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@teadrinker@aus.social Birds are so smart. "You’d think the herons would want to build their nests as far away from bald eagles as possible. But you’d be dead wrong. Research on the southwest coast of British Columbia shows that herons are deliberately seeking out nesting pairs of eagles—and building right next to them. “You can understand the predator wanting to be near the prey, but not really the other way around,” Vennesland says. “We were amazed. We call it the mafia-protection racket.” " https://smry.ai/www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/01/great-blue-herons-bald-eagle-prey-predator/617806?smryFrom=home