The gorilla-shaped pose of a tanned crow in Japan quickly caused a fever on Twitter.
The video of a crow with its body on its wings like a gorilla with both hands on the ground outside Parco Mall in Nagoya, Japan was shared by keita_simpson on Twitter on June 19, attracting 9.45 million views and nearly 25,000 likes. Keitaro said the first time he saw the crow he was shocked because it looked like a corpse, but after about a minute he found his posture quite pleasing.
Kaeli Swift, a Crows family expert at the University of Washington, was quick to provide an explanation for the crow pose. Swift believes the crow is sunbathing, a fairly normal and well-documented behavior. According to Swift, this is a large-billed crow in Asia, so its face looks a bit off balance. As the name suggests, this crow’s beak is slightly larger than that of other crows.
“This bird does not lose its legs and stands on wings because it is impossible. A crow without legs cannot fly because it does not have an elevator. The point is, the crow takes a bath. sun. When he’s sunbathing. ” , it lowered its wings and folded its tail. At a right angle, this posture made the legs darken so that he looked like he had lost his legs. the video recording captured the moment he changed position, ”explained Swift.
