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Nevilledog

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10. Maggots smarter than MAGAts

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 09:51 PM

Feb 2022

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Scientists Attached Tracking Devices to Magpies. But Nobody Asked The Magpies [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP

Good for the mags!! niyad Feb 2022 #1

Swell, now magpies are more advanced than us gratuitous Feb 2022 #2

Seems to me, the immediate reward is not having a blinky-box stuck to my back. Volaris Feb 2022 #30

No obvious reward for the rescuer, though. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #38

More advanced than some of us - maybe more advanced than most of us. soldierant Feb 2022 #33

Yep this ⬆️ live love laugh Feb 2022 #36

Love This Beetwasher. Feb 2022 #3

LOL Hekate Feb 2022 #4

They obviously haven't spent enough time around magpies TrogL Feb 2022 #5

How funny! PatSeg Feb 2022 #21

The study here is about Australian Magpies StClone Feb 2022 #27

They must be Democrats.... they exhibit altruism. nt albacore Feb 2022 #6

We have a family of 5 here. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #7

Headline: Disaffected Feb 2022 #8

Maggots smarter than MAGAts Nevilledog Feb 2022 #10

Scientists set out to learn about magpies and unexpectedly achieved success. LonePirate Feb 2022 #9

A Mischief of Magpies. El Supremo Feb 2022 #11

Omnivorous, actually. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #12

Stopped throwing food scraps in the trash at all Deminpenn Feb 2022 #35

heh Skittles Feb 2022 #13

*snicker* Nevilledog Feb 2022 #14

Well known fact magpies swear a lot. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #15

I, for one, welcome our new corvid overlords!! hatrack Feb 2022 #16

Strange it is not? Big Blue Marble Feb 2022 #17

My money is on the group that has been around the longest. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #19

I don't think our maggies are corvids canetoad Feb 2022 #23

Magpies seem to be smarter that MAGATS. lunatica Feb 2022 #18

Magpie chatter . . . Aussie105 Feb 2022 #20

Doesn't surprise me a bit canetoad Feb 2022 #22

So magpies are smarter than Rethuglicans. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #24

Yes! AllyCat Feb 2022 #29

Magpies are birds of the Corvidae family. Botany Feb 2022 #25

I'm forever trying to outsmart magpies. MontanaMama Feb 2022 #26

I wonder how they would react Lars39 Feb 2022 #31

Tried it! MontanaMama Feb 2022 #37

Darn! Lars39 Feb 2022 #39

I heart magpies!! AllyCat Feb 2022 #28

We look out for one another all right! Quixote1818 Feb 2022 #32

Was just going to post something similar. North Shore Chicago Feb 2022 #34

MGs are awesome but they exterminate librechik Feb 2022 #40