{"id":6393,"date":"2015-06-12T05:15:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T05:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2015\/06\/12\/gearboxtheory-coelasquid-collegeanxiety\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T15:35:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T15:35:41","slug":"gearboxtheory-coelasquid-collegeanxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2015\/06\/12\/gearboxtheory-coelasquid-collegeanxiety\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6393 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2015\/06\/12\/gearboxtheory-coelasquid-collegeanxiety\/attachment\/6394\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_n2w61c9D7w1rkt29io1_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_n2w61c9D7w1rkt29io1_500-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_n2w61c9D7w1rkt29io1_500-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_n2w61c9D7w1rkt29io1_500-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_n2w61c9D7w1rkt29io1_500.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/gearboxtheory.tumblr.com\/post\/120727206190\/coelasquid-collegeanxiety\">gearboxtheory<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/coelasquid.tumblr.com\/post\/120720762703\/collegeanxiety-demons-demigods-benders-bucky\">coelasquid<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/collegeanxiety.tumblr.com\/post\/112698137460\/demons-demigods-benders-bucky-silverskygazer\">collegeanxiety<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/demons-demigods-benders-bucky.tumblr.com\/post\/111684648450\/silverskygazer-stultiloquentia-goliaththecatt\">demons-demigods-benders-bucky<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/silverskygazer.tumblr.com\/post\/111650476393\/stultiloquentia-goliaththecatt-vice-of-virtue\">silverskygazer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/stultiloquentia.tumblr.com\/post\/111598093070\/goliaththecatt-vice-of-virtue-doctormemelordmd\">stultiloquentia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/goliaththecatt.tumblr.com\/post\/111571265695\/vice-of-virtue-doctormemelordmd\">goliaththecatt<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/vice-of-virtue.tumblr.com\/post\/97394073840\/doctormemelordmd-fangirling-so-hard-rn\">vice-of-virtue<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/doctormemelordmd.tumblr.com\/post\/90802186209\/pan-pirate-d-i-y-orgasms\">doctormemelordmd<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/fangirling-so-hard-rn.tumblr.com\/post\/81017140173\/nowyoukno-now-you-know-source-crows-are\">fangirling-so-hard-rn<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/nowyoukno.com\/post\/80500705331\/now-you-know-source\">nowyoukno<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nowyoukno.tumblr.com\"><b>Now You Know<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificwildlife.org\/info\/Online%20Docs\/foundababycrow.pdf\">Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Crows are scary<br \/>They<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>use tools<\/li>\n<li>Can be taught to speak (like parrots)<\/li>\n<li>Have huge brains for birds<\/li>\n<li>like seriously their brain-to-body size ratio is equal to that of a chimpanzee<\/li>\n<li>They vocalize anger, sadness, or happiness in response to things<\/li>\n<li>they are scary smart at solving puzzles<\/li>\n<li>some crows stay with their mates until one of them dies<\/li>\n<li>they can remember faces<\/li>\n<li>SIDENOTE HERE BECAUSE HOLY SHIT.\u00a0 They did an experiment where these guys wore masks and some of them fucked with crows.\u00a0 Pretty soon the crows recognized the masks = douchebag.\u00a0 But the nice guys with masks they left alone.\u00a0 THEN, OH WE\u2019RE NOT DONE, NO SIR crows that WEREN\u2019T EVEN IN THE EXPERIMENT AND NEVER SAW THE MASK BEFORE knew about mask-dudes and attacked them on sight.\u00a0 THEY PASSED ON THE FUCKING INFORMATION TO THEIR CROW BUDDIES.<\/li>\n<li>They remember places where crows were killed by farmers and change their migration patterns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guys I\u2019m really scared of crows now.<br \/>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_19042_6-terrifying-ways-crows-are-way-smarter-than-you-think_p2.html\">q<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah but have you seen this\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/bcd657aa38f63c920a15eed99aa27021\/tumblr_inline_n87oyrF0M41qigas6.gif\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>YEAH! THEY ALSO PLAY FOR NO EVIDENT REASON OTHER THAN FUN AND THEY LOVE THE SNOW!<br \/>Crows are seriously the coolest birbs ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0I WANT ONE!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A colleague of my dad\u2019s lives next to a lake, and looked out the window one morning to see a duck trapped in the ice. A crow swooped down. \u201cOh hell,\u201d she thought, expecting carnage, because crows are opportunists. But the crow chipped at the ice with its beak until the duck was free.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Crows are the best birds<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I want 50<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>COOLEST. BIRDS. EVER.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The best part of the mask experiment was that they DIDN\u2019T recognize mask=douchebag. They attempted a control test with other masks and the crows largely ignored them, if I\u2019m remembering the experiment correctly. The crows recognized that that one <i>specific<\/i> mask was the douchebag mask and that was the one the other crows zeroed in on, showing how highly honed their ability to discern (and possibly communicate) individual facial features is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Corvids are the undisputed best at birb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gearboxtheory: coelasquid: collegeanxiety: demons-demigods-benders-bucky: silverskygazer: stultiloquentia: goliaththecatt: vice-of-virtue: doctormemelordmd: fangirling-so-hard-rn: nowyoukno: Now You Know\u00a0(Source) Crows are scaryThey use tools Can be taught to speak (like parrots) Have huge brains for birds like seriously their brain-to-body size ratio is equal to that of a chimpanzee They vocalize anger, sadness, or happiness in response to things they &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2015\/06\/12\/gearboxtheory-coelasquid-collegeanxiety\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[975,392,65,3116,3784],"class_list":["post-6393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crows","tag-gif-warning","tag-long-post","tag-spirit-animal","tag-uh-oh-do-i-need-to-write-a-crow-book","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6395,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393\/revisions\/6395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}