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minus-squareswelter_spark@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI used to know someone who insisted that blue jays were a type of crow. She had a biology degree, and seemed very proud to educate me.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThey’re corvids, so she’s not wrong
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI have a family of blue jays in my backyard. I also have some crows that are pretty regular. I know Jack and Daw about birds, but I cannot draw the slightest similarity between the two, other than both being feathered dinosaurs.
I used to know someone who insisted that blue jays were a type of crow. She had a biology degree, and seemed very proud to educate me.
They’re corvids, so she’s not wrong
Here’s the thing…
I have a family of blue jays in my backyard. I also have some crows that are pretty regular.
I know Jack and Daw about birds, but I cannot draw the slightest similarity between the two, other than both being feathered dinosaurs.