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This is so darn sweet:longship
(40,416 posts)Raised from a baby. The family is Penguin's family as far as she is concerned.
And yes, this is cute.
JHan
(10,173 posts).. then goes on her way and comes back to hang out with the boys after school. She comes and goes as she likes ha lol
AJT
(5,240 posts)seeing magpies.
AJT
(5,240 posts)on the back of them during hatching season to keep magpies from attacking because magpies are very protective.
sakabatou
(42,176 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)"Jonathon Lawson2
i think Tumblr said it right...
For the uninitiated, this is what Magpies are like during swooping season here in Australia.
Fun fact: people have been known to walk around with empty ice cream containers on their heads to protect themselves in lieu of helmets.
Things to remember:
1) This is an Australian magpie. it is not like European magpies.Its not a flappy bappy chirpy little shitbag you can bat away with your palm. This is a fucking crow in cow makeup
2) Cats and dogs will not try and take them on because cats and dogs know they will lose
3) They live for 25 years and yes, they will remember your face. Although I will confess that my 36 years of life I have never seen a dead one. Under tumblr logic this means they are immortal
4) They are insane. Cold stone bug-fuck insane. And they give zero fucks.Ive seen them attack cyclists, moving cars, trucks, even a goddamn train.
So imagine, if you will, you are walking merrily down a street one spring and suddenly this train-assaulting, cow-cosplaying ball of immortal feathers and batshit insanity comes screaming out of nowhere and tries to embed itself in the back of your skull, beak clacking like the pump of a shotgun as it tears out chunks of your hair.
This is Australia."
Actually he could have just said "This is Australia" and we'd all understand lol.
denbot
(9,901 posts)Thread win!
Another reason our cats should thank the kitty gods they don't live in Oz-land.
mopinko
(70,238 posts)pretty common w of the rockies. not the same species, tho.
Silver Gaia
(4,546 posts)Annoying calls, but pretty. I love them.