I've told this story before, but crows are awesome: At my college, squirrels would follow people who drop food, and once squirrels start following you shortly after crows notice and they would start following you, too. They'll take food, but they're waiting for something bigger. Because they knew eventually you'd get a fat, slow squirrel or seagull to sit still long enough for them to kill it right there in front of you on the picnic table.
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I've told this story before, but crows are awesome: At my college, squirrels would follow people who drop food, and once squirrels start following you shortly after crows notice and they would start following you, too. They'll take food, but they're waiting for something bigger. Because they knew eventually you'd get a fat, slow squirrel or seagull to sit still long enough for them to kill it right there in front of you on the picnic table.
After I watched the squirrel jump off to another branch, a big black bird landed about a foot away from the nest. It stood there, cocking its head, looking at the nest. At first I thought it was a crow, but it looked awfully large. So, I decided it must be a Raven.
As the squirrel returned to the nest, the raven hopped away. But when the squirrel ran off to get another twig, the raven boldly hopped over to the nest and looked into it. Then the squirrel returned and the raven backed away.
I thought it was odd that the squirrel ignored the bird, but it must not have felt threatened.
When the squirrel left the nest again, a second raven landed on an adjacent branch. "Two against one", I thought. But the both birds just stood on the branches, watching the busy squirrel.
When the squirrel returned one more time, and entered the nest, the two ravens attacked. With open wings, they hopped onto the nest. The first raven grabbed the squirrel by the neck, and the second raven took the tail. Then they flew off together with the squirrel trying to get free. I watched them fly until they disappeared over the trees.
"Wow" I thought! I didn't know that crows or ravens would attack a living squirrel. I knew they were scavengers and would eat a dead carcass, but I didn't know that they would hunt in pairs and kill their prey.
I told this story to my mother-in-law who is 85 years old. She grew up on a farm and told me "Oh yes, they do attack animals". She said that when she was young, her mother told her to watch the chickens and chase away any birds that would land. But, as she was watching, a big crow (or raven perhaps), swooped down from the sky, grabbed a small chicken, and flew away with it. Just like that!
After I watched the squirrel jump off to another branch, a big black bird landed about a foot away from the nest. It stood there, cocking its head, looking at the nest. At first I thought it was a crow, but it looked awfully large. So, I decided it must be a Raven.
As the squirrel returned to the nest, the raven hopped away. But when the squirrel ran off to get another twig, the raven boldly hopped over to the nest and looked into it. Then the squirrel returned and the raven backed away.
I thought it was odd that the squirrel ignored the bird, but it must not have felt threatened.
When the squirrel left the nest again, a second raven landed on an adjacent branch. "Two against one", I thought. But the both birds just stood on the branches, watching the busy squirrel.
When the squirrel returned one more time, and entered the nest, the two ravens attacked. With open wings, they hopped onto the nest. The first raven grabbed the squirrel by the neck, and the second raven took the tail. Then they flew off together with the squirrel trying to get free. I watched them fly until they disappeared over the trees.
"Wow" I thought! I didn't know that crows or ravens would attack a living squirrel. I knew they were scavengers and would eat a dead carcass, but I didn't know that they would hunt in pairs and kill their prey.
I told this story to my mother-in-law who is 85 years old. She grew up on a farm and told me "Oh yes, they do attack animals". She said that when she was young, her mother told her to watch the chickens and chase away any birds that would land. But, as she was watching, a big crow (or raven perhaps), swooped down from the sky, grabbed a small chicken, and flew away with it. Just like that!
After I watched the squirrel jump off to another branch, a big black bird landed about a foot away from the nest. It stood there, cocking its head, looking at the nest. At first I thought it was a crow, but it looked awfully large. So, I decided it must be a Raven.
As the squirrel returned to the nest, the raven hopped away. But when the squirrel ran off to get another twig, the raven boldly hopped over to the nest and looked into it. Then the squirrel returned and the raven backed away.
I thought it was odd that the squirrel ignored the bird, but it must not have felt threatened.
When the squirrel left the nest again, a second raven landed on an adjacent branch. "Two against one", I thought. But the both birds just stood on the branches, watching the busy squirrel.
When the squirrel returned one more time, and entered the nest, the two ravens attacked. With open wings, they hopped onto the nest. The first raven grabbed the squirrel by the neck, and the second raven took the tail. Then they flew off together with the squirrel trying to get free. I watched them fly until they disappeared over the trees.
"Wow" I thought! I didn't know that crows or ravens would attack a living squirrel. I knew they were scavengers and would eat a dead carcass, but I didn't know that they would hunt in pairs and kill their prey.
I told this story to my mother-in-law who is 85 years old. She grew up on a farm and told me "Oh yes, they do attack animals". She said that when she was young, her mother told her to watch the chickens and chase away any birds that would land. But, as she was watching, a big crow (or raven perhaps), swooped down from the sky, grabbed a small chicken, and flew away with it. Just like that!
An unkindess of ravens, indeed.
Having had to spend a considerable amount of time, effort and funds to evict a family of squirrels from my attic and keep them out, I have to side with the ravens here.
Somehow, I think this could have used a bit more workshopping.
I showed this to my wife and I had to explain to her that it's real and the double entendre is not intentional. She's an optimist and I love her for it.
Somehow, I think this could have used a bit more workshopping.
I showed this to my wife and I had to explain to her that it's real and the double entendre is not intentional. She's an optimist and I love her for it.
Some people are too pure and too good for this world.
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I ZimbraWorst song, played on ugliest guitarRegistered Userregular
edited November 2019
Have you ever wondered "What if Lara Croft's tits from the original Tomb Raider were a car?"
Of course not, you aren't a psychopath. But Elon Musk is so behold the Tesla Cybertruck:
Now, sure, it looks goofy, but it has shatterproof wind... oh.
ETA: This is absolutely the shitty future that we deserve:
I Zimbra on
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Ninja Snarl PMy helmet is my burden.Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered Userregular
edited November 2019
Don't get me wrong but, um, the window didn't shatter? It just broke and everything stayed in place? Good luck having a flying steel ball not punch right through the windows of your own car, which would cause them to actually shatter. This is like griping that "bulletproof" doesn't mean "bullets bounce off wildly with zero damage to the target".
Anyway, hell yeah I'd rather some sweet polygon-looking truck than any of the billion-odd identical-looking vacuum-formed bland-as-fuck bodies they do these days.
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I ZimbraWorst song, played on ugliest guitarRegistered Userregular
Don't you want to wait until it fully renders before you make a decision?
"I for one welcome our cyberpunk dystopia overlords"
No I don't. Our cyberpunk dystopia overlords can go fuck themselves.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Yes, with a quick verbal "boom." You take a man's peko, you deny him his dab, all that is left is to rise up and tear down the walls of Jericho with a ".....not!" -TexiKen
Don't get me wrong but, um, the window didn't shatter? It just broke and everything stayed in place? Good luck having a flying steel ball not punch right through the windows of your own car, which would cause them to actually shatter. This is like griping that "bulletproof" doesn't mean "bullets bounce off wildly with zero damage to the target".
Anyway, hell yeah I'd rather some sweet polygon-looking truck than any of the billion-odd identical-looking vacuum-formed bland-as-fuck bodies they do these days.
They literally thought it would bounce right off! That's why they did the demonstration! And they made the fucking truck!
He didnt even throw it hard! And it did make a hole. It that was a smaller, high velocity projectile it would have gone right through. The better half in h thick security glass can/should be able to withstand multiple impacts from sledgehammers swung at full force.
It's Fucking hideous and demonstrates pretty clearly tesla has no clue who the fuck is buying trucks.
Or how cars work.
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Inquisitor772 x Penny Arcade Fight Club ChampionA fixed point in space and timeRegistered Userregular
I mean, there isn't really a single "truck" market. There are a bunch of different segments, and a good chunk (if not the outright majority) of people who buy trucks don't actually use them as trucks. Even in places where trucks are ubiquitous, people who buy them often do so for cultural reasons rather than the utility of everyday use (although to be fair, when you need a truck you need a truck, and in some of those places you know you'll need a truck a few times a year like clockwork).
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A murder of crows indeed.
http://asktheblogster.blogspot.com/2013/03/2-ravens-or-crows-attack-squirrel-and.html?m=1
An unkindess of ravens, indeed.
Having had to spend a considerable amount of time, effort and funds to evict a family of squirrels from my attic and keep them out, I have to side with the ravens here.
There are only so many corpses to go around, so it's always beneficial to be able to make your own.
Somehow, I think this could have used a bit more workshopping.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I showed this to my wife and I had to explain to her that it's real and the double entendre is not intentional. She's an optimist and I love her for it.
Some people are too pure and too good for this world.
Of course not, you aren't a psychopath. But Elon Musk is so behold the Tesla Cybertruck:
Now, sure, it looks goofy, but it has shatterproof wind... oh.
ETA: This is absolutely the shitty future that we deserve:
Anyway, hell yeah I'd rather some sweet polygon-looking truck than any of the billion-odd identical-looking vacuum-formed bland-as-fuck bodies they do these days.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I'm pretty sure I flew this ship in Elite in the early 90s.
They literally thought it would bounce right off! That's why they did the demonstration! And they made the fucking truck!
Still looks like a Pontiac Aztek on the lowest graphics settings, tho'
Or how cars work.
How dare you try to pin this on Logo like that.
Didn't you hear?
Elon Musk's next project is disrupting the sheets of plywood industry
Wasn't that what the Not-A-Flamethrower was for?
~ Buckaroo Banzai
isn't that true of all non full-size trucks?