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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Very small birds sometimes like to hang around or even nest near large raptors. The small birds are too small to be worth eating for the big predators, but they keep smaller predators that might be a danger at bay. I’ve seen this specifically with hummingbirds.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

True, but hummingbirds are also insane. That's why they're the God of war.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C4%ABtzil%C5%8Dp%C5%8Dchtli

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Fascinating wiki rabbit-hole, ty!

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