Corvid Thanatology (CROW FUNERALS) with Kaeli Swift

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Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Crows have funerals? CROWS HAVE FUNERALS. The inky black bird with the big brain warns and maybe mourns around their fallen friends and Dr. Kaeli Swift is here to tell us all about it. As an avid wildlife researcher and corvid specialist, she's observed death behaviors that will shock you to your bones and ruffle your hackles -- while somehow also making you cry about peanuts. Also: so much inspiration to keep being yourself and to work hard toward what you love. She is a hero. Dr. Kaeli Swift's Blog, YouTube, Twitter & Instagram Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram More links at www.alieward.com Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

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0:00.0	Oh, hi.
0:01.1	Is that an old guy?
0:02.5	Sitting on a shabby sheet couch and anthropology,
0:05.8	waiting for his daughter to try on pants that cost too much.
0:09.5	Alliward, back for another episode of allergies.
0:12.3	A spooky episode of allergies.
0:14.4	A scary episode.
0:16.4	OK, fine.
0:17.2	But does it get gothler than the inky blue sheen
0:20.9	of a crow in the shadows?
0:22.8	Who also happens to be having a funeral for another crow?
0:26.3	Nothing is more goth than that.
0:27.8	Nothing.
0:28.7	Not even a spider listening to Bauhaus on vinyl.
0:32.5	A bat smoking a clove at a warehouse party
0:35.8	is not as goth as a crow funeral.
0:38.8	And I've been sitting on this episode since July.
0:41.7	I've been waiting to air it this week.
0:43.7	I've been just building with nausea.
0:45.9	I'm so excited to talk about Corvid thanatology.
0:49.5	Fricken crow funerals.
0:51.6	But first, I will talk quickly as I tell you things that also
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