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The book itself is Gifts of the Crow, by the way.

It's filled with insights and anecdotes about these wonderful birds, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by Tony Angell, John M. Marzluff
Stan Coren’s groundbreaking The Intelligence of Dogs meets Bernd Heinrich’s classic Mind of the R...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Seriously though, this is one of the most interesting chapters of the book, examining how these animals adapt and exploit to environments with heavy human presence in ways that may or may not prove disruptive.
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This impressively-winged lady is so cool, she looks just like the sea on a stormy day!

The seafoam-like markings around her neck deepen the resemblance, as does the kelp and barnacles clinging to her: they are neat little details.
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
the war itself is a relatively recent development brought about by a tyrant's demands of tribute causing the previously peacefully coexisting peoples of the region to clash.
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On the first region the player visits, humans and goblins are at war(because of course they are), but not only are the goblins the aggrieved party in this conflict,
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is a great series of scenes! You have depicted the wonder of going out on a hike in the wilderness pretty well, I think.
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Thankfully, solid educators like Bizarre Beasts are doing some great work in that regard.

(Bonus points for having the title of their video be a dig at that awful little "Australia is a death world" piece of misinfo that still goes around.)
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Recent studies show rattlesnakes even comforted when hanging out with their buddies!

Research about ophidian sociability being better known would go some ways towards improving public perception of these animals.
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM