Skatecrow: Russian roof-surfin' bird caught on tape (VIDEO)

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Published time: January 12, 2012 18:45
Edited time: January 12, 2012 22:51

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Russian winter, so alluring with its crisp snow and frosty fresh air, even birds cannot resist its pleasures. A Russian family has spotted a curious bird as it was trying out some snowboarding on a nearby roof.

The crow was surfing using a round lid from a jar and was then returning to the rooftop carrying its equipment in the beak. It was even nudging the lid if it stuck in the snow.

“Maybe it is teasing us,” commented one of the children of the family as they watched the inventive bird sliding down the roof.

Frame from the video showing a crow sliding down the roof.

The ability of crows to operate different tools to achieve their purposes has been known for a long time. This skill, however, is generally used by the smart birds to get food. But here the surfing bird apparently just wants to have fun.

One of the possible explanations for such peculiar behavior is that the crow saw someone doing this, repeated the move and then just liked it.

So next time you are on a ski slope, watch out for little birdie.

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Sullivan (unregistered) 12.12.2012 11:58

Has anyone here considered the possibility that this bird was just trying to eat that thing? And it was standing on top of it to prevent it from slipping away. This resulted in the bird apparently "surfing" on the piece of trash.
As for why the bird would do this on a rooftop. Well, from the bird's perspective this thing was quite a big chunk so naturally it was afraid that other birds would come and try to steal it. That is why the bird chose a position on high ground (the rooftop) to eat the thing.
Why would a simple bird feel the motivation to imitate larger beings (like humans)? That is not very reasonable. The one thing the bird and humans most probably have in common in this case is the fear of someone else trying to steal from them. And of course, hunger.
I do not understand why this article prefers the explanation which likens the bird to human beings over the rational one. Of course it would be more fun if the bird actually carried such human traits. But nature doesn't work that way just because simple minded humans want it to.

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MILLIEWISE (unregistered) 01.12.2012 10:02

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hopeleaves 18.01.2012 14:35

Surfin' bird approves this video.

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