Are Crows OP?

[@TierZoo]

"I misread the title as "Are Cows OP?"' well hey, good news! I have a video with that title as well! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIXOiIl-fbqbqpY

[@ThisRandomLoser]

Ok, I will be watching that. (Lying)

[@sixtenwidlund4258]

Already watched that one!

[@peterroberts4415]

Cows are OP, per my taste buds

[@sanctusdead]

Tierzoo, I love your channel and can't wait for your next videos. I love learning about animals a lot, thank you.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@peterroberts4415 Mmm, beefy.

[@CapyMartinBara]

The amount of clips about a Crow starting cat fight and just watching them kill eachother is unreal

[@ageishyena3035]

Birdbrains gotta amuse themselves somehow :)

[@exeggcutertimur6091]

They are pokemon trainers.

[@HaganeNoGijutsushi]

As anyone who read Haikyuu knows, crows have beef with cats.

[@dieptrieu6564]

@@HaganeNoGijutsushi I mean, cats are bird murderer so it make sense they have beef with crow

[@marche800]

Olympic level instigators

[@xeykdeyk]

The dog joined the party bit was gold. This crow rolling with a cat and a decent sized dog. Thats a very powerful team.

[@ParkerVGC]

Every time there is an opportunity for a paper Mario reference you have to take it.

[@sanitarycockroach9038]

Brawn, Brains, Agility specialist team.

[@davedavidson2129]

Tank, DPS, support

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

The crow had to do a high level dungeon run for good drops, so a balanced party was necessary in clearing said dungeon and also beating a few broken bosses. lol

[@Exoskel2]

Parrot: city biome is not a real biome Crow: hey as long as it works

[@jasonskeans3327]

The Marine Corp motto, if it looks stupid, but it works, it's not stupid, lol

[@luis-ie3de]

Might not be natural, but is as real as it gets

[@Tim_Teller]

If you have a crow in your territory. Make sure to befriend it for a passive buff. Coincollection

[@Fledhyris]

Also bottle tops. And just about anything else they can find that's small and slightly shiny!

[@veronikamajerova4564]

Might not be so great. :-D When my grandma was a kid, she and her siblings found young injured magpie. They took her home and helped her recover. Then set her free, but the magpie was like "nope, free food and shelter from predators and elements? Sign me in!", and she stayed, eve tough she could fly away any time. Anyway, soon after their dad started to find out that his cigs are going missing. He started to suspect that his son, grandmas brother, was stealing them and secretly smoking. Well, that was until he had to repair something on the roof and found whole stash of cigs behind the chimney. The magpie was stealing them, because she liked their shiny packaging. Oh, and the magpie also learned to talk, at least a few word. But since my grandma and her siblings were teenagers at that time, those were certainly... choice words. 😀

[@cumunist2120]

When people preach about passive income this is what they really mean

[@denjidenji9162]

​@@cumunist2120it's certainly better than most of the alternatives lmao

[@THEPINAPPLEABLE]

Hidden perk

[@ericc9321]

The parrot build requires only the most high value loot. I think the corvids trading some high end, sports car like efficiency for the ability to fuel themselves up with literal garbage is underrated. High intelligence is usually so high maintenance and crows make it look easy.

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@ethribin4188]

Adapyability nearly always trumps specialization in nature. If there ever is a ban on humans, personally I think Corvids are among the very top to take up their niche. More so then Apes, Elephants, Dolphins or Parrots.

[@HistoricaHungarica]

I wanna see another lifeform that can maintain high int by consuming only other animals’ vomit.

[@KaptenAmurika]

@@KawaiiEvoMiiThat's a bot... reason and arguments aren't going to do anything.

[@TerpleDerp2600]

@@HistoricaHungarica rats are pretty smart

[@DanGamingFan2406]

I just saw how effective the crow's mobbing technique is against owl players on Casual Geo. I have to agree, crows are truly one of the best bird builds in Outside. Their high mobility and intelligence stats and tool use ability allows them to take advantage of the environment and other players in so many cool and interesting ways. And that's why I love them.

[@watershipup7101]

Amazing that these came out just a day apart from each other.

[@waterbullstudios9195]

Crows are my personal favorite.

[@TierZoo]

Thank you!

[@thusnameddigital9397]

I love crows too.

[@gomahklawm4446]

Saw that as well, but then was very easy to find many vids of crows getting mercd by owls. 0 vice-versa.

[@PsychoSavager289]

You know a build is highly viable when a guild of them is referred to as a "murder".

[@Alen725]

No, its not because of it at all. Why morons keep repeating this nonsense?

[@SplitDip]

Collective nouns are really fun especially for birds. Magpies are a "mischief", ravens are an "unkindness". Personal favorites of mine are pandemonium of parrots and parliament of owls.

[@singletona082]

@@SplitDip The most fun one though is a Congress of Vultures.

[@Blueninja-xt4ci]

​@@singletona082 Or a coalition of cheetahs

[@JustSomeGuyLass]

Someone gets politics ​@@singletona082

[@inuendo6365]

Two crows once joined a flock of feral parrots in San Bernardino, CA after a particularly deadly strain of bird flu wiped out most of the other corvids in the area. These two were seen "gifting" brightly colored pens to the parrots on occasion. I don't want to overly anthropomorphize them but it's really cool crows can show a sense of gratitude to other species.

[@TerpleDerp2600]

I would guess it’s less gratitude and more about making and retaining friends. Crows will do the same with humans who feed them.

[@jwr2904]

Can't blame them, the humans in San Bernardino are more wild than the animals lol

[@molybdaen11]

I think it's normal crow behavior to give someone random stuff to watch for they reaction. They do this all the time while looking for a partner.

[@Perid0tStar]

I like the idea that its like 'Hey these are colorful, and those guys are colorful-- Perfect!'

[@3nertia]

Or they were just paying rent like the rest of us xD

[@Monsuco]

Fun fact: a lot of people think parrots are the only bird build that has access to the speech ability but crows can do it too. It's just very rare for them to develop that ability.

[@Realismystic]

Or less people try to train them

[@ThunderWolfUE]

It's not that rare. You can find speaking crows occasionally outside just chilling

[@Squirtismostlypiss]

My town doesn't have any scavenger birds but Ravens. I have heard them talk and mimic sounds like cameras or car horns.

[@romangupta7080]

Most crow players don't think it is worth skilling the speech tree.

[@WisteriAvis]

It's rare for wild crow to imitate humans or other animals, but there are plenty of footage where pet crows or crows who imprinted on humans to mimic human speech.

[@lampshade6579]

Wood Pecker: "Spends thousands of years, genetically engineering itself to be the capable of breaching trees, and eating bugs out of small holes." Crow: *S T I C K*

[@AlbanianThrash]

the russians used a pencil

[@stuartwithers8755]

@@AlbanianThrash Stop repeating debunked myths. Pencils are considered fire hazards in the high oxygen environment of space vehicles. The Fisher Space Pen was privately developed. Both NASA and the Soviet Union bought the pens.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

When all you have is a hammer... find a screwdriver!

[@genericscout5408]

@@stuartwithers8755 Since 1960 they use fisher space pens. yes.

[@dieptrieu6564]

@@stuartwithers8755 That was thank to that movie that so many people believe that myth, lmao

[@jxg1652]

A crow invited his buddies over to hang out but they didn’t show up. He was charged with attempted murder.

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

noooo

[@starvalkyrie]

*slams door*

[@Samiyaphone]

Hi❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Samiyaphone]

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[@tenhundredkills]

*slow claps*

[@2KXMKR]

6:32 Now that's something. Those are Magpies helping that crow fight the Kestrel. Magpies usually hate crows as the crow will pray on the Magpie's eggs. We see countless sky battles over our back garden in the spring time. We're used to seeing those three birds battle it out, but over the past few years we've had a family of European Common Buzzards show up in the spring and summer time and everyone, even Gulls, seem to team up to take on what looks like a bomber plane by comparison.

[@fourfours9928]

they're unionising

[@ae3qe27u3]

The only thing they dislike more than each other is everything else

[@blegh277]

crows will eat eggs but kestrels will eat eggs and magpie, the choice is simple@@ae3qe27u3

[@terrenaven]

​@@ae3qe27u3 skaven mindset

[@TheDarkNerd]

I got to do a fair bit of passive urban bird watching when I worked traffic control. The crows and seagulls in my city seem to be copacetic with each other, but as soon as a raptor shows up, they become straight-up war allies.

[@joshbetraveling4eva]

The turkey processing what just happened then proceeding to get even angrier always gets me

[@sirjaroid4725]

hard agree

[@culwin]

*turkey vulture

[@dudewithbasicpfp2439]

I think that's a vulture

[@emeralddragon2980]

"Okay... something just hurt me. Now, there's this strange black bird nearby... or FUCKING MIKE!!!"

[@Samiyaphone]

Hi❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@1LEgGOdt]

You forgot to mention that Corvids also have an incredible memory and can even communicate with others to share useful information. Like crows will tell them that a person with a certain color hair or cloth with a specific sounding voice will give them treats. Corvids can also mimic words like parrots. And they also love playing like we do. Like if in the middle of winter, if the crows find a bottle cap that’s large enough. They will use that bottle cap as a sled and slide down snow covered roofs or inclined surfaces just to then fly back up to the top with their sled and slide back down again.

[@adolfodef]

Imagine being able to FLY... and get the funsies with sliding. I guess it is like riding a motorcycle, rather than a car.

[@theerdalavignesh4443]

Flying is really tiring​@@adolfodef

[@leonhardable]

​@@theerdalavignesh4443why do you reply this has nothing to do with the topic AND is wrong

[@olsirmonkey]

Do you know if they have regional dialects?

[@theerdalavignesh4443]

@@leonhardable flying ain't fun ,gliding and sliding are. I did not mean people flying in airplanes n shit.

[@cunningfox1798]

"Ravens on the other hand tend not to really need any help" + Kicks the most evil build in the city biome and made it submit. That was so funny

[@IamDrDapper]

Crows are seriously underrated in the Meta. Their dexterity and intelligence is so fun to play with! And the perk of flying is also a great addition. One of my personal favorite builds. And the sad thing is, most players underestimate them to such an extent, it's almost insulting

[@greenapple9477]

@Tiger10002 Buy it yourself, bot.

[@kaishedan37]

To me the best part is them underestimating us crow players, let's you really fuck around with them. Clawed a human players eye out once, then cawed at him a month later and he flinched, taught that guy a lesson.

[@Rose-yx6jq]

​@Tiger10002 why? I just checked your channel and you're a gameplay channel. Maybe ask for a professional setup.

[@K.B.Williams]

What is the Meta? Seriously asking.

[@weakspirit_]

this post is typed through a crow's beak

[@dylanvickers7953]

The fact that Ravens train wolves to secure and guard their resources is so hauntingly human I am still not over it.

[@alilweeb7684]

They're even seen playing with wolf pups to ensure a bond even in early age, they really don't fuck around

[@gideonmele1556]

Could also be unrelated wolves noticing that when crows circle around, food is near

[@APerson863]

​@@gideonmele1556 Ravens are shown capable of forming bonds with other species in many other instances. And wolves can also form connections with members of other species. Ravens are intelligent enough to use them as a tool, and wolves are smart enough to follow these "commands". There is also a lot of bond forming behaviour, and Ravens also lead wolves to cayote's and the like. So, it is extremely unlikely that it is unrelated.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

@@gideonmele1556 yet crow or raven seems to never touch large carcass independently despite they already found it first. Not only the carcass possibly too tough for bird without hooked flesh tearing beak, it can give risk if they can attacked by something that interested in small animal instead of large carcass

[@Fullchristainname]

Funny how high intelligence builds and liking dogs seem to go hand in hand.

[@punchkitten874]

I occasionally put out meat scraps for my neighborhood crows. They will sit outside and caw a couple times every morning. If I open my door, I'm about to go out with food. If I close my blind, no food today. They learned pretty quick. But what's cool is that if I have a lot of trimmings, the local crows will sit high above the pile of food and "crow about it". They'll stay up there until all their friends come and get some.

[@TimothyZhou0]

@7:36 "Frying pan (Item Type: Cooking Utensil) This is an item that Crows can't use. But you can take them away from humans in order to make them look foolish" 😂

[@ParkerVGC]

I’m glad someone took the time to read it 😂

[@2KXMKR]

Best part of the video 😂😂

[@miguelguthridge]

This made me laugh so hard when I saw it. Peak comedy

[@strawberrybird]

Coming soon: Untitled Crow Game

[@Vincrand]

It's a drying pan.

[@Toonrick12]

They also have the special ability to break the sanity of humans by just typing the cheat code "nevermore" over and over in the group chat.

[@singletona082]

Eeeh that was one guy and he was suffering psychological debuffs that were being exasperated.

[@daorignaldumbucket]

Sometimes you'll hear them say the rarer "wakakakaka" line

[@andrewfelsher7872]

@@singletona082 exacerbated is the word you're looking for, though I don't doubt he was indeed exasperated.

[@longlifetometal1995]

There's a strange friendly interaction with some really niche human build that writes weird poems starting with "once upon a midnight dreary" and pervs on their 13-year-old cousin

[@lucasseakins8920]

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"

[@Vanhaomena]

4:59 getting the hostile bird to aggro a teammate is a genius move here, truly meta-defining

[@TheFatFondler]

i think an underrated side effect of high INT builds is that human players will almost always take a fascination with your build and will do things that directly or indirectly benefit you and your faction. Even going so far as to potentially make your builds INT even higher by performing experiments that test your INT and presumably in the long term would even improve it

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Nice

[@lokensicarius9347]

Basically Humans = Gods?

[@SPCv4]

@@lokensicarius9347 Relative to the rest of the animal kingdom, yes

[@dylandarnell3657]

@@lokensicarius9347 Aside from the fact that we're currently rolling out Oxygen Catastrophe Part 2: Hydrocarbon Boogaloo, entirely as an unintended side effect of one of the multiple new tech tree branches we invented? There's this group of like 5-ish to 10-ish specific individual human players - not teamed up, spread across the overworld. If certain permutations of that group (all of them, some of them, even a few individual members could do it on their own) make a certain decision, *_THE GAME WILL F%CKING END._* As in, _end_ end. No more playing. You know that over-the-top cinematic the mods came up with to roll out their end-Cretaceous nerf? Imagine that, but instead of happening to one place it happens to all terrestrial servers at once (except maybe Antarctica, I guess, but... being there would not save you). ...OK, technically the game wouldn't actually _end._ The overworld would still be there. It would just fatally nerf every extant build more complicated than those NEET bacterial weirdo guilds who hang out in the Mantle biome and never talk to anyone. A while back, though, it actually might have broken the overworld itself. We didn't set out to make a Press X To End Game For Everyone machine. It just kind of... happened. And then we got together and agreed to tone everyone's PXTEGFE machine stockpiles back down to "nerf every extant eukaryotic build" levels, instead of "exceed hidden structural parameters of the overworld, causing the game to discontinue the 'terrain' object class" levels. Oh, and that over-the-top cinematic I mentioned? The mods can't do it anymore. We figured out how to stop it from happening.

[@dylandarnell3657]

@@lokensicarius9347 Aside from the fact that we're currently rolling out Oxygen Catastrophe Part 2: Hydrocarbon Boogaloo, entirely as an unintended side effect of one of the multiple new tech tree branches we invented? There's this group of like 5-ish to 10-ish specific individual human players - not teamed up, spread across the overworld. If certain permutations of that group (all of them, some of them, even a few individual members could do it on their own) make a certain decision, *_THE GAME WILL END._* As in, _end_ end. No more playing. You know that over-the-top cinematic the mods came up with to roll out their end-Cretaceous nerf? Imagine that, but instead of happening to one place it happens to all terrestrial servers at once (except maybe Antarctica, I guess, but... being there would not save you). ...OK, _technically_ the game wouldn't actually _end._ The overworld would still be there. It would just fatally nerf every extant build more complicated than those weirdo NEET bacteria guilds who hang out in the Mantle biome and never talk to anyone. A while back, though, it actually might have broken the overworld itself. We didn't set out to make a Press X To End Game For Everyone machine. It just kind of... happened. And then we got together and agreed to tone everyone's PXTEGFE machine stockpiles back down to "nerf every extant eukaryotic build" levels instead of "exceed hidden structural parameters of the overworld, causing the game to discontinue the 'terrain' object class" levels. Oh, and that over-the-top cinematic I mentioned? The mods can't do it anymore. We figured out how to stop it from happening.

[@ctrlaltrepeat245]

I read the title as "Are cows op" and they just might be given they can teleport

[@BrutalSnuggles]

It is known

[@AngelCopout]

Moo Moo Land never forget

[@HokageFinessin]

Kamui style

[@Chineseisntalanguageapparently]

Oh they can fly? Yea sounds pretty op to me

[@helloolleh_dis]

I also misread the title

[@moyza_]

This channel has top tier production, it's very unique in KZbin. I don't know much channels so well written, produced and edited. Maybe I don't know any. S++

[@tharrrrrrr]

*many

[@TheDownrankTrain]

One of the best abilities unlocked with a high Int build is being able to form genuine personal connections with different species. Corvids dont just temporarily team up with wolves, they take advantage of their longer lifespan to train wolf pups and form actual friendships with them.

[@yoursonisold8743]

"Friendships" is debatable. More like owning pets.

[@keeprollin9911]

@@yoursonisold8743 you can see your pet as your friend lol

[@yoursonisold8743]

@@keeprollin9911 Yeah you can and it shows a concerning lack of perspective. Friends should be equals. I'm not saying you cant love your pet, that is normal bonding. People can also love their cars or objects. Humans have the capacity to form emotional attachments to anything. But a friend needs to be a peer and equal. If you have all the power in the relationship it's not much of a friendship. In romantic relationships this is considered bad for a reason. To get back to pets, they don't have the capacity to understand friendship. They know obedience or have an instinct to protect and care for family. To the animal their owner is part of the family or their superior. Crows tame wolves like humans tamed them before, to achieve a goal. It's a symbiotic relationship, not friendship. Playing with pups causes attachment, which makes them easier to control. Leading the wolves to food sources benefits both sides. In the end nature rarely does anything more than try to preserve itself. If you want animals on the level of human relationships you need to look at dolphins, some species of apes and elephants. Not dogs or wolves.

[@SkeletalRansack]

​@@yoursonisold8743 we got a yapper here

[@keeprollin9911]

@@yoursonisold8743 i absolutely don't want to insult you or your thoughts, you have explained them very thoroughly, but i would like to criticise what you have said there. first of all, friendships aren't romantic relationships. you should under no circumstances have a romantic relationship with an animal that is not a human. i think we both agree here. however, not everywhere where a romantic relationship is not an option often because of the power inbalance, is a friendship also impossible. for example a private teacher cannot have a (moral or healthy, i unfortunately need to specify this bc some people are disgusting monsters) romantic relationship with their student, however a friendship is possible. so i would not agree on your argument that freindship always has to be between peers with the same power levels. you can also be friends with your superior at work for example. just bc you follow someone's orders doesn't mean you cannot be friends. if you see your pet as a family member rather than a friend, then yes, technically you don't have a friendship but a family relationship. however, id argue a family relationship esp if it between two beings that aren't blood relatives can have a lot of similarities with a friendship. so it is rather a discussion about terminology instead of concepts. in a family as well, not all members have the same power if you look at children and their parents for example. not everyone sees their pet as a friend and that's ok. but you definitely can see your pet as your friend, and if dogs had the tools to understand human language like humans do, i bet a lot of dogs would use that term to describe their people as well. that's something we can only speculate about though. the way my two dogs act when i get home after a couples weeks by nearly suffocating themselves sticking their heads through the holes in the gate, the little bumps or loud over the top yawns when they want my attention, how they throw themselves onto the ground when they want me to pet them etc it's hard to believe that they do that bc they are obidient or bc they want to protect me. i think it's more likely that they want the social contact like humans with attention and love from one another. something pretty close to a friendship i'd say.

[@Gamepainter]

Just like crows, this channel also sits proudly in S-Tier. There really isn't anything like it out there. I must have seen every vid like 10 times, which is also the problem whenever a new video comes out, TierZoo is the itch on your back that you can't reach.

[@ihsahnakerfeldt9280]

Agreed. Every like and sub is deserved

[@NorthForkFisherman]

I've actually had crows help drive deer towards me when I hunt. I just make sure to leave plenty of offal where they can get it. Once they figure out you're the "meat human", they'll hook you up.

[@RJS2003]

As an Australian there's no sound more nostalgic than crows and magpies in the morning. My early playthrough just wouldn't be the same without xXx_Nevermore049_xXx cawing out the exact same tune every single day just for my filthy human main ears.

[@keeganowens8949]

I'm up in Maine here; I can confirm. I do love me some "RAH RAH RAH" in the morning, ha.

[@M1N1molo]

Love the Poe reference

[@Smthn_Wicked]

Until swooping season happens.

[@kokea4349]

Aussie magpies are differnt from eurasian magpies and are not even related to them, they are not even corvids

[@yukko_parra]

oh shoot i was complaining about the wrong faction

[@corvus71]

In my opinion this is the best video on the channel without question. No second thoughts, no bias. No bias at all...

[@PopyRoblox1202]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaavnn-Ifax5pNU

[@celestialspark5697]

Of course crows are OP! Make sure to leave unsalted peanuts, cat food, or cheese out to please your corvid overlords.

[@cottonballs9]

He can be inaccurate at times and sometimes the tiers don’t make sense like comparing apples to oranges but the entertainment value is off the charts, constantly catch myself watching the videos over and over again, something I usually only do with videogamedunkey

[@viridiansexperimentchannel711]

Yep, definitely no biases here, Corvid- I mean Corvus

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Ok

[@deepskyfrontier]

You are my favorite kind of genius. The algorithm is nerf because it took this long for me to discover your channel.

[@benoithudson7235]

At 7:00 you say ravens don't need to team up; you haven't seen them teasing sled dogs at feeding time. They form a circle around the poor dog, one of them pecks the tail so the dog runs after that raven, then the ones on the opposite side run in to get kibble.

[@mobbs6426]

A need is different to a fun day out with the boys

[@NuclearFury8]

At 7:07 he said "but can still team up". They don't need to, but when they do it's quite powerful, as you've mentioned.

[@HotFootBunny]

He didn't They can't team up, only that they usually don't need the help. Basically they still can, But most of the time don't have to because of their size

[@bigfoxki]

Still remember I have to bribe my way out of a pack of over-grown crows with a bag of chip. They are smart and scary.

[@KiraiKatsuji]

Just read that what you typed he said they didn't need to team up not that they don't team up

[@hitavi4965]

5:45 Orangutan mario kart is something I never knew I wanted

[@gamera5160]

Diddy Kong racing.

[@mrnice4434]

There is a twitch channel where you can watch it 24/7 :)

[@kaleeshsynth9994]

Are orangutans op?

[@gamera5160]

@@kaleeshsynth9994 I think tier zoo put them in A tier.

[@Carpet_Carp]

That clip had me rolling

[@gluefood781]

I’m so happy your channel is growing bro your editing and the background music with your voice gives me a nostalgic feel idk how else to explain it

[@LighthawkTenchi]

Crows might be the most underrated in the bird faction. They can function as both foragers and scavengers, but are intelligent enough to use tools, recognize individuals of other species, including humans, and will develop relationships with some species that are mutually beneficial to both. They can solve problems equivalent to a Lv. 7 human player, they can mimic the speech of humans , and will work together to secure food sources

[@thisguy41487]

Crow super power: starting shit between two individuals of another species.

[@EGRJ]

"Do you know what he said about your mom?"

[@CesarTheWelfareCaptain]

"personally i wouldn't let that slide, but that's just me though"

[@TheRubiksrocks]

This video is GOATED!!! Amazing thumbnail, opening sequence. All of the fucking classic game references, music, scripting, clips. Pure GOLD!!! Saving this shit to my favorites playlist bruh.

[@CommonCommiestudios]

The thing about corvids is, they have funerals for their deceased members, emitting a specific scream reserved for those funerals, and if that's isn't cool then I don't know what is

[@ChrispyNut]

Sounds like something which can be tested. Try the scream at the next funeral you attend, gather feedback during the wake. If you find you're unwelcome at the wake, you'll know it's true and you were considered too cool.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Elephants and specifically mammoths seemingly have burial grounds for herd members who pass.

[@ozio_exe9584]

Its not so much a funeral as it is a post-mortem examination of the corpse to asses if the threat is still present, which is still cool in and of itself. Plus there is some evidence that corvids do mourn, just that this 'ceremony' is more a utilitarian thing as opposed to a social one.

[@Brian_Thoms]

This provides more depth as to why they're collectively known as a 'murder'.

[@helloolleh_dis]

That's cool

[@Sir_TophamHatt]

9:25 So you could say their main strength is literally trolling lol

[@candlestyx8517]

Corvids are some of my favorite animals, thank you for covering them

[@347Jimmy]

While crows appear black to us, they're patterned in the UV spectrum and allegedly appear blueish to species that can see UV (many reptiles, birds, amphibians and fish) So their stealth may (very counterintuitively) be better against species with better eyes

[@Fledhyris]

Not sure either black or blue has a great advantage in your typical crow player environment!

[@347Jimmy]

@@Fledhyris plain blue no, but patterns can be handy even when they aren't colour matched (see tigers)

[@Stratelier]

The weird part about the Stealth attribute is that when you break down its mechanics, it's actually context-sensitive to whatever detection methods you are facing up against. There is almost no such thing as universal stealth.

[@ghostramen7002]

​@@Strateliersomething the U.S. military struggled to figure out. 😄

[@bramcopermans7494]

Didn’t get why he said Parrots aren’t stealthy either. They’re being colors are a great camouflage in their habitat with all the bright fruits and saturated environment. They just aren’t the typical camouflage colors in ‘our world’

[@el_gato8109]

I had made a murder of crows mad once 5 months ago, my car is still being "painted white" to this day. They are vengeful creatures I said i would say what i did to make enemies of the crow mafia if this comment got 1k, so here it is. I may have or may not have ran over a crow on accident, and they may or may not have followed me home due to this.

[@windhelmguard5295]

and they teach their children who the enemy it, so you'll never see the end of it. on the flip side, if you manage to befriend one crow, you've made friends for life.

[@el_gato8109]

Im doomed 💀

[@Tiosedan]

@@el_gato8109Your car is! Unless you live in australia . . .

[@mobbs6426]

​@el_gato8109 lol, not necessarily. You do have 3 options. 1. Live with it. You might outlive the generational spite, and in 50 years, they might stop spreading rumours about you. 2. Make amends through gifts and trinkets. Intelligence breeds spite, but it also breeds forgiveness. 3. Leave. Just move out of the area, and ensure you aren't followed. Yes that can be a factor depending how pissed they are. But yeah, getting on the wrong side of a murder of crows isn't advised

[@el_gato8109]

@@mobbs6426 im sorry, *FOLLOWED?* As in, THEY WILL GO WITH ME IF I MADE THEM MAD ENOUGH.

[@Bananajawzzz]

Around a year ago i was taking a walk in the neigborhood when i heard a deafening schreeching sound. I look up and its a crow chasing a flock of sparrows. I dont think to much over it but suddenly its grabbed one of them and was pinning it down on the ground where it killed it off. Really shows how varied their builds can be

[@Vinemaple]

Was walking down the street as a kid and a dead sparrow landed right in front of me. Was an in-flight kill by a crow, which snatched it up while I went to get an adult.

[@izukukageyama7552]

the clip at 5:18 of two cats staring at each other and the crow pecking at one from behind somehow causing them to fight is hilarious.

[@LeakedWall548]

He's lighting the fuse

[@DanSoloha]

That magpie was the excuse that cat was looking for 😂

[@alicepbg2042]

cats doing the cat thing

[@sumitshresth]

i have seen that complete video. the cats were already in the phase of fighting. the crow was actually trying to distract them from fighting by pecking one

[@Vinemaple]

Cats, especially housecats, have all sorts of glitchy behavior. The story I heard was that they were never supposed to be a human support class, but the two player communities figured out how to make it work, there were maybe some unintended interactions (purr buffing is the obvious example). Instead of banning or patching it, the devs supposedly just ruled that if you want to do human+cat parties, you have to deal with the glitches as well as the standard communication barrier, behavioral conflicts, etc. But I have no idea if that's actually true.

[@AegixDrakan]

Considering there are social media posts of someone rewarding crows for finding them paper money, and then the crows literally showing up frequently with 10s and 20s... Yeah, they know how to play with other animal factions. Definitely OP. XD

[@piedpiper1172]

Pour one out for the random hommies out there who had their day absolutely obliterated when a crow pick pocketed them for like, 20 calories in treats.

[@rakaydosdraj8405]

@@piedpiper1172 Most likely tip jars.

[@alilweeb7684]

The story about the guy that when a crow offered a 5 dollar bill and the human bought a more expensive bred with it and now they just show up with 20s and 50s for the best bread LMAO

[@Seydaschu]

There are non-human players who've unlocked Trade! AAAAHHHHHHH!!

[@AegixDrakan]

@@Seydaschu *gasp* ...Bots. :o

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

I think this is your best one yet! Very enjoyable

[@DefinitivNichtSascha]

Crows, along with parrots, are my favourite builds. The high intelligence leads to a really interesting and varied playstyle. It's honestly amazing how many different creative strategies crow players can come up with.

[@ghosthunter0950]

high intelligence AND flight? yes please.

[@tnix80]

​@@ghosthunter0950why not make them invisible while we're at it...crows smh

[@collinbeal]

Crow players in the Japanese Metropolitan meta are severely OP, using their knowledge of human player constructs to farm loot utility initiatives. I think they're due for a nerf tbh.

[@attaggee]

arguably another crucial factor for the strength and viability of corvids is the fact that they aren't the colorful weirdos that parrots are, and instead historically were associated with battlefields etc., and because of that they don't get hunted all that often to become an accessory or prestige item for humans. although the farmer subclass of humans really does hate them

[@UmbraFulgur]

Subclass.... Edit: I know what you mean and it's ok. I'm just messing around.

[@leonhardable]

brother ravens got hunted to extinction in central europe, and china eradicated ALL crows for a couple of decades. magpies have also historically been hunted down, but they are the most colorful corvids i appreciate your point of insight, and think there is some merit to it, but your conclusions stem from a lack of knowledge.

[@JamesDavy2009]

By putting up ineffective effigies made of straw/hay to try and keep them away.

[@attaggee]

@@leonhardable central european here with ravens, magpies, and crows living in his town. so not sure why you believe they are extinct. They were hunted though yes, but in the modern meta not a lot of people give a shit about them anymore

[@leonhardable]

@@attaggee i highly doubt you actually have ravens living in your city but you're right, i worded that wrong. what i meant to say is "ravens were hunted to near extinction pre industrialization and are only very slowly coming back" crows and magpies breed quicker and are harder to spot, so they always managed to avoid this fate. anyways, corvids have historically been hunted down really hard.

[@HowDoIDad]

Yet another great vid. CAW!

[@TierZoo]

Thank you!

[@Turkwithknife]

Straight answer: Oh yes, yes they fuckin are!

[@helloolleh_dis]

@Tiger10002 Is Tiger10002 op? Stats: INT: -100 points PWR: 0 points DEF: 0 points MBL: 20 points HP: 30 points STL: 0 points

[@danielfrank4630]

😂😂​@@helloolleh_dis

[@danielfrank4630]

​@@helloolleh_disyou win the best reply award

[@deathstroke7316]

Heard tierZoo giving heaps of praise to corvids, even before this video. Of course, they're OP

[@Bluegill_fisherman]

TURK WITH KNIFE I KNOW YOUR CHANNEL

[@250count]

Dude I can't stress this enough: You're far and away my favorite person on KZbin. Thank you so much for creating such high quality edutainment content. As a musician, I've gotta add that I had to rewatch the first third of the video three times because I kept analyzing the music instead of the content 😭 You don't leave a single detail out of consideration when it comes to quality and I love it.

[@Galimeer5]

I have a fascination with the builds that max out a given stat. Humans with Intelligence, the tyrannosaur and mantis shrimp with Power, cephalopods with Stealth, etc... I recently learned dragonflies have absolutely busted k/d ratios due to their maxed out mobility stat. They're considered the best hunters in the game with an average PK rate of over 98%, well above the second best hunters, african wild dogs, who tend to max out at around a ~60% PK rate. A dragonfly breakdown might be video-worthy.

[@WisteriAvis]

As far as I know the second place is seahorse at 90% success rate, but their sucking attack is only effective to targets several weight classes below and cannot be used as self defense. Still African wild dog's 60% success rate is pretty impressive when the vast majority of predators are at below 30%

[@keegandecker4080]

I love crows. I’m slowly training my local flock to show up at my house at the same time every morning for seeds.

[@M1N1molo]

You can train them to speak with enough patience. They have the ability to mimic sounds very well. A Romanian video here on KZbin has a raven perfectly mimicking a car honking

[@keegandecker4080]

@@M1N1molo that’s the dream

[@Salmon_Toastie]

I finally managed to get the local magpie in Australia to stop attacking me after 2 years 😂

[@alexanderrobins7497]

I usually throw shelled peanuts and some canned corn in my yard for them to eat. On the flip side, they also have domesticated me in a way by cawing outside until I give them food, sometimes while I am still in bed. lol

[@panzerschliffehohenzollern4863]

@@Salmon_Toastie What did you do to piss them off?

[@crowhub619]

May be 3 weeks late but its great to see my class getting the proper build analysis. People usually just say very meta abilities we have and never get into the intricate skills we have.

[@Pax.YouTube]

You're late to the most important class!

[@notallthatskilled]

You know its a good millenium when TierZoo uploads

[@mechwarrior13]

It's a great Eon to be alive!

[@Samiyaphone]

Hi❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@carlbjerregaard5666]

Always a good day when TierZoo posts

[@HirasawaFan]

bot

[@HirasawaFan]

you havent even watched the video

[@carlbjerregaard5666]

​@@HirasawaFan doesnt matter, his videos are always class

[@Xxboomcrew41xX]

​@@HirasawaFan respect all except Islam

[@HirasawaFan]

@@Xxboomcrew41xX im christian but i respect muslims too lol. Respect everyone except edp445

[@etherdragon6029]

Amazing video, as always! My thanks to the editing team, they've done an AWESOME job for this episode! ❤️

[@amnotmichael]

9:30 here we can see that crows are absolutely the strongest beings alive, they've managed to destroy a terraria chest with an item inside

[@DarkShard5728]

artificer plays terraria AND outside? no way

[@joshooaa21]

Not to be pedantic but I believe the bird with iridescent feathers @ 2:22 is actually a Grackle!

[@SummonerArthur]

Yeah, that aint a crow I think

[@joshooaa21]

Just saw their twitter post, they did know this, just forgot to add a note!

[@lzrzmnhff]

*must not begin the Unidan copypasta. *

[@nightmare62089]

I want to add something about the crows with the hooked sticks. Scientists actually dug further into that and found that those crows can do much more than just identify and properly use those sticks. They did studies that showed them being able to modify their existing hooks as well as construct ones from other materials to suit the job in front of them. This shows an ability to imagine/envision a new tool they may need and the ability to actualize that thought. I will solidly defend the stance that corvids(at least crows) have a more advanced intelligence than parrots even if the parrots are better equipped naturally.

[@betterchapter]

I just now realized that I've never seen a dead crow

[@Wolfe-Tone-]

Made me laugh way more than even I expected. Fair play sir🤣😂

[@zylostz2]

I did and they held him a funeral😢

[@thewerewolfofwaggawagga8818]

i've seen countless cockatoos smushed into roadkill paste. not one single crow.

[@clash_king1025]

Crows have quickly became one of my favorite birds Super cool showcase how advanced team work can be just as effective as other high intelligence advantages like tool use

[@nicogr6227]

His editing skills have improved so much by now since the 2010s that it honestly brings a tear to my eye

[@tjgh2764]

black white is the by far most broken nightbuild colour, once my cat sneaked up to me and hit me with his collar on his or while i was gaming at night, the first thought that popped up in my head, me being an absolut fearless warrior, got startled thinking something demonic is going to tear my entire arm off the next second, cuz of the feeling of the collar and the light shining on the white fur while the black being invisilbe, making it completly impossible to render the creature standing next to u

[@LarryVLe874]

Wow what a brave warrior you are

[@azminek7154]

He's a cat so it was indeed something demonic. And tearing into your arm is also not out of the realm of possibilities 🤣

[@photoo848]

Yes. They're tiny feather balls with near-human logic skills and intelligence. They OP

[@sizanogreen9900]

imagine if they also lived long enough to build up experience/level up (enter: Parrots.)

[@mobbs6426]

​@@sizanogreen9900They do actually have long lifespans, although the urban jungle is just that, and predators normally put an end to it early. In captivity, they can live 50+ years

[@dienichtganzanonymeananas]

Yes! Few weeks ago i looked if you had a video specifically about crows, i love those things! The idea came to me when i was hiking, a crow dropped a walnut in front of me. I looked at the crow on the branch, then at the walnut and lightly stomped it so it broke. Always wanted to have the honor to do this. And now you’ve dropped this, im blessed!

[@patrickbarnard680]

Buffing corvids longevity stats to the levels enjoyed by human and parrot mains would honestly make them seriously op in my opinion.

[@alilweeb7684]

If crows lived as longe as parrots we would be doomed

[@Dramn_]

@@alilweeb7684 I really wish they did live much longer, they deserve it as such intelligent beings

[@Higesgirl]

Short answer: yes 🐦‍⬛ Long answer: There's a high possibility, yes 🐦‍⬛ I knew someone that had 3 pet crows. Their names? Edgar, Allen, and Draven.

[@cadendamonkay2552]

The custom 3D images made for this are so cool, your editing just keeps becoming more impressive

[@Sailorgriffin]

the OG battlefront 2 intro hit the feels

[@mayalackman7581]

It sure did!

[@ZulatobariGreatforge]

I was looking for this comment, hell ya!

[@RJS2003]

Battlefront 1 & 2 ports on Steam if they were good.

[@lengeyart]

I just commented that! What a nostalgic reference

[@datuhuginn5079]

watch out for those wrist rockets!

[@Rendolf45]

7:36 "This is an item that Crows can't use. But you can take them away from humans in order to make them look foolish." Love it!

[@das_ito_4797]

Omg, centipedes are one of my favourite. I can't wait to see that next video of yours. You are doing great with every work you do, keep it up.

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

This man takes long to update but when he does the videos are great. Idea for a video: making a fictional or mythological/folklore animals tierlist. Seeing the Cryptids video this idea came to mind

[@deadlydingus1138]

Tsuchinoko solos.

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

@@deadlydingus1138 Greek myth has loads of BS creatures. It would be fun seeing him analyze fictional, mythological and folklorical animals/beasts as if they are real, the Cryptids video was what made me have this idea

[@deadlydingus1138]

@@marceloasensiofilho3833 Yeah, but the tsuchinoko has a venomous bite and alcoholism.

[@ackyducc5040]

Your editing has seriously improved over time, good job!

[@MattArseno]

I can’t tell you how much I love your channel. So epic. Hilarious. Informative. My favourite KZbin channel. Thanks so much!

[@tsinlao750]

This is perfect timing! This exact subject was just recently touched on on a couple of podcasts I listen to. Crazy how everything just lines up!

[@Gemini-Lion]

As a crow main, I'm glad we're given some attention outside of being grouped together with all corvid builds like ravens and magpies. EDIT: After watching the video, at least we are generally being discussed.

[@slooptrooperunlimitedofthe1772]

you're a dirty raccoon bird, that's all you crows are. Parrots master species.

[@RosqueSoruqa]

as a ant main i am your shower.

[@crowd-crows]

As another crow main I agree

[@CasualCat64]

I roast your kind for food

[@singletona082]

Crows are cool. Such fun little mischief makers

[@levferno483]

The commentary continues to get more in-depth and the editing continues to improve. I’m glad to have been as long of a fan as I have been.

[@siristhesalamander4186]

Your content has ALWAYS been entertaining and high-quality, but you/your team (dunno how many people work on this channel) have been KILLING IT with these last few videos! I sincerely hope you are enjoying this work and are successful enough to continue doing so as long as you want! 🎉

[@ParkerVGC]

Super kind words. You’ve made my day! I help with editing/motion graphics and the channel owner is a super cool dude. I can’t speak for them but I can say working on/with TierZoo is a very enjoyable experience.

[@razorhog8]

Great work as always on the best group of birds (besides woodpeckers). It's great to see how much more funding and graphics you have added over the years. I am sure this channel has gotten so many people more interested in the natural world. Keep it up!

[@Correctionalize]

the videos got upgraded so much its so good

[@caelincoolz5814]

9:36 That is the cutest thing

[@GreakyGeek]

6:10 BRO CAN DO MATH!! BRO KNOWS ABOUT VOLUME!!

[@thehochmaster2]

Rather, the bird *learned* about *a particular property of volume*, which is just as impressive. It probably doesn't have a proper concept of volume but only knows well enough that putting heavy things in the tube makes the water go up to get the treat. As for why, that's really only the domain of humans

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

that vulture in the beginning really just got plucked

[@minecraftlover-oj2xj]

Crows will jump a person over something three years ago, And they bring friends along. They can potentially be able to mimic speech like parrots, use anti-bird spikes as building material for nests, wait for cars to run over nuts so they can eat & tool. These birds are excellent in the intelligence build for bird players.

[@sludgerat444]

With intelligence, comes unnecessary malevolent behavior!!! Cunning little things

[@iDEATH]

The presentation here cracked me up! Great info, too. That's an instant sub combo.

[@Duesikazergaming]

When Outside needed him most,he returned.

[@jwinforever]

Literally hopped onto your channel yesterday hoping to see another video since it had been a while. Glad to see this in my feed today :D

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@FelidaeEnjoyer]

They're smart they can fly and they're invisible when they're asleep, of course they're op

[@RespecterAlexander]

What a great TierZoo video!

[@andrewfelsher7872]

"Yes, crows and ravens are flaming OP!" -Every Randland resident.

[@GDAccelerate]

always a good eon when tierzoo uploads

[@Nuclearburrit0]

Corvids are some of my favorite animals. They've a great build, very fun.

[@cthuloso]

5:10 (taking notes) 'Jank is the bread and butter of corvid gameplay.'

[@Secarious]

2:31 It took me a couple watches before I noticed you can see the owl's eyes approaching in the dark under the takedown prompt. That's friggin' terrifying!

[@MrBelles104]

I must say, I really like the style that went into the still frame scenes. 1:29 was a good introduction to the crow character, 2:45 has awesome scene panning around the cat and bird scuffle, 4:27 looks...sketchy, and more panning at 5:31 was fantastic!

[@twilliams2558]

‘The corvids simple peck does not deal much damage’ > Australians hiding in a nuclear bunker during magpie swooping season

[@garyhost9356]

They are like little homing missiles lol, but Aussie maggies aren't corvids so they have a different skill tree.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@garyhost9356 "That's what we want you to think, fucker!" -Australian magpie

[@twilliams2558]

@@garyhost9356 didn’t know that!

[@garyhost9356]

@@twilliams2558 They are from the Artamidae family, closer to songbirds. They have incredible facial recognition so if you befriend them they won't swoop you, they will also tell their magpie mates so never piss them off lol they will remember you!

[@simpletora7313]

6:38 All I could think of at this part was "fight back cmon FIGHT BACK"

[@alpha_knugen8335]

This is an actual S-tier video. Good job, now i have to look through all your videos

[@Ulfric-yv3xk]

I like how this guy talks about animals in the style of a video game

[@TonyNaber]

even the music lol. It's COD BO2

[@kab1r]

The music is so funny. Like something you’d hear on mission objectives screen.