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This is the moment a crow entertained and baffled shoppers at one of Bristol’s most famous supermarkets - by grabbing and attacking an ornamental elephant.

The quirky bird has been drawing the crowds outside the Asda store in Bedminster recently by interacting with humans, trying to take pound coins and trolley tokens, landing on people and generally hanging out with those waiting or coming and going at the store’s main car park entrance.

But this week the bird put on something of a show, as this two-minute video reveals.

The video begins with the bird discovering an ornamental elephant had been randomly left on the wall outside the store, between the entrance and the car park.

Watched on and gently chided by a pensioner, the crow pulls the elephant over, stands on it like a trophy hunter and then proceeds to peck at it.

It is not entirely clear what the elephant was made out of - some kind of resin, probably - but the bird was not allowing anyone to check. And it is not entirely clear why there was a miniature elephant ornament on a wall outside Bedminster Asda, either.

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But this was real and it was happening, and the bird was determined.

At one point, the crow looked around to find some kind of tool to continue its attack on the elephant, carefully selected a cigarette butt, cleaning out the residual tobacco and placing it carefully under its feet and on the elephant to peck more.

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The bird then found a small twig and began using that to get at the solid ornamental elephant.

One shopper, who declined to be named, said a crowd had gathered to watch.

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“You expect the unexpected at Bedminster Asda but when you walk up to the store I don’t think anyone would have expected to see a crow attacking an elephant,” he said.

“After a while, a group of people gathered there, and some of them seemed to know the crow like an old friend.

“One couple said this crow had two mates who would arrive soon, and sure enough, they did. All three crows forgot about the elephant when people got some bread out for it.

“It was amazing to see, and really curious. The crow obviously wanted to split open the elephant, and was picking up what it could to help - it was fascinating to see it try to use the fag butt to as some kind of cushion,” he added.

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"People who had gathered, and some people walking past said the crow had tried to get the shiny trolley tokens out of their hands, and one man said it had landed on his foot and just stared at him when he was sat on the wall the other day.

"It seems this crow is loving interacting with people at the shop," he added.

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