Hey, this is outside in a show where curiosity and the natural world collide. I am Nate Hedgy here with producer Marina Hankey. Hello. So, Marina, I brought you in here because I want to tell you this wild story. Okay. So the other day, I was at this animal rescue center in Sitka, Alaska. When we go in there, I'm going to have you stand sort of in the corner. I'm going to introduce you, get you

walking around a little bit. This place used to be a community college, but each of the classrooms

now has an animal in it. Okay. And I'm there with this trainer. Her name is Sophie Nillis.

This is Anis's enclosure. I've adorned it with different things.

Hey, Sonics. Hi, buddy. I always say hi. Give them my heads up. Come on in. You just have me stay in the corner? You can come right over here. Perfect. Oh God, Nate. I can't even imagine what you're in front of right now. I go into the room and then hanging out near this wall is Onyx. Onyx speak.

The boy.

That sounds like a dog.

Like a bark, like a little roof.

It is not a dog.

It is a raven.

Making that know it, not that I just assume it's like,

ca caw, caw.

No, no, no, no, no, no, much more guttural.

When you hear the word raven, what is the vibe?

What's, what do you think of?

When I imagine a raven, I think of, like, very wings that are like swooping down in like a German

forest. Like that's my raven vibe. Very accurate when it comes to vibes of raven, at least in

Western culture. They are an ominous symbol of death. They are considered unclean by the Bible. A group of ravens,

Marina, is called an unkindness. An unkindness? So if you're like seeing a bunch of ravens,

you're like, that's an unkindness. I've also heard a conspiracy of ravens. But I am here to tell

you that I think we have gotten it all wrong.

I think that Ravens are some of the most interesting, coolest, complex, and most importantly, smartest animals out there.

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