Comments on: Crows have fun on snow-covered car

By: jhertzli

jhertzli — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:50:00 +0000

Crows just wanna have fun.

By: Camp Freddie

Camp Freddie — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:26:00 +0000

I am shocked and appalled that I am the first pedant to point out that these are not crows but jackdaws. They are too small to be crows, and jackdaws have grey patches around their neck and breast, whereas crows are all-black.

Very cute though…

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:19:00 +0000

WTF do they put in the water in Russia? It makes the animals act Really weird!

By: phuzz

phuzz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:05:00 +0000

I’m not sure about crows, but chickens roll in dust in a similar manner to clean off their feathers and remove fleas etc.

By: fiatrn

fiatrn — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:32:00 +0000

BuddyB – It is a Lada sedan, the Russian version of a Fiat 124 Sedan.

By: bnschlz

bnschlz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:50:00 +0000

We have a ‘pet’ crow that has practically lived in our backyard for the past 3 months. It sits on our kids’ sand-and-water play table all the time and … plays with stuff. Spinning the wheels, splashing in the water, all the while crowing to its mates to come and join in the fun! Sadly it doesn’t seem to have convinced anyone else yet.

By: Snig

Snig — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:55:00 +0000

Possibly digging freeze dried bugs out of an intake valve/ base of the windshield.

By: Buddy Bradley

Buddy Bradley — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:58:00 +0000

What make of car is that? I’m guessing Zastava, but I really don’t know…

By: Sheri L. Williamson

Sheri L. Williamson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:17:00 +0000

"Play" is exactly what animal behaviorists call it and exactly what it is.

By: A Viescas

A Viescas — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:55:00 +0000

Except there’s no reason to be on the car on the first place, let alone close enough to the edge to roll; a crow who lost its balance would flap its wings to stabilize rather than roll; and finally the crow seems to repeat the act several times on purpose.

“Dust bath” may be a reasonable explanation for this behavior, but “just falling” probably isn’t.

By: A Viescas

A Viescas — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:50:00 +0000

go home crow you are drunk?

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:39:00 +0000

Or they may shoot them more. I think a randomized study is called for.

By: mutantrose

mutantrose — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:22:00 +0000

Thanks for reminding me of a comic at The Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/winter_is_coming

By: adonai

adonai — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:48:00 +0000

Winter is coming.

By: scruss

scruss — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:15:00 +0000

” … I’m afraid I was very, very drunk …”

By: s2redux

s2redux — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:13:00 +0000

Seems like a typical avian dust bath, albeit with ersatz dust. Plus, sliding FUN |

By: Tom Ames

Tom Ames — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:39:00 +0000

This video (along with the one of the cat’s first experience of snow and the baby elephant playing in the surf) validates the existence of the internet.

By: euansmith

euansmith — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:31:00 +0000

I thought maybe it was trying to get rid of fleas or something; but Crows are pretty darn smart so maybe it was frolicking in the snow. The Corvids are my favourite of birds.

I watched this video to the accompaniment of the Throbbing Gristle track from higher up today’s posts. It makes for a very freaky juxtaposition.

By: Paul Dmytrewycz

Paul Dmytrewycz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Ah yes, the Moscow crows. We called them “mili-crows” when I lived there in the late 80′s because their gray/black coloring made them look like the uniforms of Soviet paramilitary police of the day. The story (as apocryphal as it may be) is that Moscow had a serious pigeon problem, pooping on the statues of Lenin & such, so they brought in these crows that apparently eat pigeon eggs. Now they have a crow problem.

And that’s… one to grow on.

By: hyph3n

hyph3n — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:53:00 +0000

Not exactly the answer I was after. Apparently, you are no neuroscientist either.

By: creesto

creesto — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:33:00 +0000

Maybe, but the way that the crow just lays on sideways on the snow…really unusual

By: Mathieu A.

Mathieu A. — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000

I’m not sure he’s playing. He may be rolling down the windshield from lack of stability more than sheerful enjoyment. Throughout the video, he’s trying to eat a bit of food from his right claw, since for some reason, he seems to dislike eating it from the snowy ground.

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:59:00 +0000

crow angel

By: -hms-

-hms- — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:57:00 +0000

The full-screen recommendation was a good one. I got pretty immersed. great sound too. This reminded, in spirit, me of some great Canadian animation, quiet, playful, muted and beautiful. In the category for best incidentally beautiful and authentically spontaneous web short goes to…

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:49:00 +0000

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By: Alexandros

Alexandros — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:35:00 +0000

I love this one.
Crows are some of my favorite creatures, Its always fun and interesting to watch them.

By: OriGuy

OriGuy — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:25:00 +0000

Crow making snow angel at 0:40?

By: Nadreck

Nadreck — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:23:00 +0000

Hey! It’s Huginn and Muninn! What a wacky pair!

By: Cameron Postelwait

Cameron Postelwait — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:21:00 +0000

if people knew how much joy animals could feel they might shoot at them less.

By: John Deever

John Deever — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:14:00 +0000

FWIW the caption reads “Stoned Crows.”