--- title: "Watch a Raven Attack a Google Coffee Delivery Drone" description: "A raven in Canberra, Australia, decided it had enough of a local business sending coffee to a customer in the area via a Google delivery drone." date: "2021-09-27" modified: "2021-09-27" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/raven-attack-google-coffee-delivery-drone" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Drones" - "Google" - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "australia" - "birds" - "drones" - "the digest" --- # Watch a Raven Attack a Google Coffee Delivery Drone ![A raven in Canberra, Australia, decided it had enough of a local business sending coffee to a customer in the area via a Google delivery drone.]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Angry Birds A raven in Canberra, Australia, decided it was fed up with a local business sending coffee to a customer in the area via a delivery drone. A video shows the bird attacking a drone belonging to Wing, a company owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, forcing it to make a rapid descent — perhaps nature rightfully exerting control over Canberra skies. https://youtu.be/SAshKROIjtQ ## Aerial Attack The Australian raven, however, appears to have failed to cut the drone's path short. After taking a beating, the drone still managed to rappel its payload safely down to the ground. It's apparently not the first time birds have attacked one of the drones, though. "It's a matter of time before they bring one down," Ben Roberts, the man who recorded the video and also ordered the coffee [told the *Canberra Times*]() last week. According to Roberts, several ravens actually started learning how to avoid the drone blades during their ruthless attacks over several days. "They think it's Terminator or something," he told the newspaper. ## Save the Wildlife A Wing spokeswoman told the *Times* that the company is now investigating further "to ensure we continue to have minimal impact on birdlife," adding that services are paused "for a small number of our customers" in the suburb of Harrison. Drone specialist and instructor Wayne Condon had some wise words for the paper, noting that "at the end of the day, it's their sky and we are the visitor. Fingers crossed if you act fast enough, you'll be able to save your aircraft and not injure the bird!" **READ MORE:** ['They think it's Terminator': Angry birds take down drone deliveries]() \[*The Canberra Times*\] **More on drones:** *[Florida Man Shoots Down Police Drone Because It Was “Harassing” Him]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()