These birds are technically the most important creatures in all of Britain. For the last time the tower was devoid of Ravens, the British lost their empire.
@RoboJokes That's funny, last time I checked the EU was desperate to keep Britain in instead of leaving. That's why it have taken us so long to leave the EU, I'm glad we've left the EU! 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
@@sapelesteve Have you read The Mind of a Raven? It's a study on Ravens. The Ravenmaster is excellent! I had been hoping for years this book would be written. Excited to be reading it. 😃🇺🇸
Jack30355 blessed to be picked, I met my first raven and there huge, I always taught the biggest crows we have in Ireland were ravens there not, there as big as a Macaw not as heavy more the weight of an African grey..
I've been seeing a (wild) Raven handing around our area recently. Which is the suburbs of a town about 120 miles north of London. Really un-usual around here. It stands out as it looks huge next to common crows with slightly shiny feathers.
Awesome job..... They're all beautiful intelligent birds. Its sad they clip their wings to keep them there....but on the plus side... I hope the tower never falls.... They live a great life too 👍👍
TheCavale40 do you like the idea of clipping wings so the gift of flight can be no more, do you like the idea of holding the keys to another freedom, do you like the idea of having a being indebted to you for it's life. Yes sir you are a special breed those that can incarcerate with pleasure in the delusion of something good. I can only wish that the monarchy of the UK are swift with change to make their subjects dear for them and not loath them, for I hear they have lost the sympathy of those who love animals and indeed all creatures. God grant you the wisdom to seek a more honourable means of employment.
@@tabithathecat we are not fortunately yet at the point of judging or punishing people for what they might think, or what they might like?...as for what god(small g) which ever you think or want to adopt?...thats how we get rid of gods till only one remains!...im not in the business of torture or cruelty, perhaps to some there is a god for them too?
@@Ai-he1dp Good grief, you're actually a rational and sane person. My apologies, I was just being defensive of the ravens. Their wings are only really trimmed, they can still fly but not far enough to get lost, being raised usually from chicks. A lot of the time, they were rescued, such as Merlina was, and are allowed to roam until night time. They're definitely not living like wild birds, but they're in good hands and looked after. I hope that puts you at least a little bit at ease
@@tabithathecat yes treachery and treason there is always an excuse for it but when ones defines the reasons its still hard to get use to it...thank you for trying to put me at ease a little?....but there is no need i feel quite OK with being very or extremely uneasy about the world in general, it is quite a disturbing place, though not so if one is accustomed to that sort of thing?...i choose whilst i have the WILL to neither become accustomed to it or promote it in anyway possible!...one is quite happy in the fact!..that humans are transitory on earths path and it only a matter of time until they take their methods to the dust with them to the earth they sprung from. Amen.
As a "Yankee Doodle Dandy" I can't say I'm enamored of their cuisine or their habit of driving on the wrong side of the road🤣 Do like the head of a perfectly poured glass of Boddington Ale though.
These are captive breed ravens. Their behavior will be different depending on how many how far the pedigree goes back to being captive breed. I think last year one pair had a clutch after 30 yrs.
in my back garden yesterday...was a MASSIVE black bird...it was way bigger than a crow...it chased a squirrel out of a tree....its wingspan was the size of a buzzard..!!..so..london..if your missing one...its in scarisbrick..near southport..nw england..!!!
The only thing I would disagree with is, “they’re exactly the same as dogs or cats.” Rivaling man’s greatest gifts in intelligence and memory.... is corvidae, the family which includes the crow and the raven. One of earth’s most intelligent animals. Just one question.... why are we clipping their flight features? Is it to keep ravens on the grounds for show? Or legitimate.
They never found her, huh? Same thing basically happened a few years ago to "Dad Decorah," the bald eagle male of the pair that lived by the Decorah Fish Hatchery in Iowa.
I adore ravens, it’s sad they need to have their feathers clipped to keep them safe. I would love this job. There are ravens at my parents’ house and I love to “play” with them. My dog kills rabbits and the ravens get whatever she catches. They are smart and know you if you’ve had contact with them. If I didn’t have other pets, I’d put myself on the list to take in a Raven that can’t be released due to disability. It’s an honor to get chosen to care for one of these birds. Sadly, at my home in the city, I only have a small murder of crows to feed rabbits.
Doubt very much that would ever happen there is always spare ravens available, but if the unthinkable did happen legend has it that the white tower would crumble and disaster would strike the nation ❤
Crows and ravens have followed me everywhere since I became a Christian and received the Holy Spirit. Maybe someone could explain what this means spiritually? How to understand them and communicate with them?
Depends on HOW one prays and TO WHOM one prays....If you pray to ODIN and a raven shows up at your windowsill, then there is a very good chance that Odin not only has heard your prayer, but actually ANSWERED it as well. If, like Edgar Alan Poe, you discover a real live raven in your bedroom, I personally would NOT take that as a good sign, unless the raven said something to me like: "Your enemies have placed me in your room to scare you, since they know that you are afraid of ravens in your room", instead of the more simple and succinct "NEVER MORE".
That one kept in the white box by itself is animal abuse ! Nothing natural about her cage . Shame on you. Their wings should not be clipped . If they fly away then that means they don’t want to be there of their own volition .
Hafelord no sir they are not free to leave, they are one of the most intelligent birds on the planet, they live an extraordinary life in the wild and by choice would fly fly away! Do your research! Or are you one of those that believe the raven fly away destruction story! If you do then try putting a potato under your pillow tonight and see in the morning the potato turned to gold!
I am currently reading the book by the man himself and they CAN LEAVE, they can still fly but choose not to because they have everything they need within the tower. Please get your facts right before making untrue statements
It's amazing how something so cruel can be made so sugar coated. Notice the instinct of a bird is to fly! Obviously they can't fly believe any expert that will tell you they would not choose to be there! Don't clip the wings and see what happens! This bull shot thing about the ravens leaving would mean the end of the world is just that bull shot!, and the legend states ravens that are not with clipped wings! I would like to think that it is the longing of this man in a strange costume and those before him who continues this cruel practice and not a progressive monarchy! For heaven's sake it's the UK not some backwards back washed asylum! on the moon! Or am I to believe as some media sites suggest that it symbolizes the rule of law? They would not obey if they could think for themselves! But if it's done for as the man says for their good, then perhaps it is so with ruling people, they need to be clipped for their own good?
The feathers grow rapidly, and must be trimmed every three to four weeks. Skaife is actually conservative when trimming the primary and secondary flight feathers, and the birds can actually fly high enough to perch on the weather vanes atop the towers. The females have slightly more trimmed away, whereas the males are only slightly trimmed. Skaife observed that the males stay close to the females, even though the males have nearly full flight capability. Rather sly on Skaife's part.
