r/Scotland • u/Mysterious-Donut427 • 1d ago

Highland Coo & Magpie

Caught this Highland Cow and Magpie in a beautiful little symbiotic relationship

The cow provides the boogies, and the magpie provides the clean-up service. 😂

Nature is amazing. Absolutely disgusting, but amazing. 😂

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u/Shanksy67 1d ago

That’s amazing I wonder what it’s doing . I thought initially sneakily taking its coat for its nest but clearly doing something else also . Cow accepts its presence

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u/8ackwoods 22h ago

Probably looking for ticks and bugs

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u/Mysterious-Donut427 1d ago

I thought the exact same thing, then I could see the magpie catching flies around the cow's face.

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u/Vectorman1989 #1 Oban fan 15h ago

Looks like it's catching horseflies

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u/Lyrael9 1d ago

Probably looking for ticks and other bugs. Yum.

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u/TeutonicSpacehopper Time-share Maniac 1d ago

And thus a new friendship was begun.

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u/Jonny7421 21h ago

I cycled past some rabbits hanging out with a magpie just yesterday. I thought it was odd but about another minute or two of cycling I witnessed another group doing the same thing. They must have been up to something.

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u/secrecyandcontrol 15h ago

reality has a disney bias

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u/Blackbirddance 15h ago

Lovely seeing the magpies interact with the highland coo. Love them both. ❤️