National Post article on Australian birds intentionally spreading wildfires

[bug_n_flock]

Australian birds have weaponized fire because what we really need now is something else to make us afraid | National Post



Edit: mods, should I make a thread for "bird news" or similar in the interests of not cluttering up the board? Or keep doing separate threads to foster unique discussions? As a heads up, this will probably be a fairly regular occurrence from me, who else would be as interested in bird artlicles but a bunch of bird nerds?

 

[eliholtman]

I expect nothing less from Australia [emoji23]sorry anyone living in Australia not meant to offend but it seems pretty much everything there is dangerous props to you for living there Ik I couldn't [emoji23][emoji23]


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[dhraiden]

Animals are often much smarter than most people assume - especially birds, and especially raptors. This is a fun bit to share with my friends. Wonder if anything similar in California has been observed?

 

[Scott]

A fascinating story! I initially thought the premise to be a bit sketchy, but Googled a bit and found some more scientific perspective.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/wildfires-birds-animals-australia/

The Birds That Start Fires: Using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Understand Animal Behavior | PLOS Ecology Community