Crows remove ticks (part 1 of 5)
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2019
- FAQ Please read - we encourage questions and comments, but please see if your question is answered in the FAQ below before commenting. Updated 25 October 2020.
Q1. Why don't we brush the wallabies to get rid of the ticks? A: Because they are wild animals, not pets. It is illegal to interfere with native wildlife in Australia
Q2. Why don't we trap/catch the wallabies to get rid of the ticks? A: Because it would kill them - following a stressful event such as being chased and captured, wallabies can suffer from rhabdomyolysis, which is the death of muscle fibres and subsequent release of toxins into the bloodstream. This can lead to serious complications such as renal (kidney) failure within 24 hours after the incident and death will occur within 2-14 days later.
Q3: Why don't we spend thousands of dollars on tranquilliser dart guns to sedate the wallabies to remove the ticks? A: Illegal.
Q4. Why don't we put something in the water to kill ticks? A: This was the only water source for many kilometres, and all wildlife depended on it for survival - including bees, reptiles and amphibians. Adding insecticide to the water would result in a catastrophic by-kill of unintended victims.
Q5. What's with the wood in the water? A: To provide safe access to the water for small birds, insects, reptiles and amphibians, as well as a way to get out if they fall in.
Q6. Don't the heads of the ticks stay attached and cause infection? A: No, the ticks are removed whole - we often find dropped ones in the water, still complete and very much alive. We also get covered in ticks during summer, and pull them off ourselves with little care and without problems - we have never had mouthparts left behind in our skin. Infection only appears to be a problem for the wallabies when large numbers of ticks remain attached in one site, causing inflammation, circulation loss, necrosis and eventually sloughing of necrotic tissue. The older wallabies have all lost the top half of their ears to this process. Bear in mind too, that a single female tick will lay thousands of eggs, so every tick eaten = thousands of eggs not laid.
Q7. "You moron, these are crows!"/ "you idiot, these are ravens!". A: There has been terse disagreement in the comments about whether these are Australian ravens (Corvus coronoides) or Torresian crow (Corvus orru). Whatever your personal opinion in the Great Crow v's Raven Debate, please just pretend that the title supports your view and move on with your life. I'm at the stage of just removing these pointlessly acrimonious comments - people get upset about the strangest things.
Q8. You terrible people! How did you let your animals get in this state?! A: These wallabies roam over an enormous range through agricultural land and state forestry, and are as much "our animals" as the wind is "our wind". This footage was filmed during an unprecedented Positive Indian Ocean Dipole event which resulted in a ferocious drought and dried up all natural water sources in the region - some for the first time in living memory. Historically, providing artificial water points has been discouraged in Australia, as macropods are meant to be nomadic and not remain in one place to strip the vegetation. The summer of 2019/2020 marked a change in this official position however, as all of eastern Australia was in severe drought and on fire; there was no where for the wildlife to go. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife even resorted to dropping feed into National Parks by helicopter in an attempt to prevent the loss of entire populations of critically endangered species. We were carting feed and water over 100km to this site, but newcomers were arriving every day, many in horrific condition.
Q9. What about Lyme disease? A: Surveillance of Australian ticks has not yet found the presence of the Borrelia bacterium (which causes Lyme disease) in Australian ticks. There are however people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease after returning to Australia from overseas, and Australian ticks do carry diseases which can have somewhat similar symptoms, including Australian Tick Typhus or Spotted Fever and Flinders Island Spotted Fever, leading to 'Lyme-like disease'. Also of interest is a rare condition called tick-induced mammalian meat allergy, caused by an acquired allergy to the galactose-α-1,3-galactose protein which is found in mammalian meat and animal products such as cow's milk and gelatine. Happily for us, the vast majority of tick-borne illness in Australia arises from Ixodes species, especially Ixodes holocyclus, not the kangaroo tick, Amblyomma triguttatum. Ixodes species are most common in moist, humid coastal areas, which as you can see from the footage, does not in any way describe our property. We take reasonable precautions to avoid tick bites, such as wearing long sleeves and insect repellent, but if we were afraid to pick up a single tick we could not continue our work on this property. - Наука та технологія
FAQ Please read - we encourage questions and comments, but please see if your question is answered in the FAQ below before commenting. Updated 25 October 2020.
Q1. Why don't we brush the wallabies to get rid of the ticks? A: Because they are wild animals, not pets. They are shy and do not let us near them. It is also illegal to interfere with native wildlife in Australia
Q2. Why don't we trap/catch the wallabies to get rid of the ticks? A: Because it would kill them - following a stressful event such as being chased and captured, wallabies can suffer from rhabdomyolysis, which is the death of muscle fibres and subsequent release of toxins into the bloodstream. This can lead to serious complications such as renal (kidney) failure within 24 hours after the incident and death will occur within 2-14 days later.
Q3: Why don't we spend thousands of dollars on tranquilliser dart guns to sedate the wallabies to remove the ticks? A: Maybe if we won lotto, but it would still be illegal.
Q4. Why don't we put something in the water to kill ticks? A: At the time this footage was filmed, this was the only water source for many kilometres, and all wildlife depended on it for survival - including bees, reptiles and amphibians. Adding insecticide to the water would result in a catastrophic by-kill of unintended victims.
Q5. What's with the wood in the water? A: To provide safe access to the water for small birds, insects, reptiles and amphibians, as well as a way to get out if they fall in.
Q6. Don't the heads of the ticks stay attached and cause infection? Aren't they best left to drop off naturally? A: No, the ticks are removed whole - we often find dropped ones in the water, still complete and very much alive. We also get covered in ticks during summer, and pull them off ourselves with little care and without problems - we have never had mouthparts left behind in our skin. Infection only appears to be a problem for the wallabies when large numbers of ticks remain attached in one site, causing inflammation, circulation loss, necrosis and eventually sloughing of necrotic tissue. The older wallabies have all lost the top half of their ears to this process. Bear in mind too, that a single female tick will lay thousands of eggs, so every tick eaten = thousands of eggs not laid.
Q7. "You moron, these are crows!"/ "you idiot, these are ravens!". A: There has been terse disagreement in the comments about whether these are Australian ravens (Corvus coronoides) or Torresian crow (Corvus orru). The main difference between the two is in the throat hackles. Whatever your personal opinion in the great Crow v's Raven Debate, please just pretend that the title supports your view and move on with your life. I'm at the stage of just removing these pointlessly acrimonious comments - people get upset about the strangest things.
Q8. You terrible people! How did you let your animals get in this state?! A: These wallabies roam over an enormous range through agricultural land and state forestry, and are as much "our animals" as the wind is "our wind". This footage was filmed during an unprecedented Positive Indian Ocean Dipole event which resulted in a ferocious drought and dried up all natural water sources in the region - some for the first time in living memory. Historically, providing artificial water points has been discouraged in Australia, as macropods are meant to be nomadic and not remain in one place to strip the vegetation. The summer of 2019/2020 marked a change in this official position however, as all of eastern Australia was in severe drought and on fire; there was no where for the wildlife to go. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife even resorted to dropping feed into National Parks by helicopter in an attempt to prevent the loss of entire populations of critically endangered species. We were carting feed and water over 100km to this site, but newcomers were arriving every day, many in horrific condition.
Q9. What about Lyme disease? A: Surveillance of Australian ticks has not yet found the presence of the Borrelia bacterium (which causes Lyme disease) in Australia. There are however people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease after returning to Australia from overseas, and Australian ticks do carry diseases which can have somewhat similar symptoms, including Australian Tick Typhus or Spotted Fever and Flinders Island Spotted Fever, possibly leading to 'Lyme-like disease'. Also of interest is a rare condition called tick-induced mammalian meat allergy, caused by an acquired allergy to the galactose-α-1,3-galactose protein which is found in mammalian meat and animal products such as cow's milk and gelatine. Happily for us, the vast majority of tick-borne illness in Australia arises from Ixodes species, especially Ixodes holocyclus, not the kangaroo tick, Amblyomma triguttatum. Ixodes species are most common in moist, humid coastal areas, which as you can see from the footage, does not in any way describe our property. We take reasonable precautions to avoid tick bites, such as wearing long sleeves and insect repellent, but if we were afraid to pick up a single tick we could not continue our work on this property.
Q6
Whatd with the attitude and snotty tone? A. There are too many judgmental ass eyes online that have lost all connection with the wild world, and anthropomorphism has trumped fact
Thank you for the information I actually learned things I didn't know
The logic is sound.
@ Didn't seem snooty at all. People really bitch and scream and become extremely rude demanding why.
It's sad this has to be said. Nature already has the solution as seen with the birds. In return of helping the wallabies the corvids get a plump meal. There is always balance.
I heard crows are smart but building fountains to attract wallabies makes me very impressed.
They even set a camera up and uploaded this to UA-cam wtf
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Hahaha awesome comment
Oh, please, that fountain isn't even up to code.
Crows are smart. He acted like he was interested in the water every time the roo got agitated
wicked smart
My boys wicked smaht
Yup they are top 5 smartest animals
@ Cool story. You can also find some video's here on youtube about the corvids being really smart. Saw one with a crow solving a small puzzle. He had to use a small stick as a tool.
I don't know exactly why, but I've always been fascinated by crows and ravens.
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In Australia you can sometimes find ticks so large they have Kangaroos attached to them.
this is almost an Australian level comment. Not bad yank.
Im America an shrimps on my barbie @summersoldier1003
Kangaroo’s what? You forgot a word.
@@space9277 Pedant.
I love how when they go for the snatch, and the kangaroo temporarily doesn't like it, the crow looks around for a second like "HEY, WHO DID THAT TO MY BUDDY?!" and then does it again.
TIL that crows are basically your annoying friend that pokes you and asks who did it lol.
It was those two other crows…
“Excuse me sir, that’s lunch on yo ears. Lemme juss....”
"Do you mind bro?"
"Nah fam fuck it up honestly"
Are you going to finish those ticks?
Underrated
@@christopherstein2024 "Are those ticks gonna finish you?"
That was a good laugh lmao
This is why we don’t want to lose any animal species because we don’t know how deep they depend on other ones
@Influence08 no one's asking to alter the course of natural selection, just limit humanity's effect on it because we have basically evolved out of cohabitating normally with animals.
@@loganalexander3207 THIS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@Influence08 then do you know why dodo extinct... And many more species that extinct because of human?
@Influence08 yeah.. Good thing mother nature give covid..😂
Ain't that the truth!
Dear God, those ticks are huge. It's nice to see animals living in symbiosis and helping each other.
The crow isnt trying to help out, its trying to get an easy meal, any “help” is purely incidental. Crows are the ultimate freeloaders.
I don't think the crows are helping them on purpose. Just an end to a means.
you are overthinking this one lol. Crow just wants to eat
Even if unintentional this mutually beneficial relationship is still a form of symbiosis and helps both organisms.
@@dougbrowne9890yeah, that’s what symbiosis means. Both creatures benefit from their relationship. Intent doesn’t play a role at all, crows get food, wallabies get ticks removed. It’s this way for all symbiotic relationships
When i was a kid, i observed a crow perched on a traffic light post drop nuts into the roadway, wait for a car to crush the shell, and fly down to pick up the nut from inside. I remember being impressed by the ingenuity of the crow. Awesome species of bird.
We have lots of nuts on our roadways...😝
@@JohnSmith-mw2hh ok?
@@JohnSmith-mw2hh Relax John
One time I was walking home from school and noticed two crows sitting above a driveway on an electricity wire, they waited for the car to reverse under them and both shat on top of the car and both simultaneously flew off literally laughing
I think you have seen it here on UA-cam. 😐
These are not ticks, these are thicks
Thiccccs*
Dundee
Agreed, I look at the thumbnail first. I thought they were warts, or little mushrooms. That mess is scary.
So even Mr Slav has found hes way to the weird side of youtube!
OH LAWD HE COMIN'!
I saved a baby crow once when I was a little boy and for almost 2 years, he would constantly come around and only let me touch him and hold him!... He also would leave me gifts and they ranged from silver gum wrappers to colorful lids off of plastic drink bottles. They are extremely intelligent and very loving towards their humans!.... ❤❤❤
Aww!!! Beautiful. 🌻🙂
I want a crow friend!
I saved one off the road, it was a baby but unfortunately died overnight. I called him Adelaide after the Adelaide Crows football team
Better gifts than a cats xD
@@1-seed-slot-pvz-YT I know cats can be nice xD
I was just joking that while crows bring back shiny gifts, cats bring back dead gifts.
Damn even ticks in Australia are scary, those are enormous
They are actually quite small. The large ones are just filled with blood ☠️
@@syd8699 yeah that's how ticks work
@@Killbayne
Nah they are just large 🦣
In the states I’ve heard, only seen one video of opossums doing the same for deer. I don’t know why but it makes me extremely happy to see two beings coming together for a mutual benefit (the elimination of parasites).
@@CommunistBotnext you're gonna be saying that we need need worker co opts or some kind of democratic election of managers because we largely work in authoritative dictatorships, Am I right? If so....
I can get down with that
@@CommunistBot I got a lot of ticks living in tents down the street that challenge your definition of parasites.
@@CommunistBot Yes, lets remove the economic leadership and keep politicians, activists and other useless leeches.
@@kofola9145 Politicians and the sort are just tools of the ruling class, so yea
@@phil562 I'm pretty sure those people didn't chose this life, but instead was a byproduct of social inequalities.
Growing up we had a crow that would visit, we started feeding him seeds. Eventually he'd eat out of our hands. One day I got a Frisbee stuck in a tree and he flew over grabbed it and dropped it in front of us. Pretty cool.
@@robertgoldstein6761 no that sort of thing isn't uncommon for crows
@@robertgoldstein6761 Crows are highly intelligent
One day I saw a crow fly into a kids mouth and down his throat… that kid later grew up to be the greatest Hokage of all time..
What is Cap?
🤯🤯🤯
Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate that we have thumbs
As far as world domination I’d say its underrated. That and the brain/unlimited imagination
But I would also use my other fingures.
Imagine a koala doing a double thumbs up?
Ohhh yeah.
Try taking out ticks with your thumbs! Lol
Best Q& A have seen in a long time! Writer has patience along with sense of humour!!!!
The little joeys like: “dude I get it you’re helping me but you gotta be so dang ruff”
Raven: that looks irritating
Roo: don't touch it
Raven: Hold still ya big baby
AWWH THATS ADORABLE!
@@darcyeustace9922 okay look we all know its a crow, just leave this guy alone and don't let the comment section go to hell. You wouldn't believe how many people actually fought about the stupid question if it's a crown or a raven
You realize that the crow is eating the ticks, right? Helping the roo isn't his concern. To a crow, those are tasty little nuggets.
@@joepromedio shut up, let us have this.
@@joepromedio No shit sherlock..... It's still cool to see.
I like how the crows just walk up to them like “nothing to see here folks, just passing by”
they strut around like that all the time, it cracks me up when they're eating roadkill and saunter out of the way of a car like "yeah keep moving mate"
Yeah it's kinda funny how they act like they're just drinking some water if the wallabies get suspicious.
Look how big those ticks are!! Holy heck!
Animals let birds do this
And them snap!
This is a great example of a symbiotic relationship at work.
What beautiful coexistence and cooperation between the animals.
The tick might have a different perspective.
Leeches get steeches
It’s gross but I love how nature fixes itself. These crows get a snack and get to help the wallabies! Win/win
Well cards on the table, it's kind of a win-win-lose if u include the ticks lol
While reducing the risk of spreading Lyme disease... I'm happy with that outcome
Mutualism at its finest
More than a snack---this is what is called symbiosis, I help you, you help me. And there are so many examples of this.
@@yavuzkrat3858 Indeed, yet the ticks do not go extinct and the cycle goes on.
See how the wallaby slowly trusts the crow and makes smaller and smaller reactions when he pulls off those disgusting ticks. Wonderful!
Prove that animals can co-exist in the right circumstances
@@solnocturno there are lots of animals which do this.
Damn bruh, the tick is just trying to make it in this world, don’t need to put him down.
@@S3verusMyG Hell yeah so let them feed on you bro.
@@S3verusMyG Right on brotha, in fact I have a jar of hundreds of disease-carrying ticks here with me, since you’re such a patriot of these guys I think you deserve to take care of them!
Loved reading the description and seeing level headed comments after the video, great to see
People tend to forget how incredibly smart those birds are
I love how the crow hops over to the wallaby, looks him in his eye, and then down at the water like "c'mon bro, just have a drink" 😂
I noticed that also.
Yeah lol
He did. I saw that too. I speak to the birds outside my door. Good morning I say to them.
Lol!
Body language x1000%
If anyone calls you a bird brain take it as a compliment. That first crow had more thinking power than many adults on UA-cam!
Thanks bird brain
I meant this as a joke btw
Why limit it to youtube?
Adults in general
@@theirishviking9278 I'm guessing that people who leave comments on UA-cam are generally more stupid than people who don't. ..or that's what I hope at least.
I bet that bird is no ones slave and doesn't believe lies without proof. Only primates are that dumb.
As long as that bird is in no way referencing a chicken. I’ve got 2 and I swear they’re less developed than a goldfish.
That is amazing. You can see that he hopes the crow is around to remove more on the second visit.
That crow is absolutely beautiful.
Literally meaning of "One man's trash is another man's treasure"
One man's parasite is another man's meal
@@gedeonnunes5626 Exactly.
Lol
@@gedeonnunes5626 Man means human being, that's a bird u ediot
@@user-mj8zf4qq7u have you asked the bird about it?
I like how the every time the grow goes to bite one off the kangaroo is like “what you doin bro”
And the crow avoids eye contact like “Nothin just chillin man”
Ws waiting to see who noticed that,lmao..!!
XD. That's hilarious.
It’s a wallaby
lol such a perfect comment
For me it was more like. "Cant you be a little more gentle?" - "Sry, my first day in this beauty saloon"
Imagine being a crow and being like *"You know what? I think i'm in the mood for some juicy fat ticks today."*
Wallabies: Yummy yummy😊
Crow: Yummy yummy😊
Tricks: 💀💀💀😩
The crows like "let me eat your ticks stupid, I am trying to help you out."
I'm not trying to rob you Bilbo Baggins. I'm trying to help you
This is how I am with my dog lol except I don’t eat them I light them on fire and burn them alive
@@alexanderren1097 great reference also lol
We don't realize how lucky we are to have hands.
And especially thumbs
And Kangaroos.
And Crow's.
Or unlucky not to have beak
And big brain.
You mean how lucky we are to be able to have them so mobil, cause kangaroos have hands too
Why am I hooked on these five videos 😂🤷🏾♂️ I’m so weird at times lol
Same. I've watched them over and over and over again.
very instructive description, heavily encourage to read
I love how they look away or pretend they're drinking 😂 crows are very clever
Giving me Mr bean vibes 😂
That's why Crows and Ravens are highly regarded in the Norse Mythology!
That's not how crows vision works. They dont see straight ahead like we do. They look ahead by turning their whole head sideways. The crows staring down the ticks and not looking away once
@@DadefreshXL The Bible too, well the Ravens for the most part.
@@laylaminrir ha ha that's what I was thinking, it looks like a bad employee--they start shuffling papers and looking at them when the boss gets close. But the comment about crow side-vision does sound pretty right.
roo: What are you doing?
raven: As I please, your welcome.
Wallaby
@Juan Iam nah.
Just for fun though?
your = possessive (your phone, your computer, your bad grammar)
you're = you are (you're being corrected, you're now smarter, you're welcome)
@Juan Iam your*
I read your text in the description and it was very enlightening. Humans always screw up when they jam theirselves into nature as you Aussies well know. I admire and applaud your light touch.
Aussies have historically been terrible people and not much has changed
I like how crows always make relationship with any kind of animals to benefit each other, they get to eat bugs and the other gets them off, they do this pretty often and it’s pretty interesting.
The roo should keep one of those crows in his pouch. They come in handy.
🤣😂.Bruh , I wish I could give you 80,000 thumbs up .
Good one!
I like the hesitation and communication between the two.
But how would he keep it fed---- oh.... I gotcha now...
@@sexywhite7198 Um, the crow would eat his tics. That's kind of the whole point of keeping it in his pouch.
I love how everytime the crow eats a tick off the roo's ear, and the roo reacts, the crow just hops away and drinks water like, "Yo, don't mind me bro, I'm just drinking some water too."
😂😅👍
Lmaoooo
True story 😂
That is a wallaby not a kangaroo
Nah man, he’s just washing the snacks down with a cool drink.
@@stefanbernal them ticks had more sodium than blood then 😂
It's a mutualistic symbiotic relationship. My biology teacher would be proud.
Crows: “look at this guy with food on his head”!
Roo: “My ears are itchy, but I’m really thirsty “!
One animal helping the other is special to watch. Wow!!
You should see them poking the eyes clean out of new born lambs. Certainly is a sight to behold especially when the ewe just stands by looking on
@@lb9190 😳😳😳
Do the ewes not have any protective instincts? The lambs must bleat pitifully! I have never heard of that happening. Does it happen a large percentage of the time? Nature is very complex, isn't it? Both cruel and symbiotic.
@@corablue5569 Ewes aren't good mother's
@@carlabythelake8162 that's true, unfortunately it happens all the time in rural areas where the farmer can't be there for every birthing lamb, crows are there tho on top of the pregnant ewe waiting for their easy meal to drop. It's like that over in my side of the world, can't see it being any different anywhere else tbh
Can we just appreciate the precision and the speed of the crows!
They're like little feathery surgeons
Am I the only one routing for the ticks here? Ticks are my favourite animal after leaches and mosquitoes.
@@chucknutly3290 Kinky but whatever floats your boat buddy
@@chucknutly3290 whoa there satan, slow your roll, do you also like ring worm and fleas.
@@pranker199171If a human could jump as high as a flea in preportion to body size then you would be able to jump over the Eiffel tower and land safely in a single stride. So yes in conclusion fleas are incredible.
And here I thought I couldn't love crows any more than I already do. :) such incredible animals.
I searched for it , cause I saw it few times before , and wanted to watch it again❗
Those videos like hypnotize me a bit , and works as a relaxant... I become relaxed and lazy a bit❗
Crows are funny and got interesting eyes❗❗❗
Life lesson: sometimes we have people come into our lives who we think are annoying and troublesome, but in reality they are helping us more than we know.
Lol, you made me chuckle, you aren’t wrong though 😋
bro🤯🤯🤯
Wow, that's very philosophical....and wise too!
Damn. You good.
thanks for your comment, you are right!
It's really cool to see interspecies cooperation! And wow those are some MONSTER ticks
Welcome to Australia
The only thing not trying to kill us is a volcano and the blue tongue lizard
Those are the paralysis ticks, can be found in Queensland, new south wales and Victoria.
@@soltaire01 thought they might be
Never seen one get that big though
@@theirishviking9278 dude they are in Australia. Of course they've got the biggest version of any animal
my skin crawled seeing those
A prime example of a mutualistic symbiotic relationship. I give you what you want and I get what I want.
It always astounds me just how big a tick can grow from it's original size. If I didn't know better I'd think those we cysts or something.
No kidding those things were absolutely massive
I'm a fan of crows. They're very intelligent. From time to time you could spot me feeding them randomly. I really love the way they control urban cities all around the world! ❣️
@Brian Fallahi you know what's really scary apes chasing birds with sticks
You know what's terrifying? In a few years you'll be witness to the proof of an unidentified north american ape species. No joke. Crows and jokes aside.
Itachi is that you
-Boomer 2021
Very intelligent birds.
Can't say I'm a fan of crows, but I have watched them do things that really surprised me - a show of engineering-reasoning.
It took him a sec but, then he realised the crow was helping and, became more tolerant of the contact.
You really think the crow was helping or knew there was food on the roo’s ears?
Can never trust crows, you think they will take a tic and then they take your eye
@@JuKeyy7 Yes. Crows/Ravens are the most intelligent species of Bird that we know of. It definitely knew what it was looking for and, where to look for it.
I agree. Crows and Ravens are extremely smart. They learn to do things like this and teach each other.
@Keep Rocking! I said, "became more tolerant" bud. Learn to read AND comprehend.
Upvote for the vid description alone. Some fantastic info, thank you very much!
It is so neat the way mother nature plays its little games every day. Unfortunately to survive a lot of them have to eat other animals but it's so awesome that they help each other out like this when they're not threatening to each other.
I like how the crow is eyeing those ticks. "Oh man, hold still a sec."
Right
That crow probably subscribes to all the zit-popping channels on YT
“Hold still a tick”
Despite of how big and nasty the ticks are, it’s quite satisfying to watch.
Roo's and wallabys arent the brightest of sparks... they don't know that.
I felt the same relief to the roo’s ears
@Billy Bob I see what you did there...
@Ron Pleake lmao you're just as dumb as the kangaroo
Nah. They are big and nasty and therefore this video makes me suffer. I don’t like it
Nature never ceases to amaze me. Its not a perfect system--but to see how clever the crows are--it puts a smile on my face! LOL! They help the Roos and get a quick snack in the bargain.
It’s great to see animals helping each other.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 The crow wasn’t there to help out the wallaby, it was there because it seen FOOD on the its ears!
@@chuckgoodman3828 Its called a symbiotic relationship. They are technically helping each other.
It's a very interesting and mutually beneficial "relationship" between these wallabies and ravens. Thanks for sharing this information.
Symbiosis
@@samstapes7471 YOURE SO SMART!!!!!!!!!
@@whitb6111 hehe thx sir
Symbiotic relationships is common knowledge. The roo/wallaby was aware that the crow wasn't going to peck her eyes out, ever seen a sheep in the field in a drought on it's side but still alive? The first thing they go for is the eyes for what it's worth.
Is it crow or raven tho…
this mutualistic relationship is so new, that the wallabies are still learning this is a mutualistic relationship. This is actually awesome to see. Thanks for sharing. I bet in a couple of years, the wallabies will let the crows pick off ticks without flinching and backing off. They will eventually realize the crows are actually helping them.
I don't think so.
That's what I was thinking, like: "oh... Mutualistic relations start as a forced intervention" 🤣
@@raz0rcarich99 Did you know that crocodiles let birds clean their teeth? They don't eat those birds. The just let their mouth open so the birds can clean. Do you think that was the case from the start?
@@NiggazHomie I don't have a problem with the concept. I'm skeptical about the time frame in this specific example. It relies on assumptions about conditioning and cognition rather than natural selection. I don't think the crocodiles ever "realized" anything about the birds. It was rather a product of millions of years of selection. Some species of algae and fungi are mutualistic, but I don't think they know that.
@@raz0rcarich99 Hard to say. Mammals amd birds are a lot more capable of cognition than reptiles. But what do I know? 🤷♂️
Best FAQ on a youtube video, ever, period.
Crows are so cute with how clever they are. So much to love about birds
The crows should just use sock puppets to illustrate for stupider animals what they're trying to do.
If they had hands I reckon they would
Tranquil Rabies - no need to insult the wallabies...because obviously they know what the raven is doing, but you'd be jumpy too if a big sharp beak was coming at your head... : )
The wallabies are not stupid. The crows are removing ticks from their ears, which I imagine are very sensitive.
The only stupid animal is human
Lmao, brilliant!!
Human: To remove that tick we'd need to sedate the animal, lay it down, use precision forceps to extract the tick correctly without leaving anything behind that will get infected.
Crow: 1 second precision lunge with beak... Job done... Next
Lol, well it's not like a crow can sedate the animal. We just make it easier for whatever has the tick
Not true u can remove by hand if u wanted 2
Well the crows ability to peck something quickly and efficiently on something that is alive is a lot more precise than any humans ability to pluck the fucker fast and efficiently with their fingers quick and fast (without poppin the fucker)
@@DelRae thank you for that comment, incredible how dense some people are lol
I was thinking that too like are they completely removing it or what? I know removing a tick from my dog is a pain. I need a friggin 1000 lumen flash light, treats, tweezers...smh
I'm quite sure the Crow was thinking. I'm just trying to help give me a break and sit still.
"G'day mate! I see you got a tick problem. Lemme help you with that."
The crows are like: "Oooo gushers"
😂😂😂 true, those ticks are kind of shaped like fruit gushers.
or gushing Blood. 🤢
😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣
Man I didn't need you to ruin my last piece of childhood thats be held intact xD
lostsurferjames5 same tho 😂😂💀
Crows: *Berries are ripe for harvesting boys!*
MEAT'S BACK ON THE MENU BOYS
Bloodberry🤣🤣🤣 now make me internet famous
Jon 710 - I hope they got the ticks head out as well...
Blood berries lol
LOL, Gross! 🤢
That crow is technically higher than them on the social scale after drinking their blood, what a power move.
I didn't even know ticks could get that huge, love seeing them get ripped off by the crows
Crows are so intelligent and helpful! I’ve befriended the local crows and now put snacks out for a family of four. They all have such unique personalities 😊
They'll always remember you for that, y'know.
Crows are far more intelligent than most people would ever credit them
and roos are far more tarded, see how they still dont get it, the help they get
crows are the smartest birds in the world
Smart enough to work out the concept of money for food.
Yep, i feed stray cats in the alley behind my house and everytime i finish putting food in their dish the head crow would fly over and start cawing. I didn't understand why at first, turned out he was calling out to his mates that it was meal time. They'd grab the leftovers after the cats finished eating. Free food!
Yep, one of the few animals that are self aware and can problem solve.
I could watch this for hours... Something very satisfying about it
When the crows come in clutch they are the medic class that comes in to save the team from the enemy.
Its currently 1am and I'm watching crows eat ticks from a kangaroos ears, its fair to say my life has peaked
Edit: turns out its not just me in this situation then 😂 I hope everyone is doing ok in these tough times 🙏
Holy shit im doing the exact same thing time and all lol 🤣🤣🤣 ill get a job one day 👌👌🤞🤞
It’s 1:36am currently... XD
@@NatalAttack lolz 😁
Hold tight there are more parts
@@williampellegrino797 its 1am again, time for some more tick eating crows
I had a tick born disease two years ago, ehrlichiosis, that nearly killed me. Intensive care for 5 days and an 11 day stay in the hospital, you go Ravens.
@@bluetrinityhaloseven7244 Really huh? Has that actually been proven about crows or are you speculating? Perhaps they dont suffer the effects of lyme dis.
@@bluetrinityhaloseven7244 you are a huge dumbass. Once again, Crows eat very dead shit as a staple of their diet and you really think a couple ticks will hurt them... 🤦 some people I swear
Some diseases can't be passed through consumption, only direct insertion to the blood vessels. Very much the same way that venomous creatures get eaten all the time without harming the predator because the venom is simply digested along with the rest. It must be injected directly into tissue or blood vessels to do damage. I don't know what diseases these ticks might be carrying or if they can be spread through consumption of infected blood so I'm only speculating on the topic, but it's possible the crows are just fine.
No, birds eat ticks all the time. Have a tick problem in your garden? Get chickens. They will search and eat for as many ticks as they can.
@@bluetrinityhaloseven7244 Rubbish.
At first I was like “those are the biggest most terrifying ticks I’ve ever seen!”, but then I remembered it was Australia.
Humans: **cannot intervene because it's illegal, it's a wild animal and they can accidentally kill a innocent wallaby by stress**
Crows: Fine. We'll do it ourselves.
Hello Tammy, yep the crows aren't very good at reading federal legislation :) Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge an old method used on deer here in US was a contraption of 2 horizontal and 2 vertical (pipe) brushes (large) coated in tick killer that the deer are forced to rub against when they insert their heads into the corn feeder, so they get coated with the chemical.
@@iamtheomega Hello Yu Toob, now THAT is a really good idea. Do you have any idea what insecticide was used? Being marsupials, macropods have quite a different physiology to more advanced mammals like deer, so extreme caution would be required, and probably some form of licensing to use a chemical on native wildlife, gained only through a year long dialogue with State Government ... but still..
Almost like crows are also wild animals and this is a natural part of the food chain, which is why it's okay...
@@MoogieSRO Hello MoogieSRO, thank you for sharing your thoughts. The problem is this is not a normal, natural situation. It's not normal for ticks to be in such huge numbers. The longer, hotter summers are allowing for a longer tick breeding season, and the milder winters mean that more tick nymphs are surviving the early spring. Add to that the dramatic loss of small insectivorous birds and predatory insects due to land clearing, and what we are ending up with is a tick tsunami.
I just love the crows for providing such a great service, even though-to them-it’s just an excellent meal! This so educational, thanks!
I am so impressed with the amount of work you put into this seemingly mundane post. Yet I am so disappointed with the rubbish you have to deal with. Love you patience!
This made me cry is just so pure
I love how that Raven looked into the eyes of the wallaby, then at the water, then the eyes followed by the water again - I swear it was trying to tell the wallaby just take a drink and your ear will feel much better, I promise!'
I thought so! If you look at my comment you'll see I edited it -- to change Kangaroo to wallaby because everyone else was talking about wallabies and what do I know anyway.
Are you sure? Looks like a wallaby to me. Look at the reddish colouring on the head and neck. I’d say wallaby.
@@Kragnar1 it's a red kangaroo , a teenage red kangaroo , looks very doped out from tic poison.
@Mike ferrari Ferrari - they're wallabies.
@Mike ferrari Ferrari - no actually. Same as ravens ans crows are very different. My advice is don't go out where there's animals without a friend who knows what they are......you might get near something that'll bite your face off otherwise.
Tick: *exists*
Crow: "damn, this is some serious gourmet shit!"
I'm kinda have a familiar feeling...
Is that quote from Gordan Ramsay?
"I would've settled for freeze dried instant ticks..."
@@BVK. it’s from pulp fiction
Don't fucken Wallaby me Jules!
Finally, some good fkn food
I love how the crows are trying to co-operate.
Crow-"hey guys cacaw here with another mukbang, today.... A feast of ticks. Enjoy!"
Raven: “Lemme eat 100 ticks offa you”
Wallaby: “Sure no prob, I’m here to drink 19 gallons of water, you got time my home”
🤣😂
Lol In all of these videos the wallabys drink hella water
Perfect example of a symbiotic relationship
Aye! Yes it is. 👍
Since I've petted a crow last 5 years at a church, I realize how soft they are to touch and fell in love, the crow even jump on my jacket to be closer so I was hugging it. I then search footage and documentaries of crows broadening my perspective as they are actually known for their brains and all. My school textbook in gradeschool really degrade them like just knowing they are scavengers and automatically our mindset are saying disgusting, and that they are bad omen, and like an ugly bird just because we saw a picture of it that has blood on its beak as it ate a dead animal. But now that I matured, they are one of the most beautiful creatures to ever bless their presence to us.
Very awesome!
This is what we as people must understand, "All creatures have role on this planet"🌎
I feel relieved watching those ticks picked one by one
My brother hand-raised a crow that couldn’t fly. We named him “Charlie” and our mom was not a fan. He was messy, loud, very tame and stole shiny objects whenever he had the chance. One day two men offered money for Charlie and they used him for advertising the movie, “The Birds”. Charlie is the cheeky crow that stands on Alfred Hitchcock’s arm.
If that's legit, then it's a cool story!
Very cool tale
Cap
@@robertgoldstein6761 Don't reproduce.
Charlie bit my finger once.
No one searched for this, but yet everyone is here
At 1 in the morning
Yup
The algorithm calls and we answer.
Stop it.
We are the ticks of the internet
Beautiful beings. Doing what's right without even having to speak words
This is the best type of "gross yet satisfying" content!! Finally something else to watch after binging blackhead/acne removal videos lol I'm so glad these poor things at least got a bit of relief!
I was raised on a ranch and everyday in spring time and summer the birds would come and land on the backs of the cattle in the pasture, at mid morning or so and stay with them all day eating the Flys, mosquitoes, ticks and ants and whatever bugs were around .
I always thought it was cute to see tiny little birds walking all over the cattle landing around them and cows just ignoring them . Sometimes a couple birds would stay perched on the cows and horses. Like they were sleeping.
The real parasite is the human in that situation. The cows become burgers 🍔
@@TurbineGuy well... if you want to look at it that way, the cows would not even exist without humans. Depending on the continent they would be buffalo or bison (Or if Aus. marsupials)... perhaps megafauna even, if humans had never evolved.
I think oxpeckers would be an invasive species that would actually be WELCOME.
i love how the crows just look away sometimes when the wallabies are getting jumpy (lol) like 'what? who? ME? no no im just here for the water yes, no no of COURSE i wasnt eyeballing that fat juicy tick right on your ear... RIP IT OFF? of coouurrssee not nooo'
They know when they’re being watched and know how to play dumb. That makes them really smart! The crow family, although a loud bunch, are my favorite birds. They use crosswalks by dropping nuts on them they can’t crack. The cars run over the nuts and crack them open. When the traffic light turns red for the cars they go down to collect the food the cars have just released for them, safe from traffic of course. You gotta love how they figure this out with literally only a birdbrain to work with..
@@MrRickkramer oh i knooowww
corvids are such amazing creatures
oh, and while not corvids did you know that pigeons in some cities have figured out how to use public transit to save energy having to fly to and from their favourite foraging spots?
birds are so amazing
@@MrRickkramer they are as bad as rats. I watched a small group of crows attacking one of their own, then realized he was injured. They were picking meat off of him. Then, now here's the worst part, ... the injured crow reached down and tore off a fresh slab of his OWN meat for a tasty treat.
We get them in large murders where I'm from, and they stop in for a few weeks every year to destroy crops and create a general havoc everywhere they go. Citizens can legally go out and just start shooting them at will. I'd be glad to know every last one of them were extinct.
@@groowanderer
if they go Extinct, that will Negatively affect other parts of the Natural order. it takes Thousands/Millions of years of evolution to see Nature the way it is Today. every Extinction has its consequences.
@@naturallaw1733 bah. There's no good reason to have parasites. Rodents are also a puzzle to me. Wasps? Nature's pissed off little creatures, that serve no purpose.
Crows like let me help you with that
Would be cool if this was the same kind of relationship that sharks have with remoras. Just a big crow sitting on the shoulder of a kangaroo. Sounds awesome!