Raven raised by human acts like dog 

What _can_ you do? He's clearly chosen where he wants to be. Just have to accept it and love him.

He can't fly, so if he was in the wild, he might perish quickly. Idk about mating, providing for chicks and teaching them how to survive. Is that totally instinctual, or would he have learned that by his bird family, too?

I'd let him stay since he shows no signs of social endeavor towards other birds and is not really able to fly that far (i assume)

I'd let him choose where he wants to live ❤❤❤

I would keep him and love him for as long as I was able. He's so cool and sweet.

You can only consider an animal not to be wild when it's domesticated. Ravens haven't really been domesticated.. they're too intelligent for that. Pet isn't the right word. Companion might be.

as Dominic would say, He's family.

Neither have cats been domesticated so your last two sentences apply to cats also@@jaidenthekid6051

The concept of a pet is completely made up by humans, the reality is these non-animals are adopted family members

I think it’s because it’s illegal to own them as pets. They might be using that language to not get legal problems.

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Thats awesome

Not a stupid bird

@@stevengirton3745 Exactly. Ravens are famous for being clever.

wow that is a child that comes back home every year for the holiday season

Nice story🤣😃

Yeah Fr lol

@dr.kroenen2425 lol thanks

Eat crow, construction workers! Metaphorically, that is!!

That's hilarious and amazing. Crow was like 'TAKE ME HOME' lol! Glad he got home safe!

Wolves and ravens hunting together must look like something straight from Viking mythology.

@@blondbraid7986 Well, let's just say there's an oldschool style disney movie in that idea somewhere.

@@blondbraid7986 well thats where the nordic mythology came from XD

@@blondbraid7986odin has two wolves named geri and frecki alongside his two ravens huginn and muninn, so makes sense

@@blondbraid7986 The ravens can cue the wolves in onto where prey animals are (or where carrion is), and then the wolves let the ravens pick over the kills and finds, usually after the wolves are done (wolves can break up the food for them) but it isn't unknown to see the ravens eating at the same time. That may sound like they just follow each other just for food but they do actually interact a bit beyond that; ravens will often watch and play with pups and harass prey for the wolves when they're on the hunt, and any animal seen harassing the ravens around the wolves will meet a very swift and violent end.

Yeh, not happy with this veterinarian's treatment of him.

She raised him in the house, does she think he realizes that he should live outside, No, he doesn't'.

I feel the same. Walter will never be able to live out on his own, so why not let him free roam outside but come inside as well when he wants to. I wonder if it's a danger for Walter to come in and be around the husky, who she said doesn't like him...If that is the case, then I can understand why she makes him stay outside.

It was a damaged wild bird, and just because she works as a vet, doesn't mean she has a duty to adapt it into her home. But who else would, what was the alternative? Birds are a lot to handle if you live with one, it's a real commitment. So I think it's understandable that she tried to raise him into some kind of semi-wild crow. It seems ok for the bird imo.

Yeah 😭

Bird Human Relations 🤣 Thanks for the unexpected laugh.

I started feeding birds a few years ago, got the usual blackbirds, tits, then nuthatches, a pair of coloured woodpeckers, with the jaybirds I started feeding tiny (frozen) pellets (1-2 grams, 2 each time) of minced meat. After about a year, it seems the jaybirds have moved on, about a 100 meters down the road. A pair of crows have taken over, it seems more or less just two. But last year they got a "child", very annoying, because it was constantly begging for food (even though just as big as its parents), and the voice of crows is really not the most beautiful. And this year there is another new one, almost as noisy.

@@feedingravens And you can never stop feeding them or they will take it personally 😂😂

Do Robins do that? We've had two nest on our front porch and I believe it's the same family building nest and getting all their worms from our yard. They leave in the Winter because we are in Michigan, but I wonder if the same Robin family comes back every year.

A murder!

wah

Kinda like "Bo"... from Spiderman 2...Far from home

Wäh!

Wah the hell

the funny thing is that in Tunisia we actually use the word 'wah' for the things u described . yall should start doing so too

Ah, childhood.

waltuh

And giving him a McDonalds hash brown!

Yuck, Bad For His Digestion, Dude!🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅‼️

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thanks

I am kinda sad the names didnt get swapped around just to mess with people even more

Years ago I had a friend who named her cat Mouse. I thought it was clever! I love Ravens, they are so highly intelligent tthey can figure out anything! They are amazing, thanks for being mom to this fella when he needed you most. Of course he hangs around, your mom and this is his house!

I have an elephant named Dog, so.. I can't comment on that.

This is what they are hiding from you and will NEVER teach you in school 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

You got it back to front mate 🫣 she actually said the Ravens name was crow and the Dogs name was mouse, WTF have you been on 😂 whatever it is I want some of it 😊

“What?!”

is that so?

That's a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing! ❤

How did you befriend them? I would like to do the same.

@@liz-sy2lj The most basic piece of advice is to put out food for them regularly in the same place, and maybe give them something extra nice like some nuts if they leave you a gift

@@aristedes9449 okay thanks. i've been putting out dry kibble dog food, but i only attract small black birds or starlings, never crows or ravens. i'll try the nuts.

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That's way too cool 😎 😂

Too COOL, and FUNNY! :o) AS, if it were ME, I'd take it as the crow trying to tell me that I stink and should probably eat something...LmMFaO! :o)

@@kennethmullen-qe9hg 😂

I wonder where the feather wonderbird gets the soap 🧼 the spoons 🥄 from? I feed Sparrow's, Raven's, and those little black birds with the white spots carrots peas beans corn rice chicken bread cornbread I live in a nursing home so I can only give them what I have available I always tell them you better eat your vegetables the big Ravens come and of course they can fit a lot of pieces of bread or chicken in their beaks usually they'll grab three pieces of bread crust in their beaks they're hysterical they're so excited when they know they're getting food they fly down and run with a skip and a hop it makes me laugh I have them coming in flying like a dive bomb I believe they know the sound of my electric wheelchair and I make a loud chirping sound saying come on babies I got your food a little sparrows will come first but when the Ravens come build a little black birds and sparrows fly away even though I space the food out so they can all have their own area I can understand though because the Ravens are pretty big but they just want their food and leave one day I was going to church waiting for the bus I can still drive but my car set for so long I can no longer drive it I would like to get a van so I could be in that with my dog and make it into a camper and hoping it has a ramp or somehow get one I get upset thinking about when I leave I won't be there they'll wonder where I'm at but like I told my what few friends I have I know they did find they are made to eat bugs and grass whatever they survived this long I know they will survive when I leave here is a little Sparrow or two that when it sees me it will hop up close towards me looking at me early in the morning when I'm waiting for the bus like are you going to feed me I felt so bad I said I am so sorry I don't have anything I forgot to bring it out I'll see you when I come back and honest-to-goodness hours and hours later when I came back that little bird came and flew down at the entrance of the parking lot and it stood there and looked at me like well are you going to feed me I said I'll be right back we always fed the birds when I was young we had a great love for all kinds of nature and domestic animals used to go camping and everything when I was young my parents did everything with we were very fortunate to travel and I'd like to do that now that's why I want some kind of a van that I could put a bed in there my wheelchair and hit the road 🛣️ I got my Chihuahua Chloe when she was three months old she's now going on 14 I haven't seen her in 6 years the lady that's taking care of her promised that she would bring her to see me and she didn't I've only seen her one time in person in 6 years and pictures once in awhile I asked for pictures and she doesn't send them I just have to get out of here so I can get my dog back or as I call Chloe my baby girl😢 I miss her so much now the lady Works two jobs and went back to school now I feel it's hopeless that I will ever get to see her my Sister thinks they want to keep her I feel bad and grateful at the same time bad that I don't get to see her when they go all kinds of other places but they won't bring her to see me we made plans where I could go to a park on the city bus they were supposed to meet me and they never did my Sister said they want to keep her I'm grateful for their help but please God 🙏🏻🥺 I want to see my Baby Girl 🐾💞Chloe💞🐾

to have a corvid as a friend is a friend for life.

I have the same dream ☺️

​@@laurac86yeah me too

Easy to befriend birds. Assume a relaxed position and put lots of bird seeds around you. Do it in the evening before the sun goes down. Usually I put a blanket in a field or green grass and put lots of bird seeds around me. They will sneak and just don't make sudden moves. Put food in your hand and let them feed off of it. After 3 months you can pet them.

ive befrended my 3rd generation of corvids now. they still dont know i am a dog.

Ah

I love him…..🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Knock knock get up!!!! 😂😂

It's like having cats... They destroy the home, you have to completely plan your life around them (if you're a responsible pet parent), but you wouldn't have it any other way.

@@heroinmom153Well put! ❤🐈 🐈‍⬛❤

he's just a friend

I don't know if it's a saying in English as well, but here in Sweden we have a saying: "Family/relatives are the worst." Never thought it would apply to a "wild" bird if I'm being honest. But it just fits so well! 😂

That sounds so mean :(@@Nick-rs5if

They sometimes get really smug about it too. Just to annoy you for a while as a prank, but then tries placating you by acting cute and cuddly later.

literally sounds like "bruah"

I thought he was saying “Walt” when they say “Walter?!” He tries to mimic them and says “ Walt” he can’t get the “er”

he says 'woof'

Yeah, I caught the "What?" thing, too! This was so funny, and the name Walter suits him very well. Hahaha!

But he _identifies" as a dog. 😃🐕

@@originalismisacrock166 Let's enter the "dog" in the Iditarod sled race in Alaska. Who knows, he may like it.

He rules

wah

That’s so neat, would she know how to whistle in a certain way to communicate with them?

she spoke their langue ie she gave them food

​@@dark6.6E-34no. You can learn bird language by examining them .

Lol bullshit, she did not speak their language. Why do yall make up weird theories. She probably had an affinity with them, knew how to train them. Give them FOOD etc . Thats it.

@@metube6299 you can recognize their communication patterns which bird calls is only a part of. The extent to which we can replicate their language is very limited. and "...would end with our car surrounded with birds..." sounds like a bunch of hungry food promised birds.

I wanted to comment about this dog when I saw your comment. He might be a pharaondog, they are pretty rare

@@shadowhund Didn't you hear her: IT'S A MOUSE! LmMFaO!!! ;) :P :o)

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the Race is called a Podenco a Spanish hunting dog, I had one as a Kid.

@@NewFrontier17 a podenco is different from a pharaondog. I had the pleasure to know both..... Pharao and podenco

And they can use tools for both finding food as well as protection, as well as recognizing human faces. Very smart

very Smart mine drives me around in my car like a Shauffeur.

iq of 90 probably i forgot

This is a crow not a raven

I know they use tools to perform fairly complex tasks. I seen one take a cracker and use it to catch a fish.

That's interesting. Thanks for that.

@user-ye4bu6xh4c Canines are also very messy eaters ,so the crows follow them for all the tasty scavenging

Could work but this is an Australian Raven.

@Middleseed easy to identify an Australian Raven... they say Good on ya Mate Alot

It might actually be hard wired - both species were known to scavenge human remains after battles. So each might see the other as a sign that food is about

I SOOOOOO agree. It is a spiritual thing, imho. ❤❤❤

@@melodiefrances3898 Crows are one of the most intelligent animals on this planet, next to ravens, octopus, dolphin, elephant, and monke

Then I hope you are vegan?!!

​@@thevcountdown9824 Yes definitely!

I am eating a big juicy steak as I read your lame ass comment. Delicious.

What a mess. They tie up to being caretakers (can u go on vacation?) The bird wakes them up every morning but they can't have him in the house (too much crap then all around, he is not going to use the bathroom). Too big bird for a cage. So he roams around the house and wakes them up every morning at 6'45... I would not enjoy that :) Sometimes better to leave nature to itself. A dying bird is a meal for the puppies of a fox mother.

Thank you; I feel the same. Family is a group with a strong, positive bond: human(s) + animals. I think Walt is a family member. He's so precious.

What is this “at all costs” lazyass youtube echo.. If it’s between you and him I’d snap his cute little neck to save your life. Or do you prefer something else?

Are you aware that literally every bird species on earth not only deserves this level of love and respect but also they are all highly intelligent and capable of even more incredible things than what are seen in this video? please think about this beautiful gentle soul the next time you are eating a chicken sandwich, that chicken likely had the most miserable existence anyone can imagine, yet that chicken is no different to Walt the adorable star of this video, one day people will make the connection and we will cease to abuse these beautiful gentle souls

go walt!

@@sum1majik598 How is that the same tho? That is like saying if you eat a salad you steal food from herbivores.

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They actually play fetch in the wild with wolves

Nice pun 😊

Amazing. Did he leave cold turkey (so to speak), never came back?

@@sroberts605 He chickened out from living with humans, yes. I used to leave peanuts for his troupe, and they came around till we moved. They used to follow me, silently, all the way up to the corner store and back. There's a way they behave around humans they trust that's very different from the "not nice to crows" variety.

Thats a beautiful story. You are blessed . Thank you in their behalf, you're a good soul .

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I hope Walt finds a nice momma bird to have a bird family with. That would be hilarious to see a train of birds walking around the lawn outside. Hopefully the birds wouldn't permanently leave given that Walt probably will be grounded the rest of the way.

@@joeblog2672 likely not to happen bcuz he cannot fly

Walt should not breed at all.

yeah, I'm sure you guys would be a better home for him.

"Free range" in animal agriculture means thousands of birds stuck inside one dark and filthy windowless shed. Hopefully you mean OUTSIDE where they are free to come and go.

@@Empathy4Animals411 It means Edgar lives on our deck, he sleeps in custom box/apartment I built for him, and comes and goes as he pleases. We don't have any other birds, just the wild birds that live around here. He was a soft release who decided that living with us was a much better deal than being completely on his own. I used the term "free range" because the veterinarian in the video did, and you can clearly see Walt isn't living in a "dark and filthy windowless shed" either. In fact, I've never heard that term used in the way you claim, nor can I find that definition online. Very strange.

@@JamieSwitzer Most likely, because he could live with another raven.

He’s got a range, a territory, companions of choice and other members of his species come around and hang out. If he wanted Corvid companions, he could have them. Walt is happy where he is.

Vegan for the Animals ❤❤❤

All life is precious.

Apparently bees dream as well! Go bees!!

I know there Smart one told me He was Smart.

Most birds are literally dumber than worms lmao

"You're a bird Waltah, you can't act like a dog and cook meth in our back yard Waltah."

how do you do it? I have a few Jackdaws in my backyard that seem to enjoy the food we bring them but hate the fact that we're usually around when the food is there.

I've never been able to befriend any of my local ravens but they do respond to noises that I make with their own unique response noises.

YES!

Absolutely! They sound like he's just being a nuisance. I'd be happy to take over for them! I could've. Recently got a fledgling but the parents were getting upset, first clue. I wasn't sure if it was or not cuz to me it looked full grown, the feathers just looked too short which was my second clue. I put it back for the parents to take care of, figured they'd do a better job. Problem was, was that it's just hanging out on the ground, just makes me nervous cuz it can't protect itself.

Lol

Lmfaoo

He probably thought "If mice can be so different then maybe I'm a mouse too"