Twitter has become baffled by this video of a crow that looks like a gorilla.
There’s a very strange (uncredited) video of crow making the rounds on reddit. Here’s the deal. First, this is a large-billed crow, which is why the face is looking a little out of proportion. pic.twitter.com/LUYuMimvAp
— Kaeli Swift, PhD (@corvidresearch) June 22, 2019
Twitter being Twitter, users had ways of understanding what exactly they were seeing.
Here’s some doodles pic.twitter.com/iyFCNcUSY7
— Kaeli Swift, PhD (@corvidresearch) June 23, 2019
With some scientists, who actually study birds, giving reasonable explanations as to what was going on.
Sunning is a possibility. Another is that the bird might be emaciated. The keel looks highly pronounced here, which could indicate loss of breast muscle. Tired or hungry birds also often droop their wings down like this.
— Dave Slager (@dlslager) June 23, 2019
Then, of course, some people had their own interpretations. More towards the thought of “evolution”, well, if crows started to become giant alien-like creatures.
— Emmz (@ItzEmRose) June 23, 2019
Eventually evolving into… pic.twitter.com/vl3oTlTfpm
— Stalag☿ (@Stalag172) June 23, 2019
Then finally, the best response, this photoshopped image of a gorilla head on a crow.
— San Holo (83%) (@sanholobeats) June 23, 2019
How’d you react if you saw a crow doing this?
