Golden Hour Cafe

the Lisbon waterfront by the Tagus River
Jorge Chagas

Beat the heat.

Man removes a big screw that got stuck in the giant foot of an elephant. How much trust do you need to have in the intelligence of an elephant to put your body directly under his foot as you painfully unscrew the screw out as the elephant cries?

I think I've been oversold on geishas.

This capybara wanted to be stylish so they put a Tommy Bahama shirt on him. Nice.

Baby bears, out of control. Thank goodness they're in slow motion.

Rescue dog is a little clingy.

Setting up a scrubbing station for your turtle. This makes turtle-ownership worth it.

I usually don't like it when one person takes up two seats, but this guy looks tuckered out.

He's training to be a competitive biscuit-maker.

Aw: Orphaned baby goat rejected by its own herd snuggles with the guardian dogs.

Helping a baby moose who can't cross the highway median.

Steve Inman:

It's okay to sucker-punch a lunatic on a rampage.

Criminals mess with the wrong citizens. Including a criminal cat.

Instant justice.

Beta soyboy cuck gets into someone's face, jamming his bird-hand into the guy's face as he rants at him, and discovers he's not in his safe space any longer.

From Fenelon Spoke: A woman saved a crow and is now receiving gifts that aren't picked-clean bird carcasses.

When Leah Wilson learned that an injured crow was trapped in a home's rain gutter, she couldn't ignore it. Overhead, a flock of crows was already sounding the alarm, circling and dive-bombing the area as if calling for help.

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Determined to help, Leah spotted a fire truck parked a few blocks away and decided to take a chance.

"I was like, 'Hey! You look like you want to save a crow today,'" she said with a laugh.

The firefighters happily stepped in, raising their ladder and freeing the injured bird.

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After the rescue, Leah personally drove the crow to a wildlife rehabilitation center. During the trip, something happened that she still remembers vividly.

"He latched on to my finger and held on," she said. "That was life changing."

"I wrapped him up, got him into the car. He was scared, injured, and exhausted. At one point he wrapped his claws around my finger and just held on. I was on the phone with wildlife emergency, trying to stay calm while he wouldn't let go. I will never forget that feeling."

A few days later, she learned the crow had recovered and been released back into the wild. Soon afterward, she experienced something she never expected.

While walking her dog, a crow swooped down and dropped what she describes as a beautiful bundle of feathers at her feet.

Actually that sounds like the "gifts" I'm getting. A dead bird.

Since then, Leah has received more than half a dozen offerings from crows, including sticks, balls of moss, and even a small bird's nest. What might seem unusual to others has become a meaningful reminder of her connection with the natural world.

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Today, her daily walks have become something of a neighborhood event. Crows regularly join Leah and her dog, flying alongside them from block to block.

"It feels so good," she said. "It's like visiting my friends every morning and knowing they're going to be there."

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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