In an experiment, two ravens had to simultaneously pull the two ends of one rope to slide a platform with two pieces of cheese into reach. If only one of them pulled, the rope would slip through the loops, leaving them with no cheese. Without any training they solved the task and cooperated successfully.
However, when one of the two birds cheated and stole the reward of its companion, the victims of such cheats immediately noticed and started defecting in further trials with the same individual.
“Such a sophisticated way of keeping your partner in check has previously only been shown in humans and chimpanzees, and is a complete novelty among birds.”
When non-spoonies are like “oh have a shower, it’ll make you feel better”. Do you have any idea of the effort it takes to get in the shower? One does not simply bathe
Do you know what Angelica said? When she read what you’d done? She said: “what a fuckboy I can’t believe he did that. What do you say we burn all of his shit and make him sleep outside? Like honestly.”
my friend showed me this video of his pet donkey greeting him when he returned home from college after a few months and you just have to watch it RIGHT NOW
Oh my god I thought this was going to be cute and heart warming and yeah it is but holy shit please turn the sound on I’m fucking dying
so I’ve just learnt that satan isn’t a goat, but in fact a donkey
the intersecting needs of christian childrens cartoons to make all biblical figures both painfully average looking white people and as un-sexualized as possible creates a hellish world where all of humanity is descended from 2 Jon Arbuckles
A Middleground 