Raven drafts a vehicle for 45 mins … with pit stop

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I always heard that Ravens were highly intelligent but this is next level .

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/raven-dempster-highway-fly-along-1.6689533

 

 

 

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12/17/2022 1:50pm

At first I wondered how far out of his territory a truck would take him. Then I realized: he can just pick up another draft from a truck going back the other way.

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12/17/2022 4:33pm

Crazy cool.

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12/18/2022 9:49am

He was really good at catching the draft , looked really comfortable moving around the truck . My question is , how the hell did it learn to do that ? Like seriously , drafting a truck is not standard behaviour lol .

12/18/2022 2:24pm
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He was really good at catching the draft , looked really comfortable moving around the truck . My question is , how the hell did it...

He was really good at catching the draft , looked really comfortable moving around the truck . My question is , how the hell did it learn to do that ? Like seriously , drafting a truck is not standard behaviour lol .

Ravens are something else. If you spend some time North and West of you (Hinton, Whitecourt, Swan Hills, etc,) you'll see them do all kinds of weird stuff- and they're damned smart, really clever and pretty gutsy. The ones in Jasper and Banff will walk right up to you (like within a couple of feet close) looking for food. 

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12/18/2022 10:35pm

That’s a great vid . Building complex tools is super impressive .

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12/18/2022 11:20pm Edited Date/Time 12/18/2022 11:28pm

So I did a little google research and the natives in the PNW have a lot of mythology involving the Raven . Seems they were pretty accurate depictions … the crow in the news story got a free ride and a meal … pretty good scheme . 👍🤣

 

Raven is one of the most important creatures in Northwest Coast mythology and art. He is a powerful, cultural focus and symbol in many communities and to First Nation peoples along the Northwest coast of North America; both as a crest figure, and as a guardian spirit.

Raven is cunning and a schemer. He is mischievous and curious, selfish, and a glutton. Always looking for an angle, Raven is known as a trickster. As such, he will deceive anyone to advance his own self interests.

Raven is a magical creature that can easily assume any shape. He can be human, an animal, or any inanimate object.

There are many stories told of Raven explaining how things came to be, or as lessons about right and wrong. The Haida tell stories of how Raven discovered and freed the first men who had been trapped in a clam shell. He then freed the first women from another shell and put the men and the women together. Raven also stole salmon and deposited them in the rivers all along the coast to provide food for the people. Another story explains that Raven played a significant role in transforming the world by first stealing, then placing the sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky.

In First Nations mythology of the Northwest Coast, Raven has two sides. On one hand he is creative, intelligent and adventurous. On the other hand he can be extremely self serving and mischievous.

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12/19/2022 7:38am

I can't believe he didn't drop a deuce on them. Very considerate.

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12/19/2022 7:45am

 

eddie
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12/19/2022 8:24am

I can't believe he didn't drop a deuce on them. Very considerate.

Lol …. In the vid quicken posted , they implied that crows do that because they will hold a grudge if you offend them . Good to know 

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12/23/2022 3:53am

I think I said it on here before, but my wife had a pet crow when I met her and him and her were a package deal. They both moved into my house, and while he could be very annoying, he was quite interesting. He made a whole range of different noises including cawing, chittering/clicking, squawking, out right screaming, and he would even bark at the dog as a way to sort of play with him. He had a card table chair that he was supposed to sit on with newspapers under it because he would poop all the time (like every 5 or 10 minutes). If you walked out of the room that sneaky bugger would often jump down and start running around the room exploring. If he heard you coming back he would hurry up back to his chair to avoid getting in trouble. He would also hide his food in little nooks and crannys around the house when you werent paying attention to him. He was very intelligent for sure and clearly had feelings that could be seen. You knew when he was happy, knew when he was sad, mad, wanted attention, hungry etc. Somewhere we have a picture of him with a cigarette hanging out of his beak which was pretty funny, and if he got mad at the dog he would full on scream and jump down and chase his ass (120lb doberman pinscher) across to room. They are very interesting, intelligent, social animals for sure. I didnt always enjoy him while he was here, but now that he's gone I kinda miss him.

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