Crows removing ticks (part 2 of 5)

[@GubanaNatureRefuge]

FAQ Please read - we encourage questions and comments, but please see if your question is answered in the FAQ below before commenting. Updated 25 October 2020. Q1. Why don't we brush the wallabies to get rid of the ticks? A: Because they are wild animals, not pets. They are shy and do not let us near them. It is also illegal to interfere with native wildlife in Australia Q2. Why don't we trap/catch the wallabies to get rid of the ticks? A: Because it would kill them - following a stressful event such as being chased and captured, wallabies can suffer from rhabdomyolysis, which is the death of muscle fibres and subsequent release of toxins into the bloodstream. This can lead to serious complications such as renal (kidney) failure within 24 hours after the incident and death will occur within 2-14 days later. Q3: Why don't we spend thousands of dollars on tranquilliser dart guns to sedate the wallabies to remove the ticks? A: Maybe if we won lotto, but it would still be illegal. Q4. Why don't we put something in the water to kill ticks? A: At the time this footage was filmed, this was the only water source for many kilometres, and all wildlife depended on it for survival - including bees, reptiles and amphibians. Adding insecticide to the water would result in a catastrophic by-kill of unintended victims. Q5. What's with the wood in the water? A: To provide safe access to the water for small birds, insects, reptiles and amphibians, as well as a way to get out if they fall in. Q6. Don't the heads of the ticks stay attached and cause infection? Aren't they best left to drop off naturally? A: No, the ticks are removed whole - we often find dropped ones in the water, still complete and very much alive. We also get covered in ticks during summer, and pull them off ourselves with little care and without problems - we have never had mouthparts left behind in our skin. Infection only appears to be a problem for the wallabies when large numbers of ticks remain attached in one site, causing inflammation, circulation loss, necrosis and eventually sloughing of necrotic tissue. The older wallabies have all lost the top half of their ears to this process. Bear in mind too, that a single female tick will lay thousands of eggs, so every tick eaten = thousands of eggs not laid. Q7. "You moron, these are crows!"/ "you idiot, these are ravens!". A: There has been terse disagreement in the comments about whether these are Australian ravens (Corvus coronoides) or Torresian crow (Corvus orru). The main difference between the two is in the throat hackles. Whatever your personal opinion in the Great Crow v's Raven Debate, please just pretend that the title supports your view and move on with your life. I'm at the stage of just removing these pointlessly acrimonious comments - people get upset about the strangest things. Q8. You terrible people! How did you let your animals get in this state?! A: These wallabies roam over an enormous range through agricultural land and state forestry, and are as much "our animals" as the wind is "our wind". This footage was filmed during an unprecedented Positive Indian Ocean Dipole event which resulted in a ferocious drought and dried up all natural water sources in the region - some for the first time in living memory. Historically, providing artificial water points has been discouraged in Australia, as macropods are meant to be nomadic and not remain in one place to strip the vegetation. The summer of 2019/2020 marked a change in this official position however, as all of eastern Australia was in severe drought and on fire; there was no where for the wildlife to go. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife even resorted to dropping feed into National Parks by helicopter in an attempt to prevent the loss of entire populations of critically endangered species. We were carting feed and water over 100km to this site, but newcomers were arriving every day, many in horrific condition. Q9. What about Lyme disease? A: Surveillance of Australian ticks has not yet found the presence of the Borrelia bacterium (which causes Lyme disease) in Australian ticks. There are however people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease after returning to Australia from overseas, and Australian ticks do carry diseases which can have somewhat similar symptoms, including Australian Tick Typhus or Spotted Fever and Flinders Island Spotted Fever, leading to 'Lyme-like disease'. Also of interest is a rare condition called tick-induced mammalian meat allergy, caused by an acquired allergy to the galactose-α-1,3-galactose protein which is found in mammalian meat and animal products such as cow's milk and gelatine. Happily for us, the vast majority of tick-borne illness in Australia arises from Ixodes species, especially Ixodes holocyclus, not the kangaroo tick, Amblyomma triguttatum. Ixodes species are most common in moist, humid coastal areas, which as you can see from the footage, does not in any way describe our property. We take reasonable precautions to avoid tick bites, such as wearing long sleeves and insect repellent, but if we were afraid to pick up a single tick we could not continue our work on this property.

[@andyl8055]

Some of these questions really explain why we're in the position we're in. Let's use cane toads to deal with sugar cane beetles. Let's use nicotinoids to kill this one bug because it will improve our short term profits. I could list examples for hours.

[@DEDALO1]

I'm not expert, but for me looks like the tick are a plague. The ticks in my country are a lot smaller! And in the ranch you can see coyotes and are not so infested like in Australia. The ticks is a invasive plague from another country? If yes, then Australia needs eradicate this plague. Do you see the ears of the wallabie? The points are dead for the ticks.

[@GubanaNatureRefuge]

@@DEDALO1 The ticks are native kangaroo ticks ( Amblyomma triguttatum) which are naturally occurring in this area, however due to climate change the summer breeding season is getting longer, and winters are getting warmer, meaning that greater numbers of nymphs are surviving to become breeding adult ticks. Added to the increased tick reproduction, land clearing and invasive animals have decimated the population of small insect eating birds, and vegetation clearing and use of pesticides has decimated the population of predatory wasps and other insects which would normally feed on tick nymphs. So, increased reproduction plus decreased predation = tick plague.

[@woolysamoan]

Kangaroo blood must be really sweet!

[@scypio8191]

@@woolysamoan ?

[@butter7734]

On my way to work back about 10 years there was this road where I would always see black walnuts in a line across the road. One day I realized why they were there. The crows would line the walnuts across the road and wait for cars to drive over them and crack them open. They are one of the most intelligent bird species on the planet.

[@davezad]

Some animals are evolving to use humans as tools. Cats have been doing this for thousands of years.

[@Katarinarabbit]

@@davezad adapt to survive.

[@cobra1995xx]

I have 2 ravens behind my restaurant. i noticed they were watching me leave little snacks for squirrels behind the building on a wall. I was taking a bag out to the dumpster and scared the ine to a tree top like 30ft above me. Never flew away. For the next month or so i would take out ranch sunflower seeds and spicy trail mix .. if i saw them in tree close by id shake the bag then leave the snacks.. couple weeks went by and i started finding little shiny rocks and weird pieces of metal or foil on the back of my car. The little shits were apparently bringing me gifts lol

[@Profile__1]

Oh dude ravens/crows are so incredibly smart. I've heard that they even look for coins to put into vending machines to get food.

[@christianheidt5733]

Ohhhhh! Interesting 🤔!!!

[@Profile__1]

I always love when birds tilt their faces to look closer with one eye.

[@Someguy04-v3m]

I believe it's because with using both eyes they lose depth perception. I'm pretty sure deer are like that so just assuming crows may be also.

[@Profile__1]

@@Someguy04-v3m I'm pretty sure they'd gain depth perception using both eyes, not lose it, as most predator-type animals have their eyes up front. With prey-type animals they typically have eyes on either side of their head, which gives them a wider view of things but also reduces their ability to accurately gauge distance; they don't need accuracy, however, as prey animals usually eat inanimate objects.

[@linkincsar269]

That's how I look at my phone when I am drunk 😅😂

[@jjones9143]

Yea it's looking for the biggest tick

[@Someguy04-v3m]

@Its me or whatever it could very well be 😁...that was just my first take on it lol. Now I'm just curious

[@NewgirlNola]

People: “awwww the birds are helping him get the ticks off! How kind.” Crows: *h o n g r y*

[@CuiuneDelSud]

@@eemil.894 kind of a win-win no?

[@vesyava]

best comment so far

[@Great-Dao-of-Elegance]

@@eemil.894 Why would they have to care ?

[@stickbugv290]

oh hey Nalore!

[@pedroguilherme868]

Well, their intentions aren't a real concern, since the process, results and aftermath are pretty much the same But there is a possibility that the crow is both helping and hungry There is at least some evidence to suggest that crows and ravens can actually show empathy, but i can't confirm that is the truth

[@joestratton3981]

The harshness of nature is sometimes hard to watch, but the crows are doing wallabies a huge favor. It's so cool to watch nature taking care of nature.

[@MightyYoungSir]

too bad the aussies are building pipes from the natural saunas now the kangas are dispaced and unable to groom themselves

[@LyleMyers]

haha unless you’re the part of nature called the tick

[@merchant_of_kek5697]

Lmao animal hungry, eats other animals. One nature taking care of nature so cute

[@dotsinki1096]

until they decide the eyeball would make for a better snack

[@thundafundamentalist]

Nature doesn't have the ability to make any choices with an intention Hence praise the Creator for this show of mercy and design

[@hubriswonk]

A long time ago I worked in a steel yard and there were many cats running around. One female cat came up to me while I was eating lunch and she was covered with ticks and fleas and she was miserable. I bought a break-away flea collar for her and 2 days later she was waiting for me where I normally ate my lunch looking so healthy. This went on for a few days and I took her home. She lived 12 years and was an amazing kitty!

[@Orly-pl4un]

Hopefully one day we can see our pets somehow

[@somethingaboutbrooke]

oh I love this! thanks for giving the sweet kitty a quality life 🥰

[@nightfalls5462]

you are a good man, well done, big bravo

[@purenatural5736]

Thanks for being such a kind person.

[@johngalloway8170]

3 cat and 1 dog, all found or was given to me. They always turn out to be the best pets.

[@813garcia92]

Wallabies: how long will I have to deal with these ticks? Raven: Nevermore

[@eduardoribeiroucv9630]

A man of culture

[@813garcia92]

@@eduardoribeiroucv9630 thank you kind sir. I'm off to sit in my armchair and read Spanish Baroque poetry. Good day.

[@UnintendedSheep]

Clever

[@ཌĐད-q8x]

Comment should be #1. Well done 🍷

[@furanduron4926]

haha

[@alanmorris7669]

As human beings, we don't realize how lucky we are to have hands.

[@typingcat]

I wish I had four hands. Two hands suck when I have to use two hands to hold a thing in a position to operate on it, but don't have an extra hand to actually operate on it.

[@alanmorris7669]

@@typingcat Well, bless your little heart.

[@seanb9698]

hands are mf boss

[@haeselian]

pretty sure we do

[@periwinklecheese7461]

Kangaroos have hands to

[@eagercadet4059]

With each part you can see the Wallabies getting better, less ticks, their fur not missing in some areas and the ears no longer in such a state that they looked like corpses risen by necromancy, in part 5 the wallabies look to be almost in perfect conditioned compared to the first were half of their ears had sloughed off from being constantly sucked dry of blood

[@44excalibur]

I'm sitting here literally begging the wallaby to stand still and let the crows pick off all those ticks because those things are disgusting.

[@TheStr8tshooter]

It probably would if it wasn’t so painful to have them ripped off. Those ticks are really latched on. I can imagine it being like having a piece of duct tape ripped off your body :/

[@SinScopes]

@@TheStr8tshooter duct tape doesnt hurt lmao...

[@TheStr8tshooter]

@threats that’s assuming you’re old enough to have body hair ;)

[@SinScopes]

@@TheStr8tshooter you are trying to tell me having a tic head a inch inside your skin and being ripped out is the same pain as getting your hair pulled lol

[@TheStr8tshooter]

@threats don’t be that guy. First of all a tick doesn’t get an inch deep into your skin. Secondly, make a video of you placing a strip of duct tape onto the hairiest part of your body and tearing it off without feeling pain. Then I’ll believe you.

[@lexsea]

symbiotic relationships are the coolest thing to me . something about wild animals being tolerant of each other for the benefit of one another is just amazing

[@starhammer5247]

Another cool symbiotic relationship is the relationship between Ravens and Wolves. A Raven will signal to the Wolves where food is and the Wolves in turn let the Ravens feast on the remains. Though there's also the fun little fact of Ravens and Wolf cubs playing with each other.

[@williamrosenbloom215]

Strictly speaking, the relationship between the wallaby and the tick is also symbiosis.

[@starhammer5247]

@@williamrosenbloom215 That isn't symbiosis. The tick is a parasite. If enough ticks settle on a creature they risk giving it diseases as well as cutting off blood circulation and making flesh go necrotic. A symbiotic relationship is one where both sides are benefitting from working with each other, like the crow/wolf relationship and the parasite/shark relationship. The tick does not give any benefits to the Wallaby and is only a detriment to its existence so it's a parasitic relationship like that one bug that replaces a fish's tongue.

[@williamrosenbloom215]

@@starhammer5247 you're describing mutualism, which is a subset of symbiosis.

[@starhammer5247]

@@williamrosenbloom215 Symbiosis is still a mutually beneficial relationship. Sure, the shark parasite may make the shark blind but in return, they keep diseases and even worse parasites away. Crows and wolves have a mutually beneficial relationship, crows alert the wolves to food and play with the cubs, in return the wolves leave some scraps for the crows to feast on and protect them. Symbiosis is where neither side is negatively affected by being in contact with each other. But the parasite that eats the fish's tongue causes the fish pain and if it dies the fish must die with it because it needs its tongue. The tick can transfer bacteria and make flesh necrotic, resulting in infection or death for the wallaby while the Wallaby gets absolutely jackshit in return. The crow eats the tick and protects the wallaby from getting an infection or sickness, in return the wallaby gets better even if they won't directly do anything for the crow. A parasitic relationship is not healthy for an animal and can result in death, a symbiotic relationship may not need to be mutually beneficial but it shouldn't run the risk of death for the victim.

[@nyobunknown6983]

I've never seen so many ticks on one animal before. The Crows are performing a service.

[@virginiamoss7045]

The crows are foraging for food, nothing more, nothing less. They care nothing for the wallaby except at a source of food.

[@fakeyawns]

Uph. It can get WAY worse. In NH and Maine, Moose get absolutely demolished. I'm sure you can fine pics if you search for it. Though, it's quite sucky to see.

[@abhimanyukhadwal]

Oh please don't Google it. As someone who has picked them off stray dogs, It gets horror movie level scary.

[@Nepthu]

Are those bumps ticks?

[@HerrHoppenstedt]

Never, never, never, never, never, never, never EVER open a video with "mango worms" in it. Close it immediately.

[@maryrose2757]

Those ticks are giants. The crows are like picking huge grapes. Lol.

[@WildBikerBill]

A full plate has been served...

[@margaretmestas1481]

Right 3 course meal that includes dessert 😂❤

[@Ace-xe2uo]

@ Mary Yeah blood grapes Yeesh. LOL

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

🤢

[@delmanpronto9374]

imagine the ones you can't see.

[@erickruckenberg8716]

Love how the crows look at each other like they've struck gold.

[@506pierce]

😂

[@jrizzle3614]

As a vegan you must be sad for the ticks right?

[@dethangel9082]

Didn't know Ticks got that Huge.

[@Iloveplayingguitar]

@@jrizzle3614 whatsup? your vegan hatred ptsd kicked in?

[@jrizzle3614]

Oh look at you getting all defensive. It’s a genuine question. Perhaps you could answer it

[@harukaimai8086]

Whoever’s running this channel seems incredibly tired of everyone’s shit lmao. hope y’all are doing alright, thanks for the video

[@DoodleToast-c4o]

Exactly this!

[@Twkd1988]

@@DoodleToast-c4o the trees in the video are going to be so cold at night. pls knit them tree cozy's

[@conservat1vepatr1ot]

Dude I love how they addressed it though lol.

[@brycealthoff8092]

When every bleeding heart city dweller who’s never seen a wild animal outside of nature documentaries considers themself an animal expert, I imagine it does get a bit old. I feel the channel runner’s pain.

[@hyndquart5241]

@@brycealthoff8092 "you need to take better care of those animals! My uncle had an animal farm in an suburban neighborhood so i know what im talking about."-Karen Kazynzky 44

[@GankMamaElite]

I can tell getting them removed hurts like hell. But the relief afterwards must be amazing.

[@Crimsonnavyking]

@@xhadebrinsbane5238 You might want to read the description or pinned comment.

[@jadezee6316]

i t doesnt hurt like hell to get them removed.....a tiny pinch is all..any dog owner can tell you that plus...its rare they even feel them though this many i am not sure

[@iz5808]

​@@jadezee6316 you clearly haven't had ticks yourself

[@_jebthesheep3319]

@@iz5808 It wouldn’t necessarily matter if she, a human, had ticks because in this context we are talking about an animal who does not have the same pain tolerance as we do. 😁

[@iz5808]

@@_jebthesheep3319 true indeed

[@JoseGonzalez-jd9sp]

I love when a bird interacts with you, it's such a great feeling. Watching this brings a smile to my face

[@Glub2]

What’s cool about this symbiotic relationship is that the wallaby must understand the benefits despite it clearly having to hurt, you can see blood after they’re ripped out. It’s like intuition at its best

[@muka0301]

Is it blood from being ripped out or just the crow popping tbe tick as it's being yanked out?

[@joopsoos3128]

@@muka0301 Tick is secreting some chemicals so the blood wouldn't coagulate while they feed on it. After puncturing the skin they are also irritating that wound and area around it. Also they are full of nasty things like bacteria and viruses. Crow is plucking them whole. Only piece remaining on the skin is some tick heads here and there... even though it is as dangerous because of the nasty stuff and diseases, the suction stops. And our wallaby friend is grateful for that feeling. Like getting out the piece of glass that was under your skin for some time. My friend used to say that he loves to buy one size smaller shoes, cause nothing beats that feeling of taking them off...

[@drycoochie2146]

@@muka0301 it's blood from being ripped out. Ticks dig into the skin

[@Tom6567my]

Thats not intuition. Thats experience and wisdom.

[@jourdansarpy4935]

you don't have to be that smart to know that ticks aren't good for you.

[@jav8094]

Such intelligent and beautiful birds. I wish there wasn’t such a negative stigma about them

[@orangutank626]

Bro they have the most badass stigma! They literally present death itself! Now that is badass, its all the matter of perspective

[@drakemhamlin]

It’s literally the only bird I see and they don’t even make crow sounds

[@Demons972]

They mischievous asf yet intelligent as the devil, the other day i was walking around the park minding my own business and one of this lil fvckers almost left me bald attacked me for no reason, well maybe i was on his territory or sum shit idk.

[@ACURA260]

They’ve got bad taste in food , I know that much

[@Holybeast1234]

"negative stigma"? Ppl think they're cool as heck

[@DanielBowens]

Had to drop a deer on my property COVERED in ticks a couple years ago. Had ticks In her ears and eyes and nose and everywhere else. I think she had gone blind from the ticks in her eyes because she never tried to run away or anything. She would stand up and stumble around, walk into a tree and lay back down. Gave her 48 hours to recover, she never did, couldn’t watch her suffer anymore. Freakin hate ticks man. In NC I swear our state mascot should be a tick

[@flamingphoenix3202]

There's only one thing worse than a Mosquito, and that's a damn tick.

[@zerosumgame5700]

@@flamingphoenix3202 The only worse thing is only worse to us, and that's bedbugs, which is essentially a human specific tick. At least scabies don't transfer disease!

[@abuhajaar2533]

@@zerosumgame5700 humans get ticks too. But we have hands

[@zerosumgame5700]

@@abuhajaar2533 Ticks are less effective against us because we lack unreachable or covered folds and they thrive on finding nooks and crannies. Bedbugs sleep in our walls and come out to feed on us while prone, and they leave the furry creatures mostly alone. I did state that they were only worse for us, everything else can smell them or eats bugs, they are designed to avoid detection *by specifically us* almost completely. Like vampire cockroaches that literally drink you alive while you sleep. Also, ticks don't cost 6 grand to remove over the course of a whole damn year. We don't have to spend more than 20 dollars on some tick spray, bedbugs are quick to become resistant to domestic quality pesticides.

[@SangerZonvolt]

@@zerosumgame5700 Seeing the ticks can transfer deadly diseases to us I'd say they are pretty dangerous to us as well. I was once infected with borreliosis from one. Luckily anribiotics healed me before it really affected me, but if I was living in a country without a working medical systen I would have probably died from that.

[@tomtalker2000]

It never ceases to amaze me how nature takes care of itself. They symbiosis between animals is truly remarkable. Being the avian field for the past 30+yrs working "hands on" with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. I'm quite sure the Crows were thinking. "Just sit still man, i'm trying to help you out here"...LOL.

[@robertstan2349]

nature also made the damn ticks, so, you know, i don't have the warm and fuzzies about her at all, because she's just as likely to be ruthless and horrific

[@theusher2893]

"Why don't you have something to get rid of the ticks?!?" They do. They're in the video.

[@fritzcat6198]

Right, something to spray on the poor bloodied animal.

[@wisans.5085]

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[@diananguyen4849]

@@fritzcat6198 unfortunately humans can’t go near them bc they will die from fright literally

[@tyleral5280]

I thought ticks buried their heads in the skin so if you pick off the body it will just regrow a new body..? Or is that only certain kinds of ticks?

[@anthonydesroches8897]

@@tyleral5280 those u talk about are smaller and red, these are white ones and are huge

[@alejandroquesada]

Crows: - "Mmmh! This moving tick bush is ready for the plucking"

[@SyncedJay]

I read it in a sus way at first

[@ShemCerti]

Nah crows are actually really really smart like you wouldn’t believe it if you looked at them

[@PNPAT24]

@@ShemCerti agreed, they can recognize faces

[@shirosurfer8864]

LOL you got that right

[@butterflyenjoyer230]

@@PNPAT24 and they can remember them for years and teach their children to hate you so if you anger one crow you anger an entire bloodline they also have the ability to reason

[@coolbeans5911]

i never knew ticks could grow so large, it looks so painful

[@maxmeier532]

well, they're sucking the blood, that's why they get so big if not removed.

[@urbro2]

Not painful at all thankfully. Source had prob 3 ticks in my life. They secrete special numbing chemical so you dont feel it

[@youtubealt243]

@@urbro2 even if it doesn’t sting like traditional pain, having so many ticks must make you feel weak, a pain in itself

[@harpseal9234]

I saw one large one in the south that was huge on a telephone pole. For days and days. then one day it wasnt there any more. It could sit in the center of your palm

[@trevtall1094]

Ticks feed 3 times in their life, each time they get bigger, 2nd and 3rd time is how they spread decreases like Limes.

[@wonkvii7008]

this is actually pretty satisfying to watch. crows are very intellegent creators, and I'm sure they know the wallabe does not enjoy having ticks on itself. so they know it can benefit the both of them by removing them. the crow gets lunch and the wallabe gets the pain removed. the wallabe also allows the crows to peck the ticks out, as it knows it is helping it.

[@Verlisify]

50% WTF KZbin Algorithm 50% Damn nature you scary

[@firecatinblack]

What did we expect

[@BLAANKSLAATE]

Even you got this in your recommend? Lmfao

[@Verlisify]

@@BLAANKSLAATE No one is safe

[@dragonare715]

Hahaaaa! I GET THAT ONE

[@karamjit14]

Bro you're everywhere

[@HazySkies]

It's always makes me happy seeing animals helping other animals, even if it's only for mutual benefit. Those crows may have gotten only a meal each, but that poor Wallaby is probably feeling 100 times better without all those nasty oversized blood-sucking ticks on them.

[@alexiz0013]

So true. Nature is metal, is they say, but it's great when it can be wholesome (even if usually accidentally)

[@FatalFist]

Probably died sometime later due to the amount of wounds. Might have likely caught an infection

[@varisleek3360]

@@FatalFist somebody didnt read the faq

[@mezmerizer0266]

Symbiotic relationships are the best relationships.

[@wisekong6371]

I completely agree w you but they are simply big, not oversized (the wallaby and the crow shown in this video are really near to the camera so even though they aren't as big as it seems, the distance of these two animals from the camera makes it seem like giant nasty bugs on a kangaroo with a massive crow...)

[@alshee356]

Crows actually do a similar thing for themselves. They will sometimes sit or stand in an ant nest allowing the ants into their feathers to kill parasites

[@Murasame13]

Damn

[@debbiefaron8746]

they just sit in the nest without worry of the ants attacking?

[@alshee356]

@Debbie Faron There isn't a huge amount known about it but studies on blue jays found that they target specific types of ants with formic acid sacks and oil glands. These ants don't sting and the acid is harmless to the birds, however the acids are strong enough to kill mites and lice. They call it anting and Australian birds also do it. Im not too sure if we also have ants with the acid glans but it seems the birds know which ants are safe and which aren't. Considering their intelligence you could expect this kind of stuff from corvids but even birds like pigeons and turkeys have been found to lay in ant nests like this

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

@@alshee356 ah, yes. People used to think the birds were having a dirt bath. Anting... Amazing!

[@grammajo1889]

Cool! I didn’t know that!

[@biobiobio7777]

"Hey, Jerry! Check this out!! This wallaby is giving out free gushers!!!"

[@HardluckHutch]

God dang those are some of the fullest ticks I have ever seen.

[@uneducatedisnotstupidlol1504]

They look pretty disgusting.

[@morebluntmorecunt1725]

Thicc

[@du1987de]

@@morebluntmorecunt1725 Ticc

[@vladstad8102]

@Ren·ais·sance man 🤪 i guess you could call them blood berries

[@sarahcoyne1924]

What type of tick are these? I've never seen any get as big as these some are larger than quarters!

[@mattysco]

Daaamn i even feel a sense of relief when the crow grabs the tick. Must be so irritating to have sp many ticks

[@Trazynn]

Ticks don't irritate, they cause disease and anaemia but otherwise the kangaroo doesn't feel it.

[@mattysco]

@@Trazynn they are constantly shakin their heads. Of course it probably makes them feel itchy and something on them. Ive had a tick on me sucking my blood and it was damn irritating! Dont spread disinformation!

[@IpostedaCoDvideoonce]

@@Trazynn I must agree with M on this one. Ticks that big doesn't go unnoticed. In addition to stealing precious blood, making you lose a lot of energy and forcing you to feed more, they also bring diseases and can be causing itches when this big.

[@gigapuddi]

@@Trazynn they do feel it, notice how the kangaroos ears look strange? They'll often scratch the ends of their own ears off trying to remove ticks

[@BrianYYH]

One or two ticks might not be such a bother, but each one can lay thousands of eggs and the situation can get very bad. When there are cluster of ticks, the infection can get so bad that blood stops circulating to those areas, that’s why you see older kangaroos with their ears half missing. So many ticks that the cells in their ear just die.

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

Love the way the Raven's beady eye assesses the situation and the precision of his beak action.

[@parrishharris3008]

Yes true indeed

[@Somethin_Slix]

Did you just assume the crow's gender?

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

Oops.How sexist of me!

[@Somethin_Slix]

@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 😆

[@gaynormainwaring1853]

The crows are so quick, precision pecking.

[@TheDunbarQuartet]

I watched a show recently that demonstrated that Ravens were the only birds who were able to figure out how to get a small piece of meat out of an open ended glass tube by using a twig to poke it out of the other end of the tube. None of the other birds tested were able to figure it out. Only the ravens were able to get the food out of the tube.

[@idontevenknowanymore111]

It probably feels annoyed being pecked by a bird while trying to eat but the crow is doing him a huge favor

[@banks3388]

The wallaby has open sores that look to be septic... the fact that it's not running away shows that the animal is aware enough of what the corvid is doing to help it. It's a form of mutualism, the crow get an easy meal and the roo gets rid of nasty parasites that are literally killing it.

[@idontevenknowanymore111]

@@banks3388 yeah, that’s makes sense. Kinda like crocs let small birds go into their mouth and clean their teeth by eating the meat stuck in between

[@ettubrute197]

@@idontevenknowanymore111 if I was a smol birb I would never go inside somethings mouth

[@balloonb0y677]

@@ettubrute197 I would 😋

[@notavailable8201]

@@balloonb0y677 huh so you'd be a bird with a vore fetish... Welp can't say that's the weirdest on the internet

[@hayleydryden8358]

I live in the uk.. I always feed the crows magpies and jackdores.. They are so clever they know when i get home..and wait ten mins and start shouting for their dinner...

[@Rekkoff]

Thats amazing. Going to start feeding them when I build my own house. :)

[@DangerRussDayZ6533]

Fun fact, crows and magpies are like a plague for sheep herders in the UK. They wait around until a young lamb is alone and they pluck it's eyes and tongue out. They even do this to the animals as they're being born, thus killing them. A lot of those farmers are allowed to own rifles and can kill crows and a few other birds as they wish. There's even youtube videos of the nasty things crows do to the baby lambs.

[@ligm.ballz123]

@@DangerRussDayZ6533 damm mother nature is a bitch

[@juhghg3732]

Where and when do you think the crows learned to do that in the us? This was obviously a practice allowed and encouraged during the Middle Ages when many people were tortured and crowds of people watched. They let the crowns do this for kicks, and now that the crows have learned and passed the skill down for many generations, they humans don’t like it anymore.

[@juhghg3732]

Ya I won’t hole my breath for you to finish building your house rofl

[@brianht1434]

This bird needs to invite his friends for dinner!

[@LadellTurner]

Get that left side.

[@lydiapetra1211]

Great comment! I completely agree!

[@yonatanalem9343]

But all they'll do is nitpick...err tickpick!

[@ik1llpeeple4fun]

🤣

crows are very smart. maybe you can train them for this job if needs

[@glitchvrgn8961]

The crow is like “hey bro you see this let’s eat up” I’m glad they picked him clean I love relationships like this in the wild

[@gludington2002]

Corvids are always a pleasure to watch, they're incredibly resourceful, intelligent birds. Lucky for the wallabies that this little mutually beneficial thing happens sometimes. Very cool to see, thanks for sharing.

[@GioVanniDaThird]

"little mutually beneficial thing happens sometimes" Sometime ? its called Nature and it happens every moment of life its a quite complex system of checks and balances

[@toddproctor6456]

Yes like oxpeckers

[@gludington2002]

@@GioVanniDaThird Yes, nature is all around us every second of every day. I was referring specifically to the symbiotic relationship between two very very different species, in which each one benefits physically, and tangibly. In this case, the wallabies stave off necrosis by having ticks removed, and the corvids get a huge meal. These sorts of relationships are, generally speaking, fairly rare. That's what I meant by mutually beneficial thing that happens sometimes. Not the miracle of nature.

[@Ikajo]

Most hurt a lot to have them removed like that though

[@sunni2176]

I thought what you said was "Covid" 😂

[@maasicas]

I'm a sheep shearer. Have to admit , it's pretty satisfying if a sheep has ticks on it, see them all come off/ cut in two when shearing.

[@ChronicCraftsman]

Kiilaslammas really? I didn’t realise that sheep get ticks on them! I thought that their fleece would kind of protect them from them? What country are you in mate?

[@brad4058]

@@ChronicCraftsman ticks are tiny and can crawl through fleece like fleas, they only get to their balloon size after gorging on blood for a few days.

[@ChronicCraftsman]

B Rad here in the U.K I’m pretty sure that we don’t get them for some reason! I’m not sure why but the thought of them getting on to animals that we are going to eat makes me feel a bit sick, like don’t they carry a disease that can make you really sick? Imagine eating the meat from a sheep that has had ticks on it!! Makes my skin crawl.

[@teslainvestah5003]

@@ChronicCraftsman That's Lyme disease, and it's terrible. If it goes untreated for too long, it can cause lifelong problems like nerve damage and arthritis. I also heard that it moves slow and is hard to diagnose. My aunt has a friend (in U.S.) who lives with bad chronic pain because she got Lyme disease as a 20-something adult and nobody could diagnose it for almost a year, and by then the damage was permanent. I don't know anything about preventing it except avoiding ticks and being suspicious of weird-looking skin reactions and fevers. But I've never heard of someone getting Lyme disease from eating meat. Most places in the U.S. don't seem to have any ticks, and Indiana has none (I can walk through the tall wild grass and not get any), but in beautiful Colorado there are so many that they fall out of the trees and land on you. And sometimes someone from one state says "My kids love to play in the piles of dead leaves in the fall" and their friend from another state is dumbfounded/didn't even realize there were any U.S. states completely without ticks, where such a pastime would be possible.

[@ChronicCraftsman]

TeslaInvestah that’s crazy how in one part of the country there is no ticks then in another part of the country there is that many that they can fall out of trees onto you! There’s not many animals or insects that I’d rid the planet of but I just can’t think of a positive thing that ticks do for the world? Plus there spiders which makes it even worse, blood sucking spiders!

[@drawnbyjd]

Its so satisfying to see them pluck those ticks off.

[@khalipascal6745]

Daily dose of internet brought me here. It’s very satisfying to watch

[@zakuabumi8908]

I'm so glad they could help kill those horrible things. I love how the wallaby gradually learns they're helping.

[@Kanonfangirl]

Crows: *leaves after a good meal* Wallaby: Wait a minute…. I feel much better now

[@twitch_tv_pat]

while they are helping they aren't doing it to help , they are doing it because its a source of food. i highly doubt they care if they are saving it or not.

[@DrakeDHDerr]

@@twitch_tv_pat you probably haven’t heard the term Mutualism in nature. It’s a form of symbiosis that is characterized by both species benefiting from the association. The Crow gets food while the wallaby gets relieved. It’s a win win situation. A really common example is bees and flowers

[@imafirinmahlazahr]

What part of his statement implied he didn't understand mutualism?

[@Red4350]

@@DrakeDHDerr you missed his point...crow is just feeding...because a tick full of blood probably tastes better than anything he can find...if those tick somehow fell off and he didnt have to interact with the wallaby i doubt he would

[@alexrunk8097]

"Ey yo Bruce, distract him while I take care of this tick problem"

[@zephyr4254]

You can *see* the intelligence in those crows' eyes. Fun fact- crows like these are smarter than most dogs! They use tools, teach each other to make tools, and can see a tool another crow has made and reverse-engineer how to make them themselves. Amazing!

[@WankerTheWetFingers]

the crows dont do that for the deer lol they just want to eat the ticks

[@noahtekulve2684]

@@WankerTheWetFingers Yeah, in this video they're just eating the ticks. Think op was just referring to crows in general

[@zephyr4254]

@@WankerTheWetFingers I know! I just love talking about how intelligent crows are.

[@WankerTheWetFingers]

@@zephyr4254 okay then :3

[@someonedoe9591]

@@WankerTheWetFingers It's a wallaby, an Australian marsupial.

[@ohmielevisope4237]

The forbiden Gushers are a crows favorite snack.

[@justacatwhocantype]

I love how the wallabies and crows are both benefiting from this. But do the wallabies ever try on their own to remove the ticks, or do they just wait for them to fall or be picked off by birds?

[@machdude3366]

In many cases. insect infestations are basically a death sentence for most animals as they can't deal with them. There are insects that do this nonsense with parasites and it's either painful or fatal. The major benefit here is that at least humans can deal with it because most animals cannot. In this case, it's the fortuitous nature of the ecosystem that it provides an animal that preys on these oversized vampires. That being said, it's always funny to see monkeys develop grooming habits that help with things like this.

[@headlibrarian1996]

I don't see how, the wallaby's arms are too short to reach the ticks. The wallaby doesn't even try to rub against the water bin to scrape off the ticks.

[@GubanaNatureRefuge]

@@headlibrarian1996 Wallabies aren't terribly bright

[@justacatwhocantype]

@@machdude3366 Yes, I know it can get really bad. I care for cats in need, and every now and then I get to see someone with massive in- and/or extrernal parasite issues - one often leads to the other, fleas here usually lead to tapeworm. Ticks here are usually just a few, and thank goodness they do not get as huge as the ones in Australia. I think it's wonderful though that the birds are there to do some cleaning, I love seeing how things just come together in nature.

[@justacatwhocantype]

@@headlibrarian1996 Haha, yes, they do have short arms. I thought that maybe they could try rolling in the sand or scrubbing against trees, or grooming other members of their species, kind of like a lot of other animals do.

[@DarlyFofa]

Apparently, in Australia even ticks can be as big as a cow. I've never seen ticks this big.

[@VMVMV202]

..

[@lisaellis2593]

Nasty, Australia is beautiful but too many creepy crawlies for me.

[@Lockedo]

A COW A DANM COW DO YOU KNOW HOW BIG A COW REALLY IS

[@ross_spirou_photography]

@@Lockedo Yeah, as big as them ticks...

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

It's like that in Southeast Asia.

[@fulanichild3138]

Many years ago, I had just started a job at a bird sanctuary. Working outside in the sun without a hat, I developed a blister on the outer edge of my ear. One day, while working in the crow enclosure, a crow swooped down and plucked that blister right off me. Ouch! I've always wondered why he did that, but now I think he must have interpreted that shiny round protrusion on my ear as a tick.

[@artmynk8999]

Oo that

[@artmynk8999]

M ust have hurt

[@j.e.3088]

😮😮😮

[@iainrickwood2623]

So it got the blister in its beak while swooping down at you? It didnt catch on your ear and try to rip thru the cartilage? If it managed to precisely grip only the blister then thats some real control and accuracy

[@justinarthur1399]

I wish I could pick the tics myself...I've got issues.its like therapy for me. Can't stop watching

[@romanticsecret6365]

They’re like “Damn, he got food eating him man..Let’s go help him out and we also get a free meal bro..”

[@mario_sw20]

it’s a win win for both

[@Chiri21]

@@mario_sw20 well... Definitely not for those ticks

[@titlewave489]

@@Chiri21 *we've all got hungry bellies*

[@sonofhibbs4425]

Like a smorgasbord of juicy steak.

[@lydiapetra1211]

I wish the wallabies would understand what the ravens are doing and would lay down and let them remove it all..

[@oriontherealironman]

Idk I know I'd have a tough time laying down while a bird stabbed me and then yanked a tick off which would be painful. I'd still flinch from pain XD But I get what you're saying

[@simohayha6031]

Some mammals have such a symbiotic relationship with birds. This is basically how it starts off.

[@mariobenedicto3582]

They'll learn it eventually... just like the buffaloes, rhinos, elephants and others did...

[@lydiapetra1211]

@@oriontherealironman I totally understand what you are saying...

[@sleesullivan2796]

Wallabies are not very smart. Ravencrows are. And patient. Could you hear them croaking soothingly? Those ticks left the wallaby’s pelt a bloody mess, poor thing. Australia has the most beautiful and hideous wildlife in the world.

[@GeneralRev]

Crow: Looks like meat is back on the menu boys!!!

[@AlphaDwg]

It never leaves for crows

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

Ugluk is very badass

[@zecharayah9091]

Orc filth lol

[@AsisSamsuhang]

gobins

[@Schteve59]

They ain't had nothing but maggotty bread for three stinking days.

[@ratede91]

I have a question. Why wouldn't the wallabies allow the crows to eat their fill? Seems like a symbiotic relationship. Are the crows just too rough or is this a new phenomenon that the wallabies just arent used to yet?

[@nocturnalwolf7559]

Ravens are so beautiful with that pitch black body and piercing white eyes

[@YamacKocovali7]

Although their eyes do sometimes make them seem a little perplexed.

[@ivangamer8022]

sacred birds

[@bluesmurff6163]

Hell yes ! They're pretty usefull too, i'm so glad they're doing well

[@henrikmonkee]

Lmao your picture tho 🤣

[@sam-ko1dt]

@@henrikmonkee yeah, I can't stop looking at it

[@alienbutlerblunders5464]

Poor kangaroos, never seen ones look so poorly before, but that's nature I guess. So satisfying to watch these parasites be gotten rid of. Animals working together to improve each others health: the kangaroo ridden of some horrid blood parasites, the crows getting a good meal in the process.

[@ianbowden1807]

*Wallaby

Not a roo

[@madderandmadder]

@@elijahtaboy Not neglected-- wild, and illegal to interfere with. Sad, but there's nothing humans can do for them.

[@jamesdale8199]

At this point the poor fella needs to be shot most likely :( removing the ticks isn’t going to be enough

[@krapalott7195]

Man, I didnt know y'all were wildlife experts.

[@Nightstriker995]

I enjoyed seeing those crows pluck those nasty parasites off the poor wallaby even if they only wanted the ticks for food.

[@waldoman7]

Crows are smart and altruistic enough that they probably do make sure the job is finished even if they're full.

[@gavinjenkins899]

They may be smart enough to realize they're helping it, and that would actually be strategically helpful to them, too, since the animal is much less likely to try and attack you if you're helping it, so it's a safer lunch than alternatives perhaps.

[@Styxintheriver]

Symbiotic relationships like that are always nice to see :)

[@glonkwfuggler6790]

@@gavinjenkins899 I doubt the crows understand that they're helping it but it's nice to see it that way

[@gavinjenkins899]

@@glonkwfuggler6790 Crows are extremely smart, and it not attacking them is not that subtle of an indicator, I don't see why not. If it was a snake or something not a crow, then nah, but crows are like dolphin-smart

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

Look how careful they’re being. Not in like being surgical or anything, but how they grab the tick and dart away if the animal reacts, how they prepare to make a quick getaway once they pick off a tick.

[@badensnaxx5804]

Crows never cease to amaze me, I used to watch them playing in the snow in the winter. They would roll down snow covered hills, jump of car roofs & slide down the windscreens, flick snow at each other with their beaks. They really seemed to enjoy this play.

[@ruthieo54]

Fish in the sea go to certain areas where they know other fish will remove their parasites. This is the wonderful rhythm of nature! We are just observers. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. It is interesting.

[@Emophiliac2]

You would think something similar would occur here, eventually. Not sure if the crows are newly-arrived in Australia, so it could take some time.

[@SizzlingBurat]

so true nature is wonderful like how the heck they figured out they need to have sex to repopulate. pre human era.

[@kingsaulification]

"You aint never had a friend like me."

[@gatorent.productionbuffrec8797]

Crows bumping Pac picking ticks lol

[@kingsaulification]

@@gatorent.productionbuffrec8797 for sure

[@killasic]

JUST LIKE PAC SAID! LOL SOLID COMMENT.

[@PopADoseYo]

Pac? This nigga is quoting the Genie from Aladdin.

[@kingsaulification]

​@@PopADoseYo Lol.. i forgot about that one! 😂

[@Brakathor]

It's impressive that the crows are able to understand that the ticks are parasites, and unwanted. it's the same basic impulse we feel when we see blackheads getting removed.

[@goldta70schick24]

I wish there was more footage of the crows picking off those huge vile ticks underneath the left ear and down the neck!

[@rabitree]

yes I want more

[@bkirstie]

Lisa Kobar it’s so incredibly satisfying

[@rabitree]

@@bkirstie Really I saw it 100 times

[@LadellTurner]

@@rabitree Very

[@LadellTurner]

I wish so bad

[@jonathanhebert7144]

Poor guy was looking like a resident evil boss for a minute

[@ཌĐད-q8x]

Or Itachi 🍷

[@takeandbakejake3271]

I shouldn't have laughed

[@caseylee0808]

🤣 Lmao foreal

[@TheMalikEhsan]

Bro😭

[@danielmchenry1000]

Wallaby: "Dude you can have all the ticks you want. Could kinda try to leave me some flesh?"

[@anonymousskunk]

I think that’s more the ticks’ fault than the crows

[@raryraru]

i'm not sure they tear off flesh. Isn't it blood spilled by popping the tick ?

[@anonymousskunk]

@@raryraru Ticks bury themselves into your skin and begin feasting on your blood straight from your capillaries. They're inclined to make themselves deliberately difficult to remove, such that the act of removing them will result in a minor injury.

[@wedmunds]

The blood is from the tick holes and burst ticks.

[@dangerdavefreestyle]

yeah, it does tear the flesh sometimes. a trick i figured out is to rotate them, just gently tug and spin the suckers right off

[@grumpy3543]

Birds love to clean ticks off the dairy cows. They found that a dozen chickens could clean all the ticks off the dairy cows legs as they came back into the barn every night without pesticides. And the chickens give you eggs in return.

[@glgl1472]

This reminded me of a fishing trip I went on about 30 years ago... We went we were in Mexico went miles and miles and would stop at some roadside eatery and there would be birds waiting for the cars to park and then they would go to where the radiator was and eat the bugs off the radiator.. already cooked and ready for them to eat

[@patricew.4010]

Neat, for some reason I wish I could’ve seen that.

[@corbeaudejugement]

@countessarcadius Ty i’ve loved wasps ever since a yellowjacket landed on me and ate a mosquito i didn’t notice on my arm. love those little dudes

[@corbeaudejugement]

@countessarcadius Ty absolutely. they remember who gives them food. i’ve “tamed” a few wasp nests this way.

[@ianmangham4570]

@countessarcadius Ty wasps are excellent at bashing other bothersome bugs 😄👍

[@maeguk1]

In Finland, especially in northern regions, we have extreme amount of bugs in the summer. Birds have learnt over the decades of vehicle driving times that the front grill is just a massive feast. I have recorded several videos about this. Birds would fly from one car to the other just looking for free meal. And interestingly they in fact recognise which is the front end of a vehicle. Animals are shockingly not stupid.

[@Conceptcreator]

so many ticks!!! damn!!!

[@laddttt6808]

I was itching the whole video

[@emperorza5777]

@@laddttt6808 deadasss

[@FreeTheJambon]

And so big 🤢

[@tee4052]

So huge. One even looks bloody

[@cripplingdepression9392]

@@laddttt6808 frl

[@Profile__1]

0:58 How cute, the crow farthest from the camera saw his friend and showed him how to get the ticks.

[@phnigra111]

Haha, he even looked at him right after he bit the flea off.. like “See what I just did”?!?

[@Murasame13]

Crows do actually teach each other, so you might not be wrong.

[@kooligan500]

@@Murasame13 0:58 - 1:02 crow looks and communicates w the other crow, goes for a bite, then looks back for confirmation

[@valdie91285]

🙄

[@Profile__1]

@@valdie91285 Shoo, go away

[@JukesMcGee]

I feel like the ticks are 90% blood at that point. So the crows are mostly just consuming fluids from the wallaby.

[@SiaLaterZ]

It’s quite fascinating to see this mutual relationship between two different species.

[@Gambit2483]

It's like those birds that help clean hippos teeth

[@ruaricoleman]

@@Gambit2483 all 4 of them 🤣

[@johnosam4681]

Honestly, watching these videos made me realize, how big a tick can get. I feel satisfied and relief everytime the crow removes a tick from the poor mammal

[@tipi5586]

You know that Kangaroos aren't Mammals, yea?

[@johnosam4681]

@@tipi5586 what are they?

[@johnosam4681]

@@tipi5586 they have mamary glands so they are mammals

[@moffjerjerrod1579]

Ticks will continue to suck the blood until they literally burst.

[@johnosam4681]

@@moffjerjerrod1579 omg didnt know that

[@yvonneread2951]

I just love watching this. Those huge vile ticks on the walloby are awful the crow is fast and awesome at getting the ticks off, helping both. Great. Thank you

[@GubanaNatureRefuge]

Thank you for visiting and watching :)

[@bettiefincher5486]

It is painful for the walloby there is 🩸 from the pecking crow .

[@AnsticePalo]

​@@bettiefincher5486 I imagine a tick that size is latched in pretty tight just to keep from falling off from its own weight. They look like matted hair there's so many of them and I wouldn't be surprised if you took some tweezers to pull those off the wallaby would bleed.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@bettiefincher5486 The tick is hard to remove, when people try and pull them, often the head is left in. We used to take a match, strike it and blow it out- take that hot tip and touch the ticks butt, it would release. ouch. lol

[@julietfischer5056]

@@KindCountsDeb3773 - The problem with that tactic is that sometimes the ticks vomit into the wound.

[@lethrbear32]

This is the definition of a symbiotic relationship. I has no idea there was one between Roos and Crows. They're also huge crows that would classify as Ravens here.

[@Link-Drako]

Look, you have a compacted tick infestation, and you need immediate crow attention. Sit still and let us do our job sir!

[@freeda4100]

It not easy to get a big tick out. Gotta be fast & pull really hard. The crow’s got exactly the right technique!

[@ghostdeus2172]

What an elaborate plan for the crows to set up a tub of water for their meals on wheels to come to them.

[@PastelPiku]

I found this way more funny than necessary

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

We have trios of Crows that keep predatory birds away from our chickens. They are stunning, intelligent and just overall wonderful. I listen to them talk in the early part of the day. Thank you for the vid. ✨

[@Balinux]

They're trained not to fly away?

[@damien678]

oh you must be treating them very well, I'm happy for all of you

[@damien678]

@@Balinux a lot more wild animals than you'd think stick around when they're treated well by the same human

[@moonwatcher4047]

Bird of prey: *eyeballs chickens* Crows: *red eye meme intensifies*

[@Emrakul-ee4ru]

You says crows are intelligent and while they are, my grandmother's window would beg to differ as it has been broken twice and has a total count of 7 crows dead from smashing into it/injuries suffered from the crash. Guess the ones near her arent very quick learners

[@mattsheezy5469]

I work at a shelter, and you wouldn’t believe how many ticks we find on some of the hunting dogs that come in as strays. Ticks the size of grapes 🍇 all over their eye, ears, everywhere 🙈 Lucky, they all die & fall off once they’re given their advantix (amazing). Fleas too, I’ve seen dogs that looked like their skin was moving.... it was a million fleas scurrying in every direction.

[@alexiz0013]

Omg, that's horrifying! Poor dogs... glad they were found and treated. Good work! 👍🏽

[@Bonesph]

I found a kitten once that had fleas crawling in and out his fur on his face. Just covered like a bee hive.

[@zeineguy]

Is too bad they can not tranquilizer these animals to treat them.

[@obscurelyvague]

"Matthew Coolness" is "advantix" a medication?

[@tomf4087]

I usually just lick them off. It's the most humane way.

[@maidinulster]

I wish they could just realise that the crows are doing them a favour, but I guess the job was done eventually

[@rajasmasala]

I think they sort of get it but I suspect it's pretty damn painful to remove the tick

[@maidinulster]

@@rajasmasala I agree it does look painfully and hopefully there’s a feeling of relief when the crow had plucked it of though it’s such an open wound that I expect there is a great chance of infection and possible death due to that. Better not over think this to much or I’ll be over there start a rehab for wallabies centre 😂

[@potaterjim]

If you read the descriptions in the videos you can follow along with the "story" as it were. They only recently started doing this, so the wallabies aren't used to it, and the crows are clumsy. When they started out, they were very aggressive and were actually managing to grab chunks of fur along with the tick, and the wallabies would get pissed off. But over time, some of the crows are learning to be more delicate, and in response, some of the wallabies are accepting their "grooming" more placidly, which lets the birds take their time and be more precise, so presumably the feedback loop is just going to keep refining itself

[@GubanaNatureRefuge]

@@potaterjim Thank you!

[@Blestyr]

@@rajasmasala Definitely. As a comparison, If you slowly remove a small young tick from a dog, the dog can feel it, is very uncomfortable for the dog. Imagine now removing those bloated, huge ticks with force as the ravens do.

[@7Elevin]

Every animal has its purpose. There’s no hostility between the two animals because they know it helps them both out. The crow relieves the animal of its ticks and in return it eats what it plucks.

[@saragsanders5916]

At the end the physical relief must have been so so satisfying. Thank you mother nature.

[@kofola9145]

Ticks are a part of that mother nature.

[@jlinkous05]

@@kofola9145 No they're not, neither are mosquitos

[@sam-cs7ne]

@@jlinkous05 please explain

[@criztu]

@@sam-cs7ne they are invadors from another world, brought here by Baalzebub

[@Wh40kFinatic]

@@jlinkous05 Uh... yes, they are? 🤨 I think you might have a cutesy, naive view of what nature is. Nature includes the good and cute, as well as the bad and ugly. So much of nature is absolutely horrifying.

[@NoName-ds5uq]

I’m glad the crows/ravens/budgies/whatever(see Q7) were getting a feed in those sparse times, while also helping the wallabies get rid of their tick problem! In those circumstances both win!

[@TstanDa-Man]

I’ve watched all 5 parts of these videos a handful of times over a couple year span. They are awesome. At 0:25 when the video goes slow motion the size of that tick is probably the biggest tick I’ve ever seen in my life.

[@JLjljljljl989]

It was huge 😱

[@direct2397]

Crows are so incredibly smart. My uncle had a pet crow when I was younger. That crow could talk better then most parrots. He could laugh and talk just like my uncle. It was actually kinda creepy sometimes.

[@mcalin5931]

Only crows I've witnessed talking is the ones which had the tongues split in to 2

[@direct2397]

@@mcalin5931 well not sure what you man by that but pretty sure my uncle didn't do anything to that crows tongue...

[@Dobiegal]

From Eagles to little sparrows and hummingbirds, the eyes of birds are simply amazing.

[@catflip7406]

Ngl, I think crows are just big sweethearts, even if they don’t know it. I live in Minnesota, and the crows here act as a sort of alarm system for our songbirds, so they can try and disperse if a hawk comes to the feeders. They do yell at the owls sometimes, and generally like to get up to shenanigans in the yard, but still, big sweethearts

[@stevezodiac491]

You got that completely wrong. The collective noun for crows is a 'murder of crows' for very good reason. I have seen them work together to chase birds while their mates get their eggs from the nest, pick the eyes out of lambs as they are being born, when their mother can't protect them, as they are obviously facing the other way etc etc.

[@woodlandcritterpunch]

IDK if you've ever tried to remove a tick by simply yanking it off, but it hurts like shit, and at the end of the video you can see that there's big wounds where the crow plucked them off, which could also easily get infected. They're simply interested in getting food. They might alert other birds of hawks, but that's most likely just a byproduct of alerting their friends. They're hardly evil, but they're not at all altruists.

[@goldenboy140]

@@woodlandcritterpunch These animals have really strong immune systems. Also, A shallow wound like that of a tick removal is unlikely to cause an infection. The roos will be fine

[@whynot-tomorrow_1945]

Dude, crows straight freak me out. They're too smart. Little flying dinosaurs that can talk. Screw that man. I bet they're plotting against me!

[@pottergeist]

They're neat as fuck, also pretty chill, the only thing i think they're plotting against you is to steal some of your popcorns

[@Lazypotato2219]

NO MY POPCORN!!

[@saviicarey]

They’re not plotting against you! They’ll help you out if you let them. I love crows. Wish I knew the difference between a crow and a raven though

[@garytheplumber]

@@saviicarey size and tail feather shape.

[@jeremycatches9766]

They also take care of their families and morn their dead.

[@dougjonnaebel5704]

Thank you for the comprehensive answers. And BTW, I think the spirit of the word 'crow' is more important than the genus. It's just amazing what kind of service the birds have learned to provide!

[@보라돌이ioi]

The crow skillfully takes it out in an instant. He pulls out his hair completely without even popping it. awesome! Human veterinarians can't get it out at this rate. So animals get stressed. However, the reason it is pulled slowly is that if the tick's head is not completely removed, toxins remain and damage the animal for several days.

[@havinfunfallin9458]

The one bird looks at the other bird: “Poor dear is infested with ticks, George.” “Yeah” “We got to help them.” “Bonus, free food.”

[@sg5176]

its not a deer

[@wintershock]

This is probably one of the best things to happen for both of those animals, the crows got their snacks and the wallaby got rid of those ticks.

[@0_dearghealach_083]

I'm so glad these crows are helping the wallaby.

[@fujdjgo]

I have always loved crows. I have so much respect for them. They're an amazing bird. They're very smart and helpful. Some people see them as pests... I wish they didn't. I can understand sometimes they might be when they come in to our world but they can also be helpful in ours and definitely in theirs! They're like little picker uppers and we even used to use them and the raven as well as the falcon and hawk and other birds for aerial sight/surveying and even sending messages!!

[@BCAD01]

I love crows and ravens. Part of the carrion bird species.

[@saiyaniam]

The worst bird has to be the seagull. Total dikheds

[@fujdjgo]

@@saiyaniam Gotta love the seagull a little

[@Don-ii4vm]

I guess you havent seen the videos of them eating lambs eyes as they 're being born.

[@SamTheMan55555]

@@saiyaniam Agreed. One pooped on my back at the beach. He had the whole beach to poop.

[@TheRubinator13]

Thank you to the crows for doing this 🥰 I know you're just in it for the food, but your hard work is very appreciated 🥰 I bet this kangaroo feels so much better now, all thanks to you 🥰

[@faceripper77]

Youre not welcome - all the forest creatures

[@kristofferhellstrom]

@@faceripper77 ha :D

[@tomf4087]

Nice open wound festering while flies lay eggs in the lesions. Or it may heal

[@Invisibleplqnetsmusic]

I'd imagine that hurts a bit. Every tick rips a pretty good chunk of wallaby out with it.

[@tigeranthony]

So true my friend but I suppose it’s better for the poor Wallaby to endure the temporary pain from the tick being snatched away than to endure a slow, long, painful death as those parasites suck out its life force ......

[@TrollOfReason]

Actually those, well, holes in the flesh are caused by the ticks being there & not really by the ravens' attentions. As the ticks feed/grow they disrupt/cut off local circulation, causing two things: Tissue around the tick dies, & the tick digs through that dead flesh to keep feeding on blood. Thus embedding the tick in deeper the longer it stays on. It's... not really pleasant to think about, but the reason you see blood is because of circulation being restored to an open wound that already there. It can just start to heal, now.

[@Trefalas]

@@tigeranthony ticks don't kill you lol. They get fat, let go, drop off an lay eggs. Also if anything is ripped off it's the ticks head when the birds pulled their body. That's why humans remove them carefully, we don't want their ticky heads left in us.

[@tigeranthony]

@@Trefalas so let me get this straight, you’re actually trying to say THAT many ticks drawing blood and possibly transferring disease won’t eventually kill the host animal(s)?! Also, we know the tick(s) eventually “drop off to lay eggs” but common sense should tell you that BEFORE they “drop off” the tick(s) have already caused untold damage. You can CLEARLY see the poor wallabies wilting away from the tick infestations. Word to the wise, next time do your research before posting such a ridiculous comment🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Trefalas]

lol u've just read it up didn't you?

[@ZOCCOK]

*Congratulations you are being saved, please do not resist*

[@Bmoore295]

It is amazing to see the birds assist the wallaby like this. Crows, and ravens, are incredible creatues.

[@michaelsong5555]

I absolutely love to see the symbiotic relationship between animals that benefit them both.

[@Borrelaas]

This is not symbiotic at all, the tick doesnt benefit from the crows involvement!

[@michaelsong5555]

@@Borrelaas Nice. Well done.

[@Borrelaas]

@@michaelsong5555 thank you :3

[@obscurelyvague]

@@Borrelaas It is not three-way, only two-way.

[@numberpirate]

That is redundant. Symbiotic means both are benefited.

[@Nofux2give]

while the fox maybe in mortal danger the crows like "ummm, yummy wummy in my tummyyyyyy"

[@jessejohnson159]

Crow: 'I'm a doctor, you can trust me!'

[@shempshempleton4746]

They're certainly more trustworthy than any government agency :)

[@jadedbutrfli]

👏🏽😂😭🤣😎❤️