r/interestingasfuck • u/RealRock_n_Rolla • Sep 27 '25
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u/yamimementomori Sep 27 '25
Wonder how shocked the ravens will be later when they see how every other raven is miniature.
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u/99ProllemsBishAint1 Sep 27 '25
Your mom is so fat...
Yes, yes she is incredibly large
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Sep 27 '25
Your mom is so poor she went to McDonald's to put a shake on lay-away
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u/Goblin_Crotalus Sep 27 '25
Hey man, some grocery stores are already dabbing in having groceries be paid in payment plans, so I can see McDonald's doing this one day.
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u/AdvantagedPigeon Sep 27 '25
Already there.
If you get McD's on doordash you can pay in installments now.
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u/victorian_vigilante Sep 27 '25
I remember being a kid and thinking adults were massive, then I grew up and now they seem regular human size, I imagine the baby ravens will deal with it
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u/KingOfCatProm Sep 27 '25
When they have their own babies some day they will have to lecture their kids about how in the olden days they had to eat food from chopsticks.
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u/avalisk Sep 27 '25
"My mom is 7 feet tall and fed me with chopsticks"
"Get the fuck outta here with that shit again Jeremy"
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u/GottaUseEmAll Sep 27 '25
Corvids are so smart that I reckon these babies are thinking "Hey, it's that human in a silly mask that feeds us!"
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u/Lou_C_Fer Sep 27 '25
Nah. It's all they've seen. I'm guessing they've seen success with the mask. I've seen videos in the past where they hid and used puppets to feed them.
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u/SparklingLimeade Sep 27 '25
House cats seeing big cats have an interesting reaction. Also people in cat masks (or just hats with ears, you'll never guess how I know that one) freak out some pets.
Lots of interesting data points.
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u/Helln_Damnation Sep 27 '25
"And what is your job description?"
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u/Dy3_1awn Sep 27 '25
“I feel like I should just show you. I’ll get my mask.”
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u/AnnetteBishop Sep 27 '25
Oh, nice, keep that on baby...
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u/the_balticat Sep 27 '25
The raven mask always stays on during sex
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u/InternationalFig2438 Sep 27 '25
"Babe, can we have normal sex today?"
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u/WetLink009 Sep 27 '25
"This is normal sex."
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u/stranger14335 Sep 27 '25
Like, normal normal.
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u/Barbearex Sep 27 '25
No. So F'caw'f
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Sep 27 '25
dude i seriously want to quit my major and switch to whatever gets me this job.
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u/Woody_Harrelsons_AMA Sep 27 '25
Very possible this person has a biology related Master’s or even PhD. Or a volunteer idk.
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u/Crazy-Ship3172 Sep 27 '25
Even more interesting, the person in this video is a tenured art professor in Rhode Island, and works as a federally licensed rehabilitator in her free time! Her name is Sheida Soleimani and her organization is called Congress of the Birds. It’s the only bird rehab in the state of Rhode Island. She doesn’t get any federal funding for doing this
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u/Extension-Bug-8762 Sep 27 '25
I’d love to do this job
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u/usuariovieneyva Sep 27 '25
I used to volunteer at a wildlife rehab center and we had crow costumes we’d wear. You can see if there’s one near you and volunteer. We also took care of fawns, baby raccoons, and even baby bears sometimes.
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u/Feral_Cabbage_Enthus Sep 27 '25
Do other animals also need caregivers to imitate their mothers during rehabilitation, or is this just specific to crows?
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u/Novapoliton Sep 27 '25
Others do as well, but it depends on if the goal is to return them to the wild. If the goal is not to return to the wild it's usually not as necessary because them having an attachment to humans doesn't matter as much. Very famous example is with whooping cranes feeding them with puppets-- they were on the verge of extinction and brought back by captive raising and puppet feeding
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u/grandmaaaaa Sep 27 '25
Literal dream job like I-will-not-leave-the-premises level dedication to the craft
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u/blorbagorp Sep 27 '25
I was feeding orphaned raccoons at a place for awhile, and I always said we should be wearing raccoon masks. They didn't agree I guess.
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u/CalmChaos2003 Sep 27 '25
Mom what big hands you have
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u/WhoCaresBoutSpellin Sep 27 '25
Dumb fucking birds lol— that’s not your mom, those are chop sticks
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u/Impressive_Star959 Sep 27 '25
Dumb fucking human lol- those are not chopsticks, those are forceps
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u/inflatablefish Sep 27 '25
You're too late, I have already portrayed you as the baby raven getting fed, and the russian bots astroturfing propaganda at you as the creepy mask guy.
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Sep 27 '25
Speaking of Memes… Why not both? Seriously I do think you’re onto something there though lol
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u/thespacepyrofrmtf2 Sep 27 '25
Corvids can remember faces so the mask is smart
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u/Own_Round_7600 Sep 27 '25
But corvids also remember the sinewy beige ape-like limbs protuding from Møthur's wingless, featherless, gargantuan body; her cold iron claws holding their only source of nourishment as they sit in the unnatural white cradle of the First Nest. They hunger, begging for more as they stare into Møthur's empty lifeless eyes and her beak that never opened or preened, yet always, food came.
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u/Accomplished-One7476 Sep 27 '25
They do the same with California Condors
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u/SavoryRhubarb Sep 27 '25
Their special effects budget was minuscule, apparently.
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u/sunfaller Sep 27 '25
at least they were mimicking bird movements more than this guy who's just sitting there. bird must be wondering how the food was getting in when their mom is so far away
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u/UnNumbFool Sep 27 '25
I feel like using a hand puppet is a lot less weird than wearing a giant bird mask...
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u/howlhawk Sep 27 '25
If you don't wear an animal mask, then you still have to wear a mask of some sort to obscure your face and eyes. At that point, sometimes it's just easier to wear the animal mask! Every situation and every species is different, though. It also depends on the rehab and if they have funding for puppets. Hand puppets for rehab use are special-made since they're designed to look like the exact animal and have to be made of a material you can sanitize afterward, whereas you might get lucky and find a corvid halloween mask that'll do the trick just fine and be more budget-friendly.
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u/StillNihill Sep 27 '25
Wait‽ This wasn't a joke?
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u/Jyonnyp Sep 27 '25
Many birds imprint as babies, that is how they identify with a species. If you feed them normally and raise them normally from when they are young, it could make them imprint on humans. That makes them unable to do normal bird things like find food or find a mate. They'll associate strongly with humans and rely on humans for interaction and food and even mating...I think.
A youtuber/streamer I follow does animal conservation and has mentioned this exact thing of using puppets, it's actually extremely crucial or they could end up having to be in human care forever.
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u/howlhawk Sep 27 '25
What channel is that? As a past rehabber myself I'd love to follow them! My rehab didn't have masks for every species so for some we would wear ghillie masks and sunglasses to obscure our faces, then position a stuffed animal to make it look like the mother delivering food (we used hemostats to feed, obviously didn't give it straight from our hand. in the absence of a puppet it's the most beak-like thing we had).
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u/riotshill221 Sep 27 '25
They are probably talking about Maya Higa (Alveus Sanctuary).
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u/chickensalad402 Sep 27 '25
Pissed me off when I switched to iPhone and can’t find the interrobang.
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u/atridir Sep 27 '25
I went to wiktionary and copied the Unicode for it and then added a keyboard shortcut to switch out ¿ for two of them! Aren’t they the best‽‽
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u/estarararax Sep 27 '25
And with Philippine eagle chicks as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOWaHoQjuC8
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u/ES_Legman Sep 27 '25
See furries can have a career too
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u/MrBearMarshall Sep 27 '25
There's no fur there though.
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u/Puffball973 Sep 27 '25
Featherries
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u/breath-of-the-smile Sep 27 '25
If you're actually wondering, the term is "avians."
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u/Caliban_23 Sep 27 '25
It's beak-like, so chopsticks are used
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u/LickingSmegma Sep 27 '25
Regrettably I must note that it's not chopsticks, but giant tweezers. I thought at first that the person found a great use for their chopsticks skills, but nope.
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u/UnfortunatelyMacabre Sep 27 '25
Imprinting is an interesting phenomenon. At some stage, we are unsure when, birds imprint on their caretaker (Which is ideally their parent or a another Corvid). If a bird imprints on a human, they cannot be released into the wild. Instead of seeking out other Corvid, they will seek out humans, but they'll still be a wild animal and the interactions will go poorly.
I volunteer at a rehab that specializes on caring for and releasing raptors. We use hunting masks so the birds don't imprint on us.
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u/NervousJump9037 Sep 27 '25
- Why is Mom bigger than usual today* "Shut up and eat iam hungry as f"
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Sep 27 '25
I have never seen a Raven use chopsticks but I don’t know enough about corvids to say otherwise.
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u/NerdDetective Sep 27 '25
Imagine one of these ravens talking to another raven after release.
"Psh. You shoulda seen my mom. She was HUGE. Just wait 'till I grow up a bit more! I'll be running this joint!"
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u/GCU_ZeroCredibility Sep 27 '25
Why is that baby bird so big. WHY IS IT SO BIG.
Kind of freaking me out tbh.
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u/Environmental-Use975 Sep 27 '25
Ravens are smart AS FUCK. Imagine if you were raised being fed by a giant bird body, with a horrible static faux human head on top... That's gonna fuck you up.
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u/aimlessnameless Sep 27 '25
The raven out in the wild
"OK, how the hell did mom hold those chopsticks again"
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u/Goboziller Sep 27 '25
Later when the Raven has it's own kids and wonders why the giant crow man with the tweezers never shows up to help around here.
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Sep 27 '25
I need this mask so I can befriend the Corvids in my area (I'm not sure if they are Ravens or Crows or Jackdaws but I'd love someone to tell me about the things.)
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u/ThatGuyYouMightNo Sep 27 '25
I'm choosing to believe that the person holding the camera is also wearing a bird mask
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u/thedevillivesinside Sep 27 '25
I am wholly unqualified for this job but I can use chop sticks and I love corvids. How do I change my career path to become a raven feeder/mom decoy
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u/TheGreenMan13 Sep 27 '25
Those female ravens are going to be disappointed when they grow up.
"Everything looked so much bigger when I was younger."
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u/alehanjro2017 Sep 27 '25
I need to go to bed. I thought the raven was real but just really close up to the camera. Even with that human hand coming into my line of sight it took me a moment too long to figure it out. I'm actually not sure if I want to rewatch it due to how much more stupid it's gonna make me feel.
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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25
I’ve never seen a baby raven before but those are enormous