I just wanted to share with you this incredible bit of video. Every time I stop stroking Merlina she nips at my hand for more attention. pic.twitter.com/9utpu7Okjm
— Ravenmaster (@ravenmaster1) March 3, 2017
The Tower of London's Ravenmasters are often overlooked in favour of their better-known Beefeater colleagues, but as this video shows, looking after the Tower's feathered residents has its perks.
One of the Ravenmasters shared this lovely video on Twitter of one of his demanding charges. It's worth listening with the sound on if you can — we'll be honest, that's not the noise we expected to come out of a raven.
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