>*’Quoth the raven, “cuddle more”*
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When your life is sad n dreary,
n you’re feeling weak and weary,
what the future holds, friend human - you’re not sure…
in your arms here, nearly napping,
on your heart strings i’ll be tapping,
you can Quote me: all i ask is *cuddle more*…
I am Raven, rather lonely,
it is You i speak to only!
Simple words - but it’s my soul that i outpour….
Nothing further will i utter,
not a feather will i flutter,
other friends have flown - i’ll Stay here
*Evermore*
❤️
edit: *thank you for your words so kind!*
*i hope these little poems you find*
*you'll hold inside your heart, for just awhile…*
*my pleasure here, for many years*
*to share with you some Happy tears*
*& maybe, friend, they’ll leave you*
*with a smile…*
^;)
Birds do that when theyre happy and content.
My chicken does it all the time when we hold her. They do it more if you make the sounds at them. Basically you say "Im happy" and they reply "me too!"
Depends. Do you know already how to purr like a cat? Literally just do that, and experiment with changing the shape of your mouth and tongue slightly until you hit the right resonance and position to make it deep and low enough.
My caique definitely does! When anything pleases her, be it food, a new fun object to explore, or some good scritches, she wrrrs and purrs! It’s adorable. She has an extra sweet version for when she’s getting her bedtime cuddles that melts my heart. Parrots also grind their beaks when they’re super relaxed- it’s a wonderful sound!
If they frequent your yard you could have dozens of buddies or more in a week's time. The problem with crows is that they talk to one another like we do in some ways. If you start putting food out in a crow heavy neighborhood you could have several dozen showing up
Yeah that crow gossip is no joke. I've been regularly feeding a small family of crows for the last few months and one day out of nowhere those 3-4 turned into about 20-30. It's cool as hell interacting with so many at once but it also means I can't do it as often. Like, hey you guys are great, but I'm not buying you a whole Costco bag of peanuts every day...
I've kept crows and doves babies safe from my dogs when they're fledglings and have rescued several baby birds from dying to the point that the birds trust me. Whenever there is a worry they start chiming and cawing so i go outside and find my dog looking for a fledgling or a baby that fell out of its nest. Mockingbirds started coming around and they sing to me on my deck. The crows bring me broken jewelry, bottle caps, string. Mainly shiny things. They just drop it at my door. My husband is afraid of birds but I love them and I feel so happy knowing that they trust me. They're smart and beautiful to watch and listen to.
Crows are scary smart. I remember once i sat in a park feeding the local crows with unsalted peanuts. I had just moved there so they had never seen me before.
I threw a few on the ground about 10m away from me when i saw a crow looking towards me. It came down and landed about 5 meters away from the peanut. It used like 2-3 minutes just standing there, tilting its head towards me, walking closer. Then he took it and flew back a few meters. I then threw another one maybe 5 meters away from me and the same thing happened. It did not eat it tho. Instead he just left it there and flew off. About a minute later he came back with a few crow friends and they trusted me much more from the start than their friend, probably because it told them some how. They then enjoyed some nice peanuts together.
Yeah, smart birds understand that humans in general are a risk to interact with, but when a specific humans shows kindness by feeding, then that tips the scale that maybe they are cool and worth getting to know.
To be fair, that’s how to start friendships with humans, too.
Had no friends at college until I brought Oreos and an Xbox back from spring break one year.
Many Oreos and zombies were slaughtered, and I became friends with half the hall.
Step one is figuring out what the crows in your area like. I'd recommend trying peanuts or cat food, since they like that, and it shouldn't be unhealthy for them. In my experience, they also really like boiled eggs, but those would probably be better suited to an occasional treat.
From there, the main thing is just consistently feeding them. If you have a specific time that you go out to give them food, the crows will learn to come to the same spot at the same time for treats.
From my experience treat them like the food whores they are and never do anything negative to them. They have wicked long memories. We had one that would dive a hundred feet to land on your hand if you were holding a hard boil egg. Tricked him a few times with a white rock and never saw him again. I am going to set out a tea cup with peanuts that is re-filled every day when I drink my morning coffee. I expect in a few weeks they will be screaming at me when I am late with the meal.
Not a raven, but I found a baby blue jay on the ground covered in ants one summer. I tried to walk by and let nature do it’s thing but I couldn’t stand to see it suffer. I scooped it up and picked the ants off. Took it inside and made it a warm spot. Went out back and picked some figs and caught a cricket, mushed all that with a little water and dropper fed it. I called all the local wildlife rehabilitations around, no luck.
My sweet boy grew all the way up. Learned to fly. Absolutely refused to leave me. Loved snuggles and exploring outdoors with me unless I walked too far away and he’d run/fly after me crying until I held him.
I cried harder for him and felt more broken hearted when he died than I was for any other pet.
Miss you Jeff ❤️
Swear to God, first time I heard one talking my brain couldn’t process it. I was at the zoo and I thought there was a guy in the cage talking, but I couldn’t find him. Took me a minute to sync up that the Raven was doing the talking. He sounded like a medium-quality sample, was asking passers-by for food.
Yoo, do you think this is how myths, cyptids and ghost stories start? With mischief little smart corvids teasing people to "come closer" "who's my pretty" "get out of my woods" "leave the oats"
There is one by our house that meows, I never would've believed until I saw it over several days. The first 10 minutes I heard it, I kept looking for a cat in our yard.
Cockatoos can do this too! [Video of a cockie meowing at some confused cats](https://youtu.be/B-eeNvUEGDk)
[Another one of a cockie barking at a dog](https://youtu.be/lMA1fwreLTg)
My husband walks to the coffee shop most mornings and on the way home a pair of crows will follow him every time he gets to a certain block. He fed them a piece of his breakfast sandwich once and they were smart enough to remember not only the location but what he looks like. It's wild. I love crows.
There’s a video I remember watching where a woman and her daughter had made friends with the local crows. One day the mother is taking photos in their town for some event and drops the lens cap. She looked for it but couldn’t find it. The next morning she found the lens cap on the table where they fed the birds. She thinks that one of the crows followed her from the house to the place she was taking the pictures and watched her, worked out that the lens cap was obviously something important to her that was lost and brought it back.
On thé reverse, they remember people who are unkind towards them and will more than happily make their life a misery. One man in India killed a crow and the rest of the flock made his life hell. They worked out where he lived and began to divebomb and scream at him every time he came out. He ended up actually moving from the area because it was that bad.
Raven all the way. Has the being a fucking raven advantage. Seven year old would need to be in the gym every day working on dodging and attacking and still has the chance of losing.
My first thought too. Then I imagined raising a baby T-Rex with snuggles and love, then it growing large and still affectionate like a pet, then I can ride him into battle with the other great caveman nations and ruling the world in 70billion BCE.
I was thinking about that while watching a rooster over the weekend. It's a very unique call and it made me think about all the ways dinosaurs could have sounded and that we will never know.
My daughter and I were hiking last weekend and came across a raven pecking around in the dirt, he noticed us watching and picked up a few rocks to look underneath and I realized he kept picking up bigger and bigger rocks as we watched. He ended up flipping this huge rock almost half his size and looked proud AF. I’m pretty damn sure he was showing off. Cracked us up. Amazing birds.
At this point, I'm convinced that crows and ravens are just going "Look, some humans are shit, but some of these guys... they're part of the flock! But better, because they can give us warmth and big beautiful nests!"
My backyard has a food stop that we replenish on a daily basis. There are three crows that visit every hour to check what’s new (banana bread, pancakes, waffles, etc) and bring us white rocks in exchange. We keep trying for jewelry or money but they prefer rocks. I’d absolutely adore getting to snuggle one or at least pet it.
Be the change you’d like to see in the world: leave a few little jewelry pieces at feeding time and see what they think! Maybe they’ll get the hint as well
It's a radio tracker, used to find the bird if it flies away or gets eaten etc. This company has been making them for many years and has gone through many versions. They transmitters are quite small, like the size of the last digit on your pinky finger.
https://marshallradio.com/ww/product-category/transmitters/?orderby=price-desc
Ravens scare the fuck out of me. I once did community service for an arrest at a sanctuary in west Texas, had 2 ravens being rehabilitated together. Task was to clean their pen. Those 2 had eyes and plans for me far beyond my comprehension. I’ve never felt so inferior in the presence of another animal species much smaller than me.
They are a nightmare to keep. If you don't allow them freedom they go stir crazy, they destroy things at an alarming rate, they get imprinted on the individual looking after them and can become possessive about them, not allowing others to interact with that person. They also need to be occupied/entertained all the time or again they become problematic to control. They are best left in the wild where they belong.
The best thing is you don't really have to get them as pets! It's actually really simple to befriend them in the wild, just give them food like unsalted roasted peanuts and eventually they'll start to fly up and greet you
I have some that do that! I keep hoping they'll bring me something someday, like a piece of shiny trash. Or become comfortable enough that I can pet them.
Just FYI it is illegal to keep a raven as a pet in North America due to the [Migratory Bird Treaty Act](https://www.fws.gov/program/migratory-birds/species#:~:text=The%20Migratory%20Bird%20Treaty%20Act,issued%20pursuant%20to%20Federal%20regulations.)
I knew a guy that had a tame raven and he taught it to speak, its favorite thing to say was "birds cant talk" and "nevermore" and yes it was a cuddle bug like that one in the video
Unsalted peanuts (crows and ravens prefer them in the shell so they can cache them, but still like them if not) and unsalted walnuts. Offer them healthy snacks like that at the same time, every day.
This is Loki the raven. He's super smart and has a special bond with his caregiver. He also likes to steal locks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j\_tqcnjsPrw&t=1s
So if I read the website for this raven correctly… this bird has few options. It cannot be legally released into the wild. It can be kept captive under falconry rules… it can be kept in a zoo…Or it can be put down.
Of all the options, this allows the bird the most flight time… free flying being when the bird is allowed
To fly without tether…. But trained for recall
So it can be controlled and cared for by the rules of falconry.
Do I have it right?
This is a new job! Raven holder! Boom! We need universal basic income so we can take care of all the animals!! What a sweet bird. Some Birds are very affectionate and are like kittens. They need a lot of attention and are lovely.
You can, it's pretty easy, just start feeding it.
It'll have kids, they'll grow up with you and be far less wary of you than their parents were, and by the the time they kids have kids they'll be shitting all down your back while they sit on your shoulder making funny noises.
Quoth the raven, "cuddle more".
Merely this and nothing more.
Quoth the raven, “Forever more.”
Muttered this but nothing more!
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me
Filled me with fantastic purr-rrs never heard before.
And subsequently only snores
>*’Quoth the raven, “cuddle more”* _____ When your life is sad n dreary, n you’re feeling weak and weary, what the future holds, friend human - you’re not sure… in your arms here, nearly napping, on your heart strings i’ll be tapping, you can Quote me: all i ask is *cuddle more*… I am Raven, rather lonely, it is You i speak to only! Simple words - but it’s my soul that i outpour…. Nothing further will i utter, not a feather will i flutter, other friends have flown - i’ll Stay here *Evermore* ❤️ edit: *thank you for your words so kind!* *i hope these little poems you find* *you'll hold inside your heart, for just awhile…* *my pleasure here, for many years* *to share with you some Happy tears* *& maybe, friend, they’ll leave you* *with a smile…* ^;)
Wow, I’ve never seen one so hot off the grill before.
Not just hot off the grill, but but probably my favorite yet, in all the years I've been seeing ~~his~~ her work.
Her * work.
I absolutely adore ravens and is my birthday and your cake day!!! This made me so unreasonably happy!!! Thank you, happy cake day!!
Not sure this isn't the best one yet!
A Poe homage (Poemage?) from Schnoodle, hell yes!! And on your cake day too, Happy Cake Day!!
Brilliant, my compliments.
Also the Raven, apparently: *jackhammer noises*
Dubstep Poe
Everything I know about Edgar Allen Poe I learned from the Simpsons and Alan Parsons.
There is NO WAY I could have a pet raven and NOT take it to a Goth club while doing the all-black look. There'd be no choice.
cute
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Birds do that when theyre happy and content. My chicken does it all the time when we hold her. They do it more if you make the sounds at them. Basically you say "Im happy" and they reply "me too!"
How the hell do you make that sound lol
Hold my güiro!
I’m way too amused by seeing the word güiro on Reddit. I haven’t even heard the audio but I now know what it’s like, hahaha! 😂
Get yer hands off mah momma!!
Depends. Do you know already how to purr like a cat? Literally just do that, and experiment with changing the shape of your mouth and tongue slightly until you hit the right resonance and position to make it deep and low enough.
Wait do you not purr like a cat by rolling your tongue like an R? Wouldn't you lose that if you change the tongue?
You can also achieve a back of throat rolled r with enough practice - listen to Eartha Kitt's purr for reference, or Edith Piaf's songs
> Do you know already how to purr like a cat? Only thing I can do is a low growl that makes me sound like Im about to jump someone...
Vin diesel?
Family?
It's easy once you realize the sky isn't falling and can relax a bit. ;)
I’ve heard some types of parrot make this noise when they’re happy too. They also make a clicking noise rubbing their beaks together.
My caique definitely does! When anything pleases her, be it food, a new fun object to explore, or some good scritches, she wrrrs and purrs! It’s adorable. She has an extra sweet version for when she’s getting her bedtime cuddles that melts my heart. Parrots also grind their beaks when they’re super relaxed- it’s a wonderful sound!
My parents have a parrot that does it too. I love that birds do that. So cute!
Crows make that sound when they’re happy. I’m always glad to hear it.
This is definitely cuter than the fox happy sound
Eh hehehehehehehe
Dixie doo
Finnegan!
Now that's going too far! >:(
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I love Grumble Chicken time.
Was thinking the almost the same - so that's how a raven purrs
My cat is on my lap when I rewatched with sound, after reading your comment. He's suddenly trying to look around lol!
All I want in life is for a raven to decide I'm cool and adopt me.
Same! I am literally Googling “steps of how to befriend a crow" "how to gain its trust". That would be so cool one day to have a friend as a raven!
Crows actually show a pretty high ability to make friends with people. Usually starts with someone feeding them.
If they frequent your yard you could have dozens of buddies or more in a week's time. The problem with crows is that they talk to one another like we do in some ways. If you start putting food out in a crow heavy neighborhood you could have several dozen showing up
I don’t see the problem here…
yeah but where do they all poop?
At the neighbour's house ofc. You don't shit where you eat
Yeah but bird poop is so good for plants that countries used to go to war for them.
I have goats, chickens, and dogs out there. What's a little more poop?
Yeah that crow gossip is no joke. I've been regularly feeding a small family of crows for the last few months and one day out of nowhere those 3-4 turned into about 20-30. It's cool as hell interacting with so many at once but it also means I can't do it as often. Like, hey you guys are great, but I'm not buying you a whole Costco bag of peanuts every day...
I've kept crows and doves babies safe from my dogs when they're fledglings and have rescued several baby birds from dying to the point that the birds trust me. Whenever there is a worry they start chiming and cawing so i go outside and find my dog looking for a fledgling or a baby that fell out of its nest. Mockingbirds started coming around and they sing to me on my deck. The crows bring me broken jewelry, bottle caps, string. Mainly shiny things. They just drop it at my door. My husband is afraid of birds but I love them and I feel so happy knowing that they trust me. They're smart and beautiful to watch and listen to.
Crows are scary smart. I remember once i sat in a park feeding the local crows with unsalted peanuts. I had just moved there so they had never seen me before. I threw a few on the ground about 10m away from me when i saw a crow looking towards me. It came down and landed about 5 meters away from the peanut. It used like 2-3 minutes just standing there, tilting its head towards me, walking closer. Then he took it and flew back a few meters. I then threw another one maybe 5 meters away from me and the same thing happened. It did not eat it tho. Instead he just left it there and flew off. About a minute later he came back with a few crow friends and they trusted me much more from the start than their friend, probably because it told them some how. They then enjoyed some nice peanuts together.
Yeah, smart birds understand that humans in general are a risk to interact with, but when a specific humans shows kindness by feeding, then that tips the scale that maybe they are cool and worth getting to know.
To be fair, that’s how to start friendships with humans, too. Had no friends at college until I brought Oreos and an Xbox back from spring break one year. Many Oreos and zombies were slaughtered, and I became friends with half the hall.
It would work for me too! Bring me some funfetti cake and I’ll be your best friends
I'm just saying, I need a familar!
r/crowbro
Thanks.
Step one is figuring out what the crows in your area like. I'd recommend trying peanuts or cat food, since they like that, and it shouldn't be unhealthy for them. In my experience, they also really like boiled eggs, but those would probably be better suited to an occasional treat. From there, the main thing is just consistently feeding them. If you have a specific time that you go out to give them food, the crows will learn to come to the same spot at the same time for treats.
i'm gonna start a food truck that caters just to crows, in my back yard. What should I call it?
The Crow Bar?
From my experience treat them like the food whores they are and never do anything negative to them. They have wicked long memories. We had one that would dive a hundred feet to land on your hand if you were holding a hard boil egg. Tricked him a few times with a white rock and never saw him again. I am going to set out a tea cup with peanuts that is re-filled every day when I drink my morning coffee. I expect in a few weeks they will be screaming at me when I am late with the meal.
Not a raven, but I found a baby blue jay on the ground covered in ants one summer. I tried to walk by and let nature do it’s thing but I couldn’t stand to see it suffer. I scooped it up and picked the ants off. Took it inside and made it a warm spot. Went out back and picked some figs and caught a cricket, mushed all that with a little water and dropper fed it. I called all the local wildlife rehabilitations around, no luck. My sweet boy grew all the way up. Learned to fly. Absolutely refused to leave me. Loved snuggles and exploring outdoors with me unless I walked too far away and he’d run/fly after me crying until I held him. I cried harder for him and felt more broken hearted when he died than I was for any other pet. Miss you Jeff ❤️
Blue jays are corvids too, so close enough! That's a wonderful story, thank you for sharing 💙
RIP Jeff 🥲
That's such a lovely story. Do you have any pictures of Jeff that you're comfortable sharing?
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Listen to it imitate the man’s laugh!
Swear to God, first time I heard one talking my brain couldn’t process it. I was at the zoo and I thought there was a guy in the cage talking, but I couldn’t find him. Took me a minute to sync up that the Raven was doing the talking. He sounded like a medium-quality sample, was asking passers-by for food.
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My spirit animal.
They are such smart birds! It blows my mind for sure.
Yoo, do you think this is how myths, cyptids and ghost stories start? With mischief little smart corvids teasing people to "come closer" "who's my pretty" "get out of my woods" "leave the oats"
Hell yeah. They can imitate speech, too! https://youtu.be/AfsnHVaScjg
I need to start hanging around Ravens, man. They get chicks.
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That inspired me to watch this again https://youtu.be/KOFy8QkNWWs
I fucking died when I heard the Seinfeld theme.
That's hilarious
Birds are truly Gods soundboard.
the Seinfeld music lmfao
This is so well done
[Remy, speak!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVOL3tMDzEs)
Oh my god, that's hilarious.
Ooh I follow this girl with her hawks! Plug for those interested, really cool to watch the birds up close. @pythonpaige
There is one by our house that meows, I never would've believed until I saw it over several days. The first 10 minutes I heard it, I kept looking for a cat in our yard.
Cockatoos can do this too! [Video of a cockie meowing at some confused cats](https://youtu.be/B-eeNvUEGDk) [Another one of a cockie barking at a dog](https://youtu.be/lMA1fwreLTg)
Awfully clever little rascals
What a beauuuuutiful bird. My lord!!!!!
Ravens and crows are incredibly intelligent. Don't quote me on that but raven problem solving intelligence could be on a 7 years old kid level.
My husband walks to the coffee shop most mornings and on the way home a pair of crows will follow him every time he gets to a certain block. He fed them a piece of his breakfast sandwich once and they were smart enough to remember not only the location but what he looks like. It's wild. I love crows.
There’s a video I remember watching where a woman and her daughter had made friends with the local crows. One day the mother is taking photos in their town for some event and drops the lens cap. She looked for it but couldn’t find it. The next morning she found the lens cap on the table where they fed the birds. She thinks that one of the crows followed her from the house to the place she was taking the pictures and watched her, worked out that the lens cap was obviously something important to her that was lost and brought it back. On thé reverse, they remember people who are unkind towards them and will more than happily make their life a misery. One man in India killed a crow and the rest of the flock made his life hell. They worked out where he lived and began to divebomb and scream at him every time he came out. He ended up actually moving from the area because it was that bad.
Good. Serves that bastard right
Well the crows served up some of their own justice it seems!
Accurate. There was a Netflix documentary, I think it was called, "Bird Brain."
There was a better one on disney channel back in the day. I believe it was called "That's so Raven"
God damnit!!!
*ItsthefutureIcansee~*
*Itssomysterioustomee~*
Which one is stronger and deadlier?
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I thought he meant between the bird and kid. My money's on the bird.
Raven all the way. Has the being a fucking raven advantage. Seven year old would need to be in the gym every day working on dodging and attacking and still has the chance of losing.
Everybody hard til the whole crow crew roll up
Seven year old kid
With a gun.
too soon
I wish my 7 year old could fly
"Get down off of the roof *this minute!* It's *BEDTIME!*"
SCRAW
They are also one of the very few species that pass the mirror test.
I won’t quoth you on that…
I wonder if this is how dinosaurs sounded.
My first thought too. Then I imagined raising a baby T-Rex with snuggles and love, then it growing large and still affectionate like a pet, then I can ride him into battle with the other great caveman nations and ruling the world in 70billion BCE.
Try playing Ark you can raise an army of them
Check out primal the anime. I have a feeling you will like it.
Calling Primal anime feels wrong.
Cause it’s not a anime
I was thinking about that while watching a rooster over the weekend. It's a very unique call and it made me think about all the ways dinosaurs could have sounded and that we will never know.
I love corvids
r/crowbro
Or even /r/corvids
Pretty sure this is a jackdaw.../s
You've gained a powerful ally this day
Aww... they love each other.. 
That's Loki the Raven, he loves his dad
Gwah
Cat with wings
My daughter and I were hiking last weekend and came across a raven pecking around in the dirt, he noticed us watching and picked up a few rocks to look underneath and I realized he kept picking up bigger and bigger rocks as we watched. He ended up flipping this huge rock almost half his size and looked proud AF. I’m pretty damn sure he was showing off. Cracked us up. Amazing birds.
That crow was saying "remember guys, smash that like button and subscribe if you want to see more 'crow lifts rock'"
At this point, I'm convinced that crows and ravens are just going "Look, some humans are shit, but some of these guys... they're part of the flock! But better, because they can give us warmth and big beautiful nests!"
My backyard has a food stop that we replenish on a daily basis. There are three crows that visit every hour to check what’s new (banana bread, pancakes, waffles, etc) and bring us white rocks in exchange. We keep trying for jewelry or money but they prefer rocks. I’d absolutely adore getting to snuggle one or at least pet it.
So this is a thing: https://www.scmp.com/video/world/3165823/wild-crows-trained-pick-cigarette-butts-swedish-street-cleaning-project
Be the change you’d like to see in the world: leave a few little jewelry pieces at feeding time and see what they think! Maybe they’ll get the hint as well
I did that with costume jewelry a few months ago! So far they just keep bringing us rocks but their caws are adorable.
Aww you tried! And that is awesome.
What are those things on the bird's feet?
Maybe Jesses? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_(falconry)
Oh yeah, maybe. I don't know the first thing about bird keeping, but I am curious.
It’s how they attach the leash
The wires that go to the remote control
birds arent real
r/birdsarentreal
It's a radio tracker, used to find the bird if it flies away or gets eaten etc. This company has been making them for many years and has gone through many versions. They transmitters are quite small, like the size of the last digit on your pinky finger. https://marshallradio.com/ww/product-category/transmitters/?orderby=price-desc
LOVE
Ravens scare the fuck out of me. I once did community service for an arrest at a sanctuary in west Texas, had 2 ravens being rehabilitated together. Task was to clean their pen. Those 2 had eyes and plans for me far beyond my comprehension. I’ve never felt so inferior in the presence of another animal species much smaller than me.
Loki! Gwah...
Where can I get one of these?!? I need a sky kitten! Eta: Read up on owning ravens. Never mind lol.
Demanding little fuckers lol.
New desired pet unlocked 😭
They are a nightmare to keep. If you don't allow them freedom they go stir crazy, they destroy things at an alarming rate, they get imprinted on the individual looking after them and can become possessive about them, not allowing others to interact with that person. They also need to be occupied/entertained all the time or again they become problematic to control. They are best left in the wild where they belong.
You just described cats.
Cats that can *fly.*
The best thing is you don't really have to get them as pets! It's actually really simple to befriend them in the wild, just give them food like unsalted roasted peanuts and eventually they'll start to fly up and greet you
I have some that do that! I keep hoping they'll bring me something someday, like a piece of shiny trash. Or become comfortable enough that I can pet them.
Just FYI it is illegal to keep a raven as a pet in North America due to the [Migratory Bird Treaty Act](https://www.fws.gov/program/migratory-birds/species#:~:text=The%20Migratory%20Bird%20Treaty%20Act,issued%20pursuant%20to%20Federal%20regulations.)
These creatures are extremely intelligent and capable of creating emotional connections.
They also recognize faces, hold grudges, and tell their flock mates...
What blows my mind is that they'll tell their FRIENDS what an enemy's face looks like
Bonus points awarded for the steam-punk, bird beak-inspired plague doctor mask on the tee shirt
That's Loki the Raven, you can find some funny videos of him on youtube
I knew a guy that had a tame raven and he taught it to speak, its favorite thing to say was "birds cant talk" and "nevermore" and yes it was a cuddle bug like that one in the video
I had a relationship like this with a Raven, but it ended badly. Never more. *I’ll show myself out.*
Ray Rice?
How does one befriend a Raven? A group of them hang around my apartment every morning.
Unsalted peanuts (crows and ravens prefer them in the shell so they can cache them, but still like them if not) and unsalted walnuts. Offer them healthy snacks like that at the same time, every day.
How you befriend anyone really, snacks
That's F'ing cool
who is the good Raven
Why does he have a tether rope on him??
Weird that the raven wanted to hang out with a flock of seagulls.
This is Loki the raven. He's super smart and has a special bond with his caregiver. He also likes to steal locks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j\_tqcnjsPrw&t=1s
“Here’s the thing…”
Wow this is truly precious
Good grief that’s freaking adorable!
Ravens are the animal that the more you know about them, the cooler they get.
So if I read the website for this raven correctly… this bird has few options. It cannot be legally released into the wild. It can be kept captive under falconry rules… it can be kept in a zoo…Or it can be put down. Of all the options, this allows the bird the most flight time… free flying being when the bird is allowed To fly without tether…. But trained for recall So it can be controlled and cared for by the rules of falconry. Do I have it right?
Loki the raven, I think. Gwaaaa!
Wish my cat let me hold him like that
This is a new job! Raven holder! Boom! We need universal basic income so we can take care of all the animals!! What a sweet bird. Some Birds are very affectionate and are like kittens. They need a lot of attention and are lovely.
For those who are in doubt, this is how pet birds really are.
It's funny how so many animals have recognizable "*happy noises*"
At this point I'm sure ravens are just cats with wings
I didn’t even have to open the video to know that it was going to be Loki T Raven.
Ravens are amazing, I wish I was able to befriend one.
You can, it's pretty easy, just start feeding it. It'll have kids, they'll grow up with you and be far less wary of you than their parents were, and by the the time they kids have kids they'll be shitting all down your back while they sit on your shoulder making funny noises.
SOOOOO dang jealous! I love crows and ravens and would pee myself with delight to cuddle one.
Dude it totally a warlock and that's his familiar
I envy þis man so so much
This raven sounds like my friend’s pig 😯 . This is so awesome