Today On "Australia Is Creepy AF," Birds Are Starting Fires To Drive Out Prey

You know how humans are supposed to be the only creatures able to utilize fire? Well, we're here to tell you that isn't exactly true. Aboriginal rangers who deal with bush fires have been telling stories about Australian birds of prey intentionally spreading wildfires, a remarkable behavior which was also observed by ornithologist Bob Gosford back in 2016. Determined to figure out their motivation for doing so, if any, Gosford has since been collecting and documenting eyewitness accounts of the fire-starting behavior, publishing his findings in the Journal of Ethnobiology. In the variety of reports, birds of prey including brown...

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