schratze5d ago

Things everybody needs to hear more often:

- you are loved
- your feelings are valid
- you deserve rest
- you don't need to be available at all times
- that's not a raven, that's a crow
- it's okay. a crow is a pretty big and cool bird, too

Show threadThe Creature Feature5d ago
@schratze I'm so urban I would probably mistake a raven for a crow because ravens are just rare birds that live far away where I don't dwell (the country)
Show threadThe Creature Feature5d ago
@schratze I do know that they croak and not caw but according to my father the difference is when you put them next to each other and I would rather not risk it getting my eyes clawed out trying to measure them🤣
Show threadschratze5d ago
@leguinian_utopia no the calls are the best way to distinguish them. Also the hair tuft on top of the beak, the rhombic tail, and the way ravens soar through the air
Show threadWillow 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🇵🇸

@leguinian_utopia @schratze and the sear terrifying size of those things.

good rule of thumb is, if you are wondering if that’s a raven, it is not. if you’re like “holy mother of jesus what the actual hell is that” it might be a raven. or a witch in disguise idk.

Mar 17 at 2:04pmWeb
Show threadschratze5d ago
@whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia agreed. Except if it's at a great distance with no objects nearby by which to judge the size
Show threadWillow 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🇵🇸5d ago
@leguinian_utopia @schratze my kid just said the other day ”if far enough, every bird is black.” so in above example identification arrives to black bird.
Show threadThe Creature Feature5d ago
@whangdoodler @schratze They're right
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/him5d ago

@whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze

A big crow looks like it could steal your lunch

A normal raven looks like you'd better just fucking leave your lunch behind

Show threadEli the Bearded1d ago

@TeflonTrout @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze

I see crows all the time, bigger than pigeons, smaller than seagulls. I don't have a mental image of the size of a raven. I'm tempted to say seagull sized, but now as I type I recall "seagull" is like twenty different species and my local seagulls might not be at all like any of yours. Big enough that you could imagine one eating a whole pigeon

Show threadTeflonTrout  he/him1d ago

@elithebearded @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze

Ravens are the size youd expect from a bird of prey instead of a corvid

no not that kind

the klingon kind

Show threadschratze1d ago
@TeflonTrout @elithebearded @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia yep, and they have a cloaking device and a torpedo launcher, too
Show threadWillow 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🇵🇸1d ago
@leguinian_utopia @elithebearded @TeflonTrout @schratze CAW CAW!
Show threadInga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸4d ago
@whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze I googled "raven size" and holy mother of jesus what the actual hell
Show thread"Musty Bits" McGee4d ago
@IngaLovinde @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze it gets so much worse during puberty! Google 'teen titans raven inflation'
Show threadInga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸4d ago
@arichtman @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze are you sure I should google it and not search for it on e621?
Show threadxrvs4d ago

are they like several time bigger than crows?

@IngaLovinde @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia @schratze

Show threadschratze4d ago

@xarvos @IngaLovinde @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia no.

Common raven wingspan is 116 to 153 cm. Carrion crow wingspan is 84 to 100 cm.

Show threadschratze4d ago
@xarvos @IngaLovinde @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia you could have a pretty huge difference in terms of weight. Lowest recorded weight for an American crow is 316 grams. Highest recorded weight for a common raven is 2250 grams
Show threadkym 📚🐉4d ago

@IngaLovinde @schratze @whangdoodler @leguinian_utopia this blog post has a wingspan comparison. very much 🤯

https://blogs.ubc.ca/communicatingscience2019w112/2019/11/27/crows-vs-ravens-an-underdog-story/

Crows vs Ravens: An underdog story | Communicating Science (2019w112)