Black Kites, Whistling Kites, and Brown Falcons all pick up smoldering sticks from wildfires and intentionally drop them into dry vegetation at new locations in order to spread the fire and flush out
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- wildfire · wildfires
Black Kites, Whistling Kites, and Brown Falcons all pick up smoldering sticks from wildfires and intentionally drop them into dry vegetation at new locations in order to spread the fire and flush out prey. Not "mastery" of fire but certainly use of it as a tool.
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- Bluesky ↗ · first seen 2026-06-17 17:02 UTC
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