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Post by **Lussi05** » January 13th, 2012, 7:57 pm

Arvi wrote:The skating crow :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uXiAe7O ... direct=1#!

A patient and smart Crow

that realize that practice makes perfect

Post by **Lussi05** » January 13th, 2012, 8:03 pm

macdoum wrote: Anyone for a cup of tea ? Very special tea but a bit expensive.

http://goo.gl/zOcbg

Expensive & exotic

Post by **unp** » January 13th, 2012, 8:47 pm

While searching, found this prose poem, "Crow Joy", by Aimee Nezhukumatathil:

Almost all of the gold leaf on the Kremlin domes was scratched off years ago from the fleet of crows converging at the top. Contrary to popular belief, they were not stealing the shiny flakes for their nests, as they would a lovely kerchief pinned too loose on a clothesline, or withered breadfruit left too long in sun. A closer look revealed their game of sliding down those onion domes, their claws scraping the roofskin raw. In sunlight, crow wings flash a wild blue, as blue as the nose of a jolly mandrill. Half a world away, a family of these monkeys dips their fingers into a stream for the first time – their black fingernails dulled square for scratching stems to drink, their noses wet, warm. A shopkeeper near the Lobnoye Mesto, The Place of Skulls, once recorded distressed crow calls to scare the birds from their play. But the top was too high or the tape too quiet – the birds’ feet already too gilded to ever want to step foot on this earth again.

(http://ulanmaya.xanga.com/38567873/item/)

Post by **Kitty KCMO** » January 15th, 2012, 2:35 am

unp wrote:While searching, found this prose poem, "Crow Joy", by Aimee Nezhukumatathil:

Almost all of the gold leaf on the Kremlin domes was scratched off years ago from the fleet of crows converging at the top. Contrary to popular belief, they were not stealing the shiny flakes for their nests, as they would a lovely kerchief pinned too loose on a clothesline, or withered breadfruit left too long in sun. A closer look revealed their game of sliding down those onion domes, their claws scraping the roofskin raw. In sunlight, crow wings flash a wild blue, as blue as the nose of a jolly mandrill. Half a world away, a family of these monkeys dips their fingers into a stream for the first time – their black fingernails dulled square for scratching stems to drink, their noses wet, warm. A shopkeeper near the Lobnoye Mesto, The Place of Skulls, once recorded distressed crow calls to scare the birds from their play. But the top was too high or the tape too quiet – the birds’ feet already too gilded to ever want to step foot on this earth again.

(http://ulanmaya.xanga.com/38567873/item/)

This is lovely, UNP, thanks so much for sharing it.

Post by **Kitty KCMO** » January 15th, 2012, 2:38 am

Now I have a wild video-- We all know hooded crows absolutely LOVE to pull the tails of predators (they do it to eagles all the time). So in the video, these two cats are about to get in a fight-- well, watch it & see if you can guess whose side the hooded crows are on. By the way, the person who put the video together chose really astounding music for it! (Caution-- the cats do fight, viciously, so be forewarned.)

Post by **Lussi05** » January 15th, 2012, 12:25 pm

WOW, the Crows are really tough, I would not have risked ending up in the middle of a catfight...maybe they have a bet going on???

Post by **Manu** » January 15th, 2012, 1:45 pm

Ohh, the crows are very brave... And I don't would like to see the cats after THIS fight

...

Post by **macdoum** » January 16th, 2012, 12:35 am

Now this man doesn't know the very first thing about bears..

Who-ever he is. Nothing,nada niente !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLl4y15CV8

Post by **Kitty KCMO** » January 16th, 2012, 1:10 am

macdoum wrote:Now this man doesn't know the very first thing about bears.. Who-ever he is. Nothing,nada niente !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLl4y15CV8

How Jack Hanna ever became as famous a "naturalist" as he is, I do not know. As he gets older, he seems to me to be more & more of a buffoon. He acts like a kid with no attention span. He has been on TV here in the USA with various animal oriented television programs for decades, it seems. Why? I don't know.

Post by **Felis silvestris** » January 16th, 2012, 9:53 pm

I don't know if you all find it so funny, but I had a good laugh the other day at work. I was looking through the mail and had one envelope with some really nice stamps, coming from Lietuva. Remarked to my boss about it, turned the envelope around, and saw - sender was from Riga, Latvia. We laughed, I opened the envelope and out came ...

... the Estonian journal of archaeology. All Baltic states included in one mailing

Post by **Lussi05** » January 16th, 2012, 10:10 pm

Kitty KCMO wrote: How Jack Hanna ever became as famous a "naturalist" as he is, I do not know. As he gets older, he seems to me to be more & more of a buffoon. He acts like a kid with no attention span. He has been on TV here in the USA with various animal oriented television programs for decades, it seems. Why? I don't know.

Huff

Very disrespectful..poor little bears

Post by **Lussi05** » January 16th, 2012, 10:12 pm

Felis silvestris wrote:I don't know if you all find it so funny, but I had a good laugh the other day at work. I was looking through the mail and had one envelope with some really nice stamps, coming from Lietuva. Remarked to my boss about it, turned the envelope around, and saw - sender was from Riga, Latvia. We laughed, I opened the envelope and out came ...

... the Estonian journal of archaeology. All Baltic states included in one mailing

Felis, what a funny coincidence

Post by **macdoum** » January 17th, 2012, 2:18 am

Kitty KCMO wrote:Now I have a wild video-- We all know hooded crows absolutely LOVE to pull the tails of predators (they do it to eagles all the time). So in the video, these two cats are about to get in a fight-- well, watch it & see if you can guess whose side the hooded crows are on. By the way, the person who put the video together chose really astounding music for it! (Caution-- the cats do fight, viciously, so be forewarned.)

Kitty I sent this video on and someone said the crows were interested in collecting bedding for their nests.

Could be true..they are so clever and surely the 'fur was flying' there.

Post by **Kitty KCMO** » January 17th, 2012, 3:22 am

There certainly was fur flying everywhere!

It seemed to me almost as if the crows were "egging on" (inciting) the fight between the cats. Bold crows!

Post by **macdoum** » January 18th, 2012, 3:18 am

Interesting !! They like the smell but not the taste. One has a lovely spit..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6BbUs0bSuM

( seen on FB ...FFRC

)

Post by **Kitty KCMO** » January 18th, 2012, 4:37 am

They are like house cats with catnip! The pine, fir, & spruce must have a similar scent to them.

Post by **Lussi05** » January 18th, 2012, 8:36 am

It's funny, cat is cat regardless of size..

Post by **Kitty KCMO** » January 19th, 2012, 12:03 pm

Hahaha! Dogs have their own way to ski!

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/anima ... ding_Dogs/

Post by **Flex** » January 19th, 2012, 12:34 pm

Great! Dogsledding.

Post by **alice44** » January 20th, 2012, 8:26 am

I thought this cat fight mostly in fun (they look like siblings) was a nice relief after the video of the terrible fight (caused by those mean crows)

I think the music is nice but louder than it needs to be.

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