Gangs of the sky: Crows are riding on the back of a tawny eagle.
“Crows generally seem to know not to mess with more agile birds of prey like goshawks, as these birds are quite capable of quick and deadly retaliatory manoeuvres. Eagles on the other hand, are unlikely to want to waste energy on ‘swatting’ a pesky crow,” she explains.
In this particular instance, the crow clearly had the eagle beat, if only for a few moments.
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