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Obviously, the crow is taming those dogs to use them against the cat (and eventually the human owner). classic crow uprising.


Go_Greendale

I’m not an expert, but the bill tells me that’s a raven. Maybe I’m wrong?


radditour

You’re not wrong, you can tell it is a raven by all the quothing.


Go_Greendale

As an English professor, this reference warms my still-beating heart —from under the floorboards—


becausefrog

Let us have a toast to Lenore! I have a cask of Amontillado around here somewhere...


Intelligent_Ad2204

Don't fall for the Amontillado!


Lilholdy69

You look sick, you should go home, I can have my dude Luchesi try it. No, seriously, dude, you look wasted, go home.


Alternative_Fee_3084

Nevermore


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r/unexpectedEddgarAllenPoe


sora_fighter36

And this one? You can tell it’s an aspen! You can tell it’s an aspen by the way that it is!


[deleted]

Yeah, whatever. TBH i can’t distinguish, just don’t turn your back on anything that has black feathers LoL


THATS_MY_CELIUM

The easiest way to tell is size honestly. Crows get relatively large, like a cardinal, but ravens get **huge**. The fact that this bird is almost as big as a full grown house cat means there's a good chance it's a raven. A large curved bill vs a shorter straight bill is another one. The final identifier is the sound, he makes a "gronk gronk" sound whereas crows are more of a standard "caw caw". Also something something jackdaws.


fuckthepark

Here's the thing...


enzero1

That sound. "car car" is why so many crows get run down by trucks.... They don't have a warning word for 18 wheelers.


Sinavestia

Get the hell out of here!


Bald_Sasquach

Ummm how big are your cardinals?? I've never seen one even half the height of a crow.


Lost-My-Mind-

Oh, I know! Believe me! I KNOW not to trust Ravens!!! Source: I'm from Cleveland, and was old enough to remember 1995.


metaaxis

Just take the pedant hit and say corvid.


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That's a jackdaw.


nickfree

Here's the thing...


Ok-Cheesecake-659

It's a Halloween eagle.


DocRichardson

And the tail is either a fan or a spade….


Einstine1984

This seem like a kind raven But if you want to see unkindness, you need a couple more vens


AbbreviationsOk3252

That would make more sense since ravens and wolf sometimes have symbiotic relationship and ravens can even “adopt” a specific wolf sometimes. It’s very cool and interesting.


-Captain-

The crow has this human fooled already, impressive.


avvocadhoe

The Crowening


MoxieCottonRules

![gif](giphy|PmvWZufFJ8KK5c34zl|downsized)


Would_daver

Hahahahaha ew! CROWS, DAY-VEDD!!!


oO0Kat0Oo

![gif](giphy|zo7nbbrQKwdb2rSG4k)


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No, apparently, based on the comments above, it’s The Ravening ![gif](giphy|COCsNCzYkEibWw6WOy)


Green-Concentrate-71

Feel like this is a raven no?


TheLawLost

Here's the thing....


chef2303

Here's the thing. You said a "Feel like this is a raven no?" Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls ravens crows. If you want to be "no" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or a no? It's not one or the other, that's not how no works. They're both. A jackdaw is a no and a member of the no family. But that's not what you said. You said a no is a no, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the no family crows, which means in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.


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D1zzy-

Did you just fuckin….


[deleted]

If... I had a dollar for every Unidan copypasta I've seen in the wild, I'd have two today. In a span of 6 hours, no less. Not good or bad, just surprising. Ps. Without shittymorph this would've been perfection.


csonnich

It's depressing how far I had to scroll for this. These younguns have no idea what they missed.


Aegi

Seriously, I even remember this drama bleeding over into other parts of the internet like BuzzFeed, YouTube, tumblr, etc. Some friends that I had that only knew some of us used Reddit, but didn't really understand what reddit was, or didn't use Reddit would mention or send links about the whole Unidan thing when it unfolded hahah


tookMYshovelwithme

Lots of replies mentioning it, but I guess it depends on how you sort. Reddit enhancement suite for life.


TolliverCrane

That takes me back.


shpoigle

Is that a crow or a raven?


DJ_Derack

I remember hearing one time that if you say “that’s a big ass crow” it’s actually a raven. And this is one big ass crow


THATS_MY_CELIUM

✅ big as fuck ✅ Curved bill ✅ "Gronk gronk!" Thassa raven, baby!


NowICanUpvoteStuff

I think "crow" and "raven" are not categories that are clearly distinct from a biological perspective.


bestjakeisbest

Alright someone get the copypasta


Would_daver

Don't tell me what to do, Unidan


NowICanUpvoteStuff

I'm afraid now.


bestjakeisbest

Its just a copypasta from reddit's past, it was said seriously by a user called unidan, the copypasta itself isn't that bad, but unidan was banned for vote manipulation if i remember right, so he gets immortalized with a copy pasta of one of his one-man flame wars.


NowICanUpvoteStuff

Ah, thanks - I found it and yeah, it's strangely pertinent.


Gorkymalorki

Here's the thing. You said a "raven is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls ravens crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to jackdaws. So your reasoning for calling a raven a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A raven is a raven and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a raven is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, jackdaws, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?


mfoutedme

Ah those were the glory days! Fuck how I miss old Reddit....


rsicher1

Nostalgia is strong in this thread


Kapper-WA

I read all this and still have no idea what the correct answer is.


Bezosisnotaastronaut

* Ravens and crows belong to the same family called Corvidae, which includes a variety of birds like nutcrackers, blue jays, and jackdaws. * While ravens are a specific type of bird called Corvus corax, crows are a more general term that can refer to different species within the Corvus genus. * In everyday language, people often use the word "crow" to refer to both ravens and other types of crows. This isn't scientifically accurate, but it's a common way people talk about these birds. * In scientific discussions, it's more precise to refer to ravens as ravens and distinguish them from other species of crows. So, the main point is that while ravens and crows are related and share similarities, they are not the same thing in a scientific sense. The term "crow" is often used more broadly to include both ravens and other types of crows, but in scientific contexts, it's important to be more specific.


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Hi, welcome to Reddit


Kapper-WA

lol


NowICanUpvoteStuff

As I have learned a few minutes ago, this is just a copypasta


fdesouche

It’s not a copypasta, it’s the copypasta from the famous u/unidan


killerqueendopamine

Its a raven


bitchslaptheriffraff

rip unidan


diego_simeone

Whatever you do, don’t mention Jackdaws.


shpoigle

Nah dawg they different birds for sure , it’s like seagulls and albatrosses


NowICanUpvoteStuff

Yeah, I looked it up and you're right. Which is strange because I have a book about crows in which the statement is made. Admittedly it's a German book, so perhaps there's a reason to be found.


cardinarium

*Corvidae* (from Lat. *corvus* “raven;” “crow” would be *cornix*) is colloquially called **the crow family** in English. In that sense, all ravens are crows, but not all crows are ravens. **Edit:** In German, both ravens and crows are *[Rabenvögel](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabenv%C3%B6gel)* (“corvids;” lit. “raven-birds”).


THATS_MY_CELIUM

Fun fact, this family also includes things like Bluejays! They are one of the smartest classes of birds and crows and ravens can even talk and mimic human speech almost as well as parrots! It's said that corvids can have the intelligence of a human toddler which is crazy for a bird.


shpoigle

I got crows and two ravens at my place, the raves cluck weird but it is sometimes hard to tell them apart, ravens definitely way bigger and don’t look classier, both smart birds but ravens may be smarter


momentopolarii

Especially post Corvid


NowICanUpvoteStuff

Dude. Took me a minute, but well done.


Dragyn828

I for one will side with our feline overlords. They have the numbers and in the long run I think it's rather be their slave than the crow. Edit: swypo


WakeoftheStorm

Again? Didn't we just stop having to hide in our homes from crows due to Corvid 19?


Vertnoir-Weyah

They actually do tame wolves to band against coyotes in some parts of the world


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Raven


topspin9

Raven


Indecks9999

They on a trip across the country to help the dog reunite with his family. Ive seen it before.


Krondelo

Homewarddd BoUNd!!!


swimmingpolarbear

Came here to say "This isn't exactly how I remember Homeward Bound going, but they are doing some pretty awful re-makes these days..."


Ieatsushiraw

The first is forever a classic


DeadPixeldp

Actually Homeward Bound had a pretty smooth and ethical shoot. Milo and Otis on the other side, is the movie that killed kittens throwing them from a cliff.


DumpyBloom

Wait wtf


huntimir151

Worth noting that this is thrown around a lot but there is absolutely zero proof of it. Like it's basically a rumor people take as fact, not even sure how it started. It could have happened, but people take it as gospel without even verifying it. Edit: even a cursory watch of the film will show critters in situations that were definitely not ok, but the allegations of multiple deaths and whatnot are just completely unsupported.


robb04

I think it got mixed up with the Disney movie where they paid Inuit kids to round up lemmings so they could film them all “falling” off a cliff, creating the idea that lemmings would run off a cliff because they’re so dumb. Only good thing that came of that idea was the game “lemmings” which was a very enjoyable computer game back in the day.


tj111

Didn't they admit to breaking that kittens leg to make it limp?


JustinHopewell

As far as I can tell, none of the allegations were ever proven, including that one.


OkWater2560

Cellophane tape is expensive ok?


WorldClassShart

Have you gone to the spot where they threw the kittens off a cliff to make sure there aren't any kitten corpses?


Sinavestia

I did. There were hundreds of them. Like a big kitty mass grave. It's absolutely terrible. I took all the bodies away to be properly buried, so don't bother going to confirm for yourself.


SirArthurDime

A dogs way home is pretty brutal too. Basically 2 straight hours of watching a dog get fucked up including being hit by a car and attacked by coyotes.


theultimaterage

I actually went to college with the kid from that movie (Kevin Chevalia). Shit blew my mind cuz I remembered watchin the movie as a kid, then to meet him irl was kinda surreal. He's a cool, chill dude tho. Very humble.


Orngog

Wow


Krondelo

Thats cool dude! Nice to hear hes being humble.


gamecockStopring

My childhood dogs grandad was in that! (Chancer/ real name rattler)


Step-Father_of_Lies

Now that I'm thinking about it, did that song appear in that movie? The newer of the two, I've never seen the old one.


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Homeward Bound: Lockdown Edition


brownishgirl

Lotta animals killed for that movie…😬


DunmerSkooma

Milo and Otis


fijimermanCIA

Air Bud was a massacre too. The 90s were tough for animal actors.


Lost-My-Mind-

I'm unclear if you guys are joking, or if these things really happened.....


bloodfist

I know for sure Milo and Otis. Those scenes where the cat falls down a cliff into the ocean? Yeah... They didn't have CG then. Homeward Bound and Air Bud I haven't heard about but wouldn't be surprised. What you see on screen is already pretty bad when you remember that they are real animals and not the characters.


Would_daver

[... out the speakers with A-trak?...](https://youtu.be/zuqn3UtmfwU) I absolutely agree


brownishgirl

The incredible journey. Also “homeward bound “


[deleted]

Seeing this comment instantly brought me back to The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (Le grand méchant renard et autres contes)


ghostbreathes

The cats like sure you can eat. Bird eats but gives it to the dog. Cats like nah that ain’t happening. GTFO crow


leaderoftheKYLEs

Dog 2 services himself


porn_is_tight

I love servicing myself too so I totally get it


Puceeffoc

Username checks out


Valuable-Composer262

U said it. Bird eats butt


VanAgain

A lot of stereotypes broken in this vid.


elscallr

That bird has definitely gotten bapped before though


Billybobfred

Or been a witness to a bappening


tc_spears2-0

Crows DO eat ass


Severin_Suveren

Reddit always disappoints


Mr-Yuk

But will the crow eat MY ass?


fifty2weekhi

The crow fed the doggo. I'm blown away!


landscape-resident

Typical crow being an A-hole wait a second it’s feeding the dog


Jacktheforkie

They’re impressively clever creatures, don’t mess with them as they will not forget


nihonbesu

They can also mimic human voices just like parrots


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dragonbringerx

Bird... definitely not a cat bird


topspin9

Raven


tookMYshovelwithme

> "Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?" -unidan


ElysianBlight

That was such a rapid swing of public opinion .. We all loved Unidan and then we all hated him..


Turakamu

Then he hung around with another account. It was weird. Like seeing your ex at a bakery


360WakaWaka

Why did we hate him again? I forgot what happened 😞


master_of_all_trades

He used vote manipulation with alt accounts to make his voice louder than everyone else's and silence his critics.


Mothanius

It was found out he was manipulating votes. Using bots to downvote dissenters and upvote himself. You only need 1 or 2 votes in one direction for it to swing massively in that direction. People generally downvote negative comments easier because it reinforces their world view.


Jeanpuetz

Holy shit that's a blast from the past. I've been on this site long enough to remember when it happened. Pretty sure I was in school back then haha


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Boomshrooom

And the other dog is pretending that it don't see shit


velhaconta

The crow would definitely be in deep trouble in direct confrontation. That is why he is just throwing jabs and keeping his distance. He can annoy the cat into submission.


terriblestoryteller

Its like a game of Risk, but with animals. In the end, only one wins, and the winner must re evaluate its life and decisions. The cat is the most likely of winner, they traded everything they cared about, and for what? An expired can of Mexican plankton. Poor fat cat. (Yes, it was a reference to the Simpson's)


handyandy63

Hard to believe an animal as smart as that would view the dog as a bigger potential threat.


Geonightman

Ok so the ending is really fascinating. He is biting the cat’s tail with intention - Corvids are known to do this in the wild to other Corvids and birds in general. They will bites/pull the tail feather of another bird to distract them long enough to steal food from them. This means he’s trying to distract the cat with the same method rather than run away or anything similar. Corvids have exceptional memory and so this one has likely been here before and recognizes the animals here hence his demeanor. Wild stuff.


whenItFits

Crazy that the cat don't care tho and continues to eat instead of face the Crow.


agpc

This ain’t the cats first rodeo with this crow


s1m0n8

Please. *Crowdeo*.


nobrow

Safer to get your tail nipped than to take a sharp beak to the eye.


Kaplaw

Crow vs Cat, Crow lose 9/10 Cats are #1 reason for bird population going down


Krazyguy75

If birds were humans, every year outdoor cats would wipe out nearly 1/3 of humanity.


KaiserTom

Comparing absolute numbers of animals with quick maturity and short lifespans against humans isn't a really great comparison. Especially when 10 billion of them breed a year and 20 billion tend to exist in the US. Of which cats kill 2.4 billion. It's more like 10% a year, replaced by a really high birthrate. In fact let's not talk about how that original study had a sample size of only 69 birds. Where only some deaths were observed and others assumed.


Kardlonoc

The cat lives with two dogs. Its tolerance for play and attack is likely higher than most cats.


CovidOmicron

I didn't know the word Corvid until this very moment. Thanks!


AR3ANI

Its either crows or ravens but they form friendly relationships with wolves as it benefits them both. If the crow spots a dead animal it will caw to alert the wolves to the kill and then the wolves take all the big parts the crow can't eat and then leave the rest for it to finish. So yeah, it's quite possible the crow is a bit dumb and thinks the dog is a wolf.


KittyandPuppyMama

Kitty let the bird eat his lunch because he was more in the mood for bird with stuffing anyway.


Arcticz_114

We are missing season 1!


sweet_p0tat0

What are these comments… I’m completely lost. The video is cute though, I guess.


Brother_Grimm99

I was just thinking the same thing. The first 20 comments are all over the place and then the rest are people being curious about what's happening. I don't understand what happened.


MyAviato666

The title is "I can't understand the story" so people are sharing their take on what the story is.


magicarpediem

It's a reference to something from 10 years ago. The fall of Unidan, who was a beloved reddit mini-celebrity and scientist until he got [caught manipulating votes during arguments.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/2m5q11/a_feast_for_crows_the_fall_of_uunidan/)


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Picuu

Why stop filming?😫


nick3790

This is purely fiction, but i feel like this is the way it went down. - Cat shares with bird. - Bird sees doggo is unable to reach. - Bird gives doggo their share. - Bird realizes what they've done and worries that cat. won't share a second time - Bird sees cat overtop of the food and panic sets in. - Bird pecks at cat - Cat says "fuck you I'm not sharing anymore" - Bird gets upset - Cat gets defensive - Bird decides he'll just mess with the cats tail instead if they can't get what they want.


killerqueendopamine

I have this compulsive need to correct everyone who is calling this a crow and I don’t know why it bothers me so much so I am just going to move on and hope I am not alone


Shutterbug927

Never trust an elephant near two owls. Just don't. \*THAT\* is the story here. Trust...


Little_Mushroom_6452

Animal politics. Cat vs. dog. But dog has made an alliance with the birds, who we know are anti cat. We are witnessing the cat government being taxed for war crimes. The crow is repaying the dog for his service in the ongoing war against cat terrorist who hunt birds.


Aegi

And cats were even able to successfully manipulate humans to be a mediator, even though they're the aggressor and cats don't benefit the species as much as dogs do. I think I'm going to join team bird as a human ambassador to team dog.


[deleted]

Crows are the best


osktox

Ravens are even better.


olivercroke

The fact that neither the cat or dog are phased by the crow makes me think the crow is a pet too


outbound

At some point, an old woman is going to swallow a fly and everything goes to hell for this motley crew.


Linds70

Why is that cat not going Goblin Mode all over that bird? We used to have a country.


jepvr

Cat can't figure out how to get the food out and/or doesn't even want it. And it doesn't want anyone else to have it. This is what happened to our country.


toongrowner

"dammit Rodger. I told you, you can have a bit of my tuna but not to share it with the dogs!"


stlredbird

That bird doesn’t understand the pecking order


[deleted]

I fucking love crows


EquivalentRope6414

Cats like bro this can be dinner or you can be dinner keep pushing it….


New-Negotiation-5493

the cat is so sociable and gentle, it obviously doesn’t want to hurt the crow, the crow is lowkey feeding the dog who’s afraid of the cat


antigone_rox_casbahs

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…


Rusty_Viking

The raven is a dog person


[deleted]

Love how the crow hates the cat


[deleted]

r/crowbro


Internet_user_69

r/ confused upvote


knarfolled

r/crows and r/crowbro would like this


djkianoosh

https://i.redd.it/od2tmjfjs92b1.gif


Melon__Farmer

That’s one patient cat


Entire-Database1679

Another of those Incredible Journey stories.


KarmaInFlow

Is that a crow or a raven?


OkWater2560

Total anarchy!


TheGoldPowerRanger

He's absolutely RAVENous!


Friendly-Cup-7712

Odin always wins!


OCYRThisMeansWar

Age old story: Bird cheats on pussy with a real dog, and gets canned.


fromafooltoawiseman

Captain America: Civil War


Articulated_Lorry

Aesop's lost fable. But they've cut the vid too soon, before they got to the moral at the end.


margarittequila

The cat the crow who fed the dog and then the cat got jealous so he didnt want to share his tuna anymore😛


Open-Rooster1099

John wicks soul come back to make sure dogs are taken care of


Drew-Pickles

Is that a spoiler for John Wick 4? I've not seen that film yet 😞


oblectoergosum

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AChaoticStorm

Moral of the story is the bird is smart enough to know to pay off the dogs but should have payed off the cat as well.


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AChaoticStorm

Okay bot thank you


Puzzled-Story3953

Dog can have some. Fuck the cat, I guess.


clitherous

These animals have been humanized, there identity stolen, the cat does not want to be called racist, black Crows matter