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I have a mating pair that live in a tree opposite.

They live there because my neighbour has a habit of putting her bin bag out on the balcony to remind her to take it away.

The magpies rip it to bits every time, and every time it happens, she shouts at her cat.

I’m not telling her. The magpies are cleverer than my neighbour

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that’s hilarious but poor cat :(

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To be fair to the magpies, it was the cat that gave them the idea

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I live in a building were one of my neighbours has 4 or 5 cats and has some mental problems and so at times will for no visible reason start shouting.

The cats couldn’t care less.

I suspect that of all creatures, a domesticated cat is probably one the least likely to be stressed by it, at least if it’s an usual thing.

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Sick fucks , they rule the Australian streets.

I came to share exactly that conclusion for different reasons. Like they remember people and always attack the same ones and leave alone the same ones.

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Nobody likes tracking ads

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Aussie magpies are ridiculously smart, love them as an example of convergent evolution since they are not corvids but rather songbirds that have evolved to be more crow-like to fill a similar niche to corvids

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similar? i’ve never been dive bombed by corvids ever and they’re everywhere in this city :)

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What a cool bird

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I always wondered… So in theory trackers are harmless. But for a bird? They’re freaking huge. Birds fold their legs up tight to sleep. It’s a small fraction of their body weight on one side, all the time, for months or years… That can’t just be a minor inconvenience

It’s got to be like wearing a work boot on one foot and a tennis shoe on the other every day

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