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[–] TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They have enough thought process to play. Watch them fly. They play in the thermals. Do all manner of aerobatics. They know how to steal from humans. That's not "dumb".

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think a lot of birds have more complex internal lives than people realize. I have chickens, amd all four of them have a distinct personality and feelings.

[–] TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No kidding. My yard has had more chickens than I can count over the years. Every one an individual.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There's literally a Sea Chanty from the 1600s about this. "Three White Gulls Were Flying"

It was a Crow's Nest Chanty. Not a rowing or pull and haul Chanty.

[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk if that's like a weird spelling from another country, but I've always read it as Shanty.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There's a number of spellings, since it's a word from a time before standardised English. At least, that's what I think.