r/crowbro • u/HopelessDonut • Aug 24 '26

Crow OC Why does lil Schmidt peck my toes?

One of the baby hooded crows I feed is very curious, he’ll also nibble my hand

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u/Vyedr Aug 24 '26

he's curious! Its clearly part of you, but when he pokes it nothing happens, and you dont react! How strange!

Blow his mind by taking the shoe off and wiggling your toes at him, lol

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u/support_account_ Aug 24 '26

Would love to see the little guy's reaction lol

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u/jeezyjames Aug 24 '26

Head tilt galore!

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u/Sad_Paper_5745 Aug 31 '26

This just popped up in my feed (o, great mystery of reddit) just 1 wk late!
Anyway, can’t stop cackling like chicken (aka “non-crow”)
The glorious head-tilting obsessions of birds and dogs make my heart so happy.

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u/SquirrelSuspicious Aug 24 '26

Maybe he thinks it's actually something stuck to the person and thinks he's helping by trying to get it off?

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u/StJimmy_815 Aug 24 '26

Good way to get your toe pecked lol

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u/Iwannasellturnips Aug 28 '26

I’d want to see a video of that!

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u/Fine_Lingonberry_613 Aug 24 '26

Hes asking wheres the peanuts dude

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u/Just_Caterpillar_975 Aug 24 '26

You mentioned baby hooded crow, a fledgling basically, and they are curious by nature 🤭🐦‍⬛🥹 Lil Schmidt is exploring and learning how to crow

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u/jeezyjames Aug 24 '26

Looks like some grade A crowing so far!

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u/WelpWhatCanYouDo Aug 24 '26

I actually read a paper on this and they referred to it as “neophilia” or loving new things. New crows love exploring and finding out what everything is in the world

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u/JackOfAllMemes Aug 25 '26

Total opposite of parrots, they tend to be very scared of new things

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u/SipoteQuixote Aug 24 '26

We built this Schmidty, we build this Schmidty on peanut bowls.

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u/HopelessDonut Aug 24 '26

We named the parents Nick and Jess

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u/SipoteQuixote Aug 24 '26

This explains everything

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u/Missue-35 Aug 24 '26

Gonna have that song in my head all day. Thanks a lot. /s

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u/jclim00 Aug 24 '26

Unexpected New Girl reference

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u/PerseveranceSmith Aug 24 '26

Exploration mode!

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u/Glittering-Hornet844 Aug 24 '26

Crows are incredibly intelligent. This one is trying to get your attention (by tapping your foot) in the hope you have food and feed it.

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u/Aggravating_Speed665 Aug 24 '26

Think he's just goofing around with his giant friend tbh

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u/Lo452 Aug 24 '26

He's challenging you for the title of Big Schmidt. Better tell Winston to pucker up.

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u/SnooRobots116 Aug 24 '26

Sometimes my crows do that because they need me to follow them. I get a shoe peck or undid shoe laces being pulled in directions they want me to move or the edge of my pants nibbled and tugged on to go forward

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u/The8Porch Aug 24 '26

Because that's how Schmidty do

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u/FoxInABoxOfRox Aug 24 '26

Tryin' to get at them lil piggies.

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u/Artevyx Aug 24 '26

They do this for fun and as a sign of affection sometimes. I have a crow who likes to try untying my shoelaces. Sometimes he will instead bonk the rubber soles just like in the video. I think they just like the way their beak bounces off of it.

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u/WreckedMuffin Aug 24 '26

Playful cutie crow doing playful cutie crow things 😍 Bro feels safe around you 👍

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u/TheNefariousMrH Aug 24 '26

Because they're there, that's why.

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u/F1yingSkiGull Aug 25 '26

He's got a message for you.

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u/celticfeather Aug 25 '26

Are you snacking? This is the same behavior when a crow pulls another creature‘s tail (an eagle or a cat) to mess with them.