Crow Strikes a Pose at Japanese Mall, and Internet Goes Nuts

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A large-billed crow has become an unlikely internet star after striking an unusual pose at a mall in Japan.

Twitter user @keita_simpson posted the video on June 20, and soon clocked up millions of views as “gorilla crow” proved a viral hit.

The crow’s pose looks uncannily like an ape’s, or as if it’s been doing a lot of gym work and wants to show off the gains.

Kaeli Swift, a researcher into crows, identified the bird as a large-billed crow. She said one explanation could be that the crow was adopting a “sunning” posture, in which the wings are lowered and leg stance widened, giving the impression, from the point of view of this video, of the bird “standing” on its wings.

Either way, this is one corvid that made many people say, “Cor, what a vid.” Credit: LIWJATAN/@keita_simpson via Storyful