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TIL Crows and other bird species will coat themselves in ants. Researchers aren’t sure why birds do this, but have called the process “anting”. (www.npr.org)
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[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Love this.

Kinda odd that he keeps talking about how crows are these elusive birds that you can never get close to. They're everywhere here. I routinely have to shoo them off our front steps to get into the house.