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Wow, this is peak bird intelligence. These birds saw someone feeding a wounded bird, so they started pretending they were also injured.

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I have owned birds for years and years. They are so so so smart. I know rent them outside. Ask me about the crows in Portland. They are the best. (I acknowledge not all Portlanders feel this way)

My childhood dog would stare in through the glass door, and whenever we looked at her, she'd shiver (as if it were freezing outside). But she'd stop if she thought no one was watching.

I once had a client bring their dog to me just fine. Dog was fine the entire groom, and when I let her out to go home, she was limping. I was *horrified* while the owner stared at the dog for a good five seconds or so, and then started howling hysterically. There's me, confused, trying to figure

2/ out what the hell is so funny about this dog somehow finding a way to hurt themselves in a secure crate, when the owner explained that their parents dog recently had a paw injury and was limping. Of course injured doggo was getting sympathy. Apparently this genius thought that the fur on their

3/ paw pads being trimmed counted as such a terrible injury that they needed to call Sam Bernstein for compensation. Also, did you know that cookies, pets, and fake sympathy are miracle cures? Turns out that dogs don't care when you snicker through it either. The file was tagged with DRAMA QUEEN 😂

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See B F Skinner's book 'Superstition in Pigeons'. Whilst these images could be something else (someone stated 'sunning' I believe) speedy behavioural changes to environment can occur particularly when food is concerned.

The posture, beak gape, and location say this isn’t sunning. This is a bird attempting to look stunned, like it just hit that door. When birds aren’t actually hot, they don’t gape like that- unless they are sick, injured, or trying very hard to convince you they are. They’re playing for a reward.

That's exactly right. I didn't want to rain on everyone's thing here but it's kind of an old video and these guys are hot and they're trying to get some AC to cool off. Still, they're smart birds.