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Steller's Jay: Sass me? I'll stab you!

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Belonging to the corvid family (ravens, crows, magpies, jays) the Steller’s Jay is found in the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest (extending into Canada), and south into Mexico. Like the famous New Caledonian crows, the Steller’s Jay also uses tools. One famous example took place in Flagstaff, Arizona. A crow was eating seeds from a platform, while a Steller’s jay waited in the wings (no pun intended). The jay, annoyed with how long the crow was taking, first dive-bombed and shrieked at the crow to get it to bug off. The crow kept eating and ignored the jay.

The jay, now done with the crow’s greedy behavior (yes, I know I’m anthropomorphizing) flew to a tree, broke off a stick, and used it like a sword! Parry! Thrust. The crow basically said, “Oh no you didn’t!” and lunged back. The startled jay dropped the stick, which the crow picked it up and stabbed the jay with it. The two flew off together, crow-chasing jay with the stick still in its mouth. So, this just goes to show that human friends and siblings aren’t the only ones who fight over food, and resort to petty violence to get what they want.
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