Woman pulls porcupine quills from raven's face

LiveLeak description:

"A wild raven perched himself on our fence and squawked for over an hour. I went to see what was up with him and saw that he had four porcupine quills stuck in him, three in the side of his face and one in his wing.

This video shows my Mom taking out the ones in his face. Very bizarre he let us get that close and even more bizzare he let my Mom pull the quills out. He hung around for the day and was gone the next."

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Top ll comment, from Setanta, "It's amazing that it had enough sense to get help from a human but not enough sense to stay away from a porcupine."

Original seems to be http://youtu.be/hlwxLtFQcrY so I've switched the embed.
oritteroposays...

Bonus raven vid - Nevermore! (also wokka wokka wokka)



yt user BaroqueKeyboardist put it best:

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
`Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, `art sure no craven.
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'
Quoth the raven, `Say nevermore, wokka wokka wokka wokka'

siftbotsays...

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Saturday, July 13th, 2013 5:54am PDT - promote requested by pumkinandstorm.

WaterDwellersays...

I'm guessing it's got some genetic trait that reduces its ability to feel fear, explaining both why it would get up close and personal with a porcupine, and why it would be unafraid of humans.

Yogisays...

This is soooo freaking cool. I can't even imagine what was going through the little guys mind. I've heard Ravens are really smart but I can't believe he thought that a human was going to help him, that's just way beyond.

chingalerasays...

-the survival circuit over-riding others-the raven is already pretty nonplussed by humans as they're mainly scavengers living in proximity-Trippy that the bird didn't fly-off and maybe back after those quill-pulls? Here's the real rub:The bird's brain probably processed the information that it would take a big brain and some thumbs to do the work and made the connection to engage a suitable pair!

Create distraction, remove adhesive bandage

WaterDwellersaid:

I'm guessing it's got some genetic trait that reduces its ability to feel fear, explaining both why it would get up close and personal with a porcupine, and why it would be unafraid of humans.

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