Huh, I was just watching this on youtube.

Fuckin' creepy-ass corvids.

Like a flying tape recorder - probably why magpies were associated with gossip.

Playin' you like a fiddle. Magpies are tricky birds.

I, for one, welcome our new corvid overlords.

My uncle had a crow as a pet growing up and had to stop it from following him to school. No lie.

кто, кто!

"How did communication 463 go with the doomed ape?"

"I attempted to communicate in baby talk, as this is their primary mode of emotional expression."

"Success?"

"None, they are still scheduled for self-extinction by 2030."

"Inform the bumblebee viceroy that we have exhausted all avenues of conservation and request again that we be allowed to flee the system."

"You know what they'll say."

"Yes, and we must make them say it."

One for sorrow,

Two for joy,

Three for a girl,

Four for a boy,

Five for silver,

Six for gold,

Seven for a secret never to be told.