Hmmm I'm not sure cute is quite the word for this. Definitely amazing and sad, but cute? Not so much.

Edit: weird thing there towards the end, where it kind of lays down. I wonder what the thought process is there? Was it trying to act dead so it could jump up and scare them more?

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You don't mess with a murder of crows, man. They're crazy, smart and mean. I've seen them chase bald eagles and peregrine falcons out of the sky, and every spring during mating season there's a particularly nasty one that dive-bombs people coming in and out of my building. They're called a murder for a reason.

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not that sad if you ask me. And he wasn't protecting the corpse, he wanted the meal for himself.

I agree, or possibly a roadkill squirrel would have lots of scents and fluids emanating which would make other squirrels go sort of nutty.

>> ^sillma:

not that sad if you ask me. And he wasn't protecting the corpse, he wanted the meal for himself.

It's not necessarily a murder. I mean the editing was done in such a way that you don't see the crow killing the squirrel.

>> ^grubert:

It's not necessarily a murder. I mean the editing was done in such a way that you don't see the crow killing the squirrel.


Ummm... my facetiousness detector is kinda fritzy today. Should I assume you know a murder is what a "flock" of crows is called?

This is sad. Seriously. I mean, he probably knows the other squirrel is dead, but he's still holding onto hope.

I keep imagining the fighting squirrel as a male, and the dead one is his mate. He's sad to see her laying there, and he won't have those crows picking her apart. He misses her, but he doesn't know what to do.

Crows are jerkfaces.

>> ^ForgedReality:

This is sad. Seriously. I mean, he probably knows the other squirrel is dead, but he's still holding onto hope.
I keep imagining the fighting squirrel as a male, and the dead one is his mate. He's sad to see her laying there, and he won't have those crows picking her apart. He misses her, but he doesn't know what to do.
Crows are jerkfaces.


To be honest, I doubt that the squirrel is cognisant enough for that. It seems far more likely to be a reaction to hormones or scent coming from the dead skwerl. Still, something pretty strange is going on here. Crows are seriously nasty.

I agree with ForgedReality, it's love (whatever that means)

>> ^ponceleon:

Edit: weird thing there towards the end, where it kind of lays down. I wonder what the thought process is there? Was it trying to act dead so it could jump up and scare them more?


After having raised a squirrel I can tell you that laying down flat like that is how they "Sit". My squirrel did that all the time. I would say evolution taught them that laying down makes them harder for prey to spot, while conserving energy versus sitting up on their hind legs. He must have been there a while.

Also, they are much more intelligent than people give them credit for. There are videos of dogs protecting other dogs that were hit by cars. It wasn't just because of a scent. Squirrels are as intelligent as an average dog. I would say this squirrel knew something was wrong with the other squirrel and was trying to protect him. Just like it looks.

Crows, the assholes of the avian kingdom.

Why do you people have to keep posting videos that remind me of the sad ewok trying to wake up his friend?

A squirrels diet consists of nuts, seeds, and fruit. It'll eat bird eggs, bugs,..... even an animal carcass if there is no other food source available. As for an "average" dog's compared to a squirrel's brain? An average chihuahua has the size of an average squirrel's brain...approx Squirrel brain length=3cm
approx brain weight=6g
A bull mastiff has a bigger brain than a chihuahua, as for intelligence?? Jury out....
Behavior studies and not brain size determines the intelligence of a creature-Bet 10 bucks the dogs smarter (way smarter) than the squirrel.

This guy is hungry or inebriated on scent-oh and, not love, squirrels live alone, fuck everything and anything they can....sometimes they nest together when it's witch-titty cold, otherwise, they are a solo act.

This concludes your squirrel lesson for the day.

>> ^Payback:

>> ^grubert:
It's not necessarily a murder. I mean the editing was done in such a way that you don't see the crow killing the squirrel.

Ummm... my facetiousness detector is kinda fritzy today. Should I assume you know a murder is what a "flock" of crows is called?

Yes it was a pun. However considering you got more votes than me for doubting my capacity in forming a humorous construct I shall abstain henceforth from wasting Sifters' time and disrupting a perfectly good series of comments with my disputable wit.

Those crows are just doing their jobs. Someone has to eat him before he starts to go bad. Let it go man, no amount of swishing your tail is going to bring him back.

our beautiful nature, just as god intended it

That cannibal squirrel is greedy!

I like to see more fight in my fightin' off.

>> ^grubert:
>> ^Payback:
>> ^grubert:
It's not necessarily a murder. I mean the editing was done in such a way that you don't see the crow killing the squirrel.

Ummm... my facetiousness detector is kinda fritzy today. Should I assume you know a murder is what a "flock" of crows is called?

Yes it was a pun. However considering you got more votes than me for doubting my capacity in forming a humorous construct I shall abstain henceforth from wasting Sifters' time and disrupting a perfectly good series of comments with my disputable wit.


Oh no, don't give up. You should go see some of the groaning bouts of verbal diarrhea I come up with most times. I sometimes hit gold, but man, it's like sniping with a shotgun.

I may be wrong, but aren't those actually ravens??

I don't know but I'm curious how to differentiate them. Besides Ravens being larger.>> ^hpqp:

I may be wrong, but aren't those actually ravens??