VICEさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VICEInstagram)「In a clever move that researchers are calling the “ultimate adaptation to city life,” birds are now stealing anti-bird spikes to build their own nests. The behavior was first discovered by researchers from two Dutch natural history museums. They found magpies in a hospital courtyard in Antwerp who had ripped 50m of anti-bird product, in order to build their home of over 1,500 spikes. The same practice has also been observed in the Netherlands, Belgium and Scotland. "It's like a joke, really," said biologist @aukeflorian . "Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen." This approach of ripping up anti-bird spikes and turning them into nests isn’t necessarily unique to magpies—crows, long known to be clever as shit, have also found ways to adapt to city life with anti-bird spikes. Most interestingly, alongside re-versioning the contraptions we've designed to make them part of their own homes, the birds are also using the spikes for the same reason we do: to keep other birds out. Shout out to the birds and their new form of tactical warfare and housekeeping. 📸 Max Crawford」7月27日 1時18分