Real Life Angry Bird! Viral Video Shows Raven Attacking A Food-Delivery Drone In Australia

A delivery drone company in Australia had to pause its operations due to the airborne threat posed by territorial ravens.

In a video that is going viral, ravens can be seen attacking a drone that was crisscrossing the skies of the Australian capital, Canberra. The attacks meant that drone operator Wing, which works in partnership with tech giant Google, had to halt deliveries in certain areas.

The video was captured this week by a customer named Ben Roberts, who was waiting for his regular beverage order to arrive via air delivery. That's when he managed to film the bizarre scene as he saw the drone being attacked by a raven, a bird similar-looking but bigger in size than a crow.

He managed to film the raven hanging onto the back of the aircraft and furiously pecking it with its beak.

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Under the weight of the giant bird, the drone attempted to free itself and then dropped the delivery from way above the ground. It then hurriedly flew away.

"They are certainly very territorial at the moment," resident Ben Roberts told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"From their point of view, they¡¯re very intelligent birds, what must a drone look like to them? It would be like a flying saucer landing in our front yard to us."

Wing

A spokesman for Wing told The Daily Mail the drones are operating as normal in other suburbs and they were yet to learn of any birds being injured from the aircraft.

¡°As is common during nesting season, certain bird species demonstrate territorial behaviour and swoop at moving objects,¡± the spokesman said.

¡°In the unlikely event that a bird makes direct contact with our drone, we have multiple levels of redundancy built into our operations to ensure we can continue to fly safely.¡±