[HN Gopher] Crows and Magpies Snatch Anti-Bird Spikes to Build T...
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       Crows and Magpies Snatch Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests
        
       Author : speckx
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-07-11 09:03 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | tl;dr crows and magpies both use anti-bird spikes, but with
       | diametrically opposed architectural philosophies...
        
         | reginald78 wrote:
         | The crows install them upside down, to avoid the pokey bits
         | themselves and apparently just as a structural support. The
         | magpies install tons of them right side up, apparently to turn
         | their domed nest into a spike fortified bunker.
         | 
         | For some reason I assumed bother of them were using them as
         | defensive structures.
        
       | bitwize wrote:
       | Not gonna lie, that's punk af.
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       | "Foolish humans! They never expected us to appropriate the tools
       | the Man uses to oppress us for our own purposes. The nest finds
       | its own uses for things, after all!"
        
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