Corvid taking a smoke bath – a behavior where the bird uses smoke and ash to cleanse its feathers of parasites



    by freudian_nipps

    18 Comments

    1. Username-Not-A-Bot on

      Serious question here. Who lit the fire?

      Edit: I vaguely remember reading birds starting/spreading fires with for example burning cigarette buds. Not a 100% sure if that’s true though. That’s why I’m asking.

    2. Fetlocks_Glistening on

      I mean how did that evolve, did they like wait around for a lightning-caused forest fire once every 10-20 years or so to clean themselves of parasites??

    3. rosstedfordkendall on

      Great, we’re one Kardashian tweet away from this being installed in all beauty salons.

    4. Communication: check. Tool use: check. Fire: check.

      Corvids just need a few more million years, and they will be ready to start their civilization.

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