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A collage of crows in various poses with the caption: “This is a crow appreciation post” An image of a crow walking with the caption “strut!” An image of a polite looking crow with the caption “this one looks so polite” A list at the center of the image that says: “Crows are: - beautiful - intelligent - sassy - amazing” An image of a crow flying with the caption “graceful af” An image of a crow with it’s beak open with the caption"you too could yell ‘CAAAAW’ ominously nothing’s stopping you" The remaining captions are without accompanying images: “Just look at them?!!” “a group of crows is a ‘murder’ how badass does that sound? very.” “I just love crows.” The image is watermarked as “@undeaderthanthou”

    • Reyali@lemm.ee
      5·
      5 hours ago

      Fun fact: that’s a baby crow!

      Only young crows have pink/red inside their mouths. Adults have black mouths. I learned this after we started feeding crows at our house and in the summer I noticed some had bright mouths. It’s the only distinguishing feature because by the time the babies are out of the nest, they’re as big as the adults!

      Though the way they followed the adults around and begged to be fed also distinguished them a bit!

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    8 hours ago

    I love crows. If I was a less responsible person, I’d make an effort to incentivize a gang of crows to loiter near my apartment.

    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      5 hours ago

      Is it irresponsible because you live in an urban environment and also incentivize them to not forage themselves?

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        Yeah, it would be one thing if I was living in an ultra-rural area and I could justify myself as just another intermittent food source for the resourceful little guys, but I think I would feel a touch awkward and guilty explaining to my neighbors and my landlord why the local Crow Gang™ always seemed to hang around my windows and were suspiciously well-fed.