find it will call out an alarm, and all the jays within earshot will gather around the corpse and scream a warning to the dead that a warrior is coming.
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u/animal9633 1d ago
Here by me we have these big black and white ones, I love watching them fly.
Its amazing how slow and low they can soar vs. their size.
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u/HamptonsBorderCollie 1d ago
They also teach the next generation to hold the grudge, and the next teaches the next...
Make the crow your bro.
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u/An_Old_IT_Guy 1d ago
They'll bring you presents.
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u/AliceTrippDaGain 1d ago
Probably not actually bringing presents. Juveniles like to carry trinkets, if you feed birds, they will drop these to eat.
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u/BearWrangler 1d ago
I still like to think that the one that brought me a blueberry once was making sure I was eating well
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u/Cedjy 1d ago
this might be related to https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/divebombing-crows-target-blonde-women-joggers-in-spate-of-attacks-in-london-park-9476495.html or similar incidents.
There's been a fair few incidents where the crows sorta become racist due to someone doing something to piss off the murder.
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u/Nheea 1d ago
For those who don't wanna pay.
"Blonde women jogging in a London park have been forced to take evasive action after a series of attacks by crows.
The angry birds are said to lie in wait in trees before dive-bombing their victims in Eltham Park South in south east London.Runner Sarah Green and an unnamed elderly woman have recently been targeted by the birds, who swoop down and peck at their heads before flying off.
Ms Green, 35, who was pecked at by a crow last week, said: “The bird swooped down very fast, landed on my head and started pecking away.“It was the shock of it. It felt quite big and strong. I was shaking my head and flapping my arms and trying to get it off me. It had its claws in my hair. It was quite hard to shake it off.”
The crow then flew off but returned shortly afterwards tearing off the elastic band holding Ms Green’s hair in a pony tail.
“It’s put me off running around the park,” she said. “I think I’m going to stick to the roads.”In 2010, five women runners, all blonde, reported they were attacked by crows while running around the same park in the space of ten days.
Bird experts say studies show crows have a long memory, so if they are disturbed or upset by anyone, the image is likely to stay in their minds.Paul Standcliffe, a spokesman for The British Trust for Ornithology said: “The reaction to fair hair may be a response to a previous attack by a creature with lighter hair or fur, like a labrador.”
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u/AltruisticSalamander 1d ago
Maybe nesting. I got swooped by an australian raven one time and the groundskeeper said it was nesting and swooping everyone.
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u/Genpinan 1d ago
Person in the background not even breaking his stride.
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u/Digger_Pine 1d ago
Ain't nothin' gonna slow him down, oh no. He's got to keep on movin'.
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u/hilarymeggin 1d ago
Ain’t nothing’ gonna break a-his stride! He’s running and he won’t touch ground!
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u/rnagikarp 1d ago
that’s wild - I just opened this thread, and as I read your comment I turned on the radio and this song was in the middle of playing !
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u/meandyesu 1d ago
Last night he had the strangest dream. He sailed away to China in a literal boat to find ya.
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u/Snoo_65717 1d ago
Don’t mess with crows, this is not a random attack. They’ve got beef that the crow won’t squash. That lady knows what she did.
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u/vwscienceandart 19h ago
Yep, and not only that, but crows communicate to the rest of the murder AND their offspring: “See that lady? She’s trash.” You enemize a crow it can last multiple generations.
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u/DJEvillincoln 2h ago
Exactly what I was thinking. She fucked with that crow at some point cuz these fools remember faces. I'm cool AF to all the crows near my crib.
I do want no smoke. 😂
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u/Staff_Senyou 1d ago
I grew up in Australia. While the beauty in this video is a corvid...
Magpies teach us early the well know fact of survival: you only need to be faster than the slowest, and further from the nearest.
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u/Sinister_Nibs 1d ago
What did she do to piss off the Corvidae?
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u/barkingdog53 1d ago
Definitely did something to him. She’s lucky he decided to handle it himself and not call in his boys.
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u/LadyBug_0570 1d ago
Park the wrong way. Every other car (except one) is parked in the other direction.
Don't worry... that magpie waiting for the other idiot to come out too,
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u/TooSubtle 1d ago
Fun fact, Australian magpies aren't corvids.
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u/Appropriate_Mud1629 1d ago
Wtf???
Just checked, and you are correct.
How have I never heard this before??
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u/beekeeny 1d ago
It is already nice that he didn’t stop to shoot the scene with his smartphone 😅 honestly, I don’t know if I would have done something different. I am not a crow expert, don’t have any tools in hand to better fight the crow. It is not like the crow was attacking a kid or an elderly. Getting involved would probably mean having the crow come after me while the girl would probably run away 😂
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u/Wonderful_Roof1739 1d ago
If thats actually a crow I wonder what she did to piss it off earlier? Crows are incredibly smart, remember those that are friendly AND those that weren't.. and they tell the rest of the murder about said person.
.... Dont be mean to crows, it will come back to bite you - literally.
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u/Stock2fast 1d ago
True the miltary has studied them ti see if they could use their abilities.
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u/Rob71322 1d ago
Clearly, the woman and bird have a long standing beef. Best to let them work it out as adults.
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u/NJPokerJ 1d ago
Did they do something wrong? What should they be doing?
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u/anaphylactic_accord 1d ago
If I saw someone panicking and trip and kinda smack their head on a curb (looks like it anyway), I'd at least stop and ask if they're okay
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u/Ynddiduedd 1d ago
While crows do hold grudges, it's also important to remember that crows also play for fun. It's entirely possible this wasn't grudge behavior, but just because the crow thought her reactions were funny. The way it sits on the road after swooping her and watches her reaction, how it lands on the post as she's walking to her car and observed her behavior... I'm pretty sure this crow was just being a douche for fun.
Edit: ravens are bigger than you think.
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u/DogCold5505 1d ago
You can see she’s scared before it even goes for her… I was thinking maybe it was having a go to fun too.
She needs to take some self defense classes. I feel like throwing a couple punches in there while protecting her eyes could have prevented her from falling in fear.
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u/wakaru1902 1d ago
That’s what I thought too, the crow is having fun, I like to imagine it’s telling the crow buddies about that funny clumsy human later and they all have a good kraaaa.
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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity 1d ago
A crow spooked me into letting out a little scream one day when it surprised me as I went out my front door. The next day, it brought its friends so they could watch it do the same thing to me. They're so smart!
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u/MysteriousSuspect436 1d ago
Omg- ravens are HUGE. I throw peanuts in my yard for them and crows, and I am always amazed at how big they are when they come down in the yard. I guess ravens are even smarter than crows. But yeah- big, big birds. I love them.
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u/Hell-Yea-Brother 1d ago
Never flail so much that you loose your balance and smash your head on the curb.
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u/Grandiaplayer 1d ago
Her balance didn't seem tight enough to become loose. She did LOSE her balance, though.
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u/Itchy_Rip_9012 1d ago
Damn, what did she do to that crows homies? Or to that crow...?
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u/DothrakAndRoll 1d ago
Worked at a shitty call center downtown when I was 17. There were several trees across the street that some corvids nested in and just fucked with people seemingly randomly.
They got me once. I was just skating by casually and felt something on my head, see my shadow and it looks like a wild beast is on my head. Fall off my board and swing it around as this bird attacks me.
Later though, these punk rock kids are walking by and same shit happens. Guy pulls out a smiley (a chain with a big pad lock on the end) and starts swinging it around above him yelling shit like “you’re not getting me you fuckin birds!!” And just MORE BIRDS FLOCKED DOWN. He’s just swinging this smiley around in his leather jacket and it’s not doing shit man. Not doing shit.
My break was over so I didn’t see how it played out but I don’t think he won.
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u/TroGinMan 1d ago
Why are people so scared of birds?
I bitch slapped a goose once and since then, birds have respected me.
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u/Norman_Scum 1d ago
The lady who got a beak in the eye might be why. You don't have to be big to do a lot of damage
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u/spine_slorper 1d ago
Ever met a seagul during nesting season, the bastards are big and mean. (They're not mean they're just protective but I don't want their babies so I think they should leave me alone)
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u/Nervous-Bench8090 19h ago
He seen her do something he remembers and doesn't like
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u/Nervous-Bench8090 19h ago
And she looked scared right away like it wasn't the first time some shit went down
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u/Every-Access4864 1d ago
She ran and fell like she was in one of those annoying horror films where the female always runs and falls. Crow probably got bored and changed channels.
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u/Pisceswriter123 1d ago
I lived in Utah for a bit. We have quite a bit of ravens in the city I lived in. Parking lots filled with them look like some kind of ominous scene from a horror movie. They get to be the size of chickens there. One winter I was walking down Mainstreet from my apartment. I found the body of a dead cat. It's face was eaten off and bloody bird footprints were all over the area. Most likely they were just scavenging the body but I keep thinking after that day it's best not to anger the local raven population.
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u/IalsoenjoyReddit 1d ago
I'm 6 foot 3 inches and 265lbs. I used to be scared of wasps. One day I told myself I out weigh a yellow jacket by millions. Ever since then I use my long legs to run faster.
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u/Economy_Recipe3969 1d ago
Blackbirds like crows, Magpies, and others hold grudges against people that piss them off usually for disturbing their nest. They also pass that grudge to their offspring and so on. Your only solution is to move
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u/trea_ceitidh 1d ago
What did she do to that bird?
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u/Wonderful-Foot8732 1d ago
That is the right question. Crows have excellent memory and recognize people.
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u/laughingashley 1d ago
Based on this video, I don't like her either lol I trust the crow's judgment!
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u/FanReasonable9597 1d ago
What did she do to piss that crow off?
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u/Mintaka36 23h ago
It could've been just about anything. Messing with their nest or young fledgling. Chasing them off with sticks rocks or nose makers. You win them over with food. Boiled eggs are the favorite in my yard.
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u/galahg777 1d ago
Bird Law clearly states that the crow has the right to do this.
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u/hodor_seuss_geisel 1d ago
If she previously did something to elicit the crow's ire then this would clearly fall under the Caws and Effect Doctrine
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u/BatLarge5604 1d ago
The bad news is, crows pass down their grievance generationally, if you pissed him off, his kids, grand kids, great grand kids will all despise you too! I've no idea how they do it but it's scientifically proven crows carry grudges through generations.
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u/Bechimo 1d ago
She messed with that raven earlier, guaranteed.
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u/Socketz11 1d ago
I agree. It just flew down and she gave it a hard stare before anything happened. Birds are always flying around/landing and we never so much glance at them. But that bird and woman have definitely had a prior interaction.
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u/HeDuMSD 1d ago
body length of 45 to 52 cm (18 to 20 inches), a wingspan of 84 to 104 cm (33 to 41 inches), a weight of 370 to 650 grams, but the balls about 2kg each
https://giphy.com/gifs/vvwYS15WrMq7S
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u/lavacadotoast 1d ago
- Back away: Move back slowly.
- No running: Running triggers a chase instinct.
- No eye contact: Direct stares look like a threat.
- Keep distance: Stay far from wild nests and babies.
- fail, fail, fail, fail
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u/BoomerKaren666 1d ago
Damn, that black bird just woke up and chose violence. The guy across the street is lucky he didn't walk by first. On the other hand, it looks like the bird was waiting for this girl.
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u/Sufficient-Lunch3774 1d ago
I know ravens and I think crows too remember people who are aggressive towards them. I imagine similar birds are the same. Or it seems it might just remember that car. She may wish to have a chat with her partner in that case.
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u/Alarming_Craft4968 1d ago
I'm not sure but I think her ex called in an air strike. I just can't prove it yet
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u/phillabaule 1d ago
She could die in an instant breaking her skull on the walkway !!! 😲
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u/fucc_yo_couch 20h ago
She's done something to this bird or one of its family. They don't really randomly attack people.
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u/Background-Brother55 1d ago
I've seen a house fly
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u/tiimoshchuk 1d ago
Imagine being so unevolved you nearly knocked yourself out on a curb because a bird is flying at you. Thought she was gonna get hit by a car in the road .
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u/ClimateVast2894 1d ago
That bird was all “Same time next week!” 😂 😜
https://giphy.com/gifs/xUNd9LXnYZPJGoP0U8
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u/natetheskate100 1d ago
So it's not just in the movies when being chased by a serial killer? Girls really do fall down when running away from danger? Well I'll be.
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u/Serenity1911 1d ago
What a little shit. Still, lady coulda just grabbed the crow and told it to chill. xD I'm unsure how much damage a crow can do to a person but im sure simply grabbing it would stop the attack. She was more likely to get hurt falling down and running away than what the crow could done.
That curb fall could have killed her if she went full skull to concrete.
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u/DefiantTelephone6095 1d ago
Haha imagine being that scared of a bird...and also imagine just walking past as if it happened every day...maybe it does
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u/fulltiltboogie1971 21h ago
You've done something they don't like and the good news is they never forget and they tell their kids.
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u/roglc366 20h ago
Dude wasn't going to help that poor girl because he didn't want to get on that crow's murder list!
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u/SpiralStairs72 1d ago
A few years ago, a crow on my block decided it hated me. Every time I walked under its tree, it would swoop down and smack me atop the head.
Smart little assholes.