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Old Crow

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28. I could be wrong, but I think they're trying to STOP a catfight, not provoke one.

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:14 PM

Apr 2016

At the start of the video, the cats were already eyeing one another and probably growling. And when the cats actually started fighting, the crows seemed agitated and continued all the harder to try to pull the cats' tails. If they had wanted the cats to fight, I think they would have simply sat back and enjoyed the show. Pure speculation on my part, but I suspect the crows had seen these two cats fight before.

Incidentally, in case anyone's wondering, the gray feathers on these birds indicate they're hooded crows, probably somewhere in Russia (based on the Cyrillic notes provided by the uploader).

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I could be wrong, but I think they're trying to STOP a catfight, not provoke one. Old Crow Apr 2016 #28

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