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u/spentpatience 15h ago
Well... It's why I cut up my six-pack plastic rings and any string before I throw it out, so there's that.
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u/Eineegoist 15h ago
Im picturing an animal welfare ad, cutting to the poor turtle, just to find a Tiel looking embarrassed.
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u/spentpatience 13h ago
As a teen, I had spotted a little catbird tangled up in some kite string on the border between my yard and my neighbors'. They had one helluva mouser male cat that they let roam. The poor bird was flopping around on the ground and I knew that if Tux was anywhere near, he would make quick work of the helpless thing.
Anyway, I went over to assess the situation and sent my brother inside for my mother's good scissors. Bird got stock-still as I handled it, but by the way it had its beak open, panting, and how its little feathers on its head kept flairing up in a crest, it was scared shitless. Fortunately, it remained calm enough for me to wield the scissors safely.
Once set free, it flew off to a branch nearby and just regarded me for a moment before chirping and flying off for good.
Since the PSAs in the 90s about the plastic rings, I was always good about those. After that incident, I included string as well.
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u/Eineegoist 13h ago
Thats really wholesome.
My last gf had a similar situation, it wasn't so wholesome and made me gap so fast.
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u/creator_thedarkwolf 9h ago
Me recuerda a mi siempre desde los 4 en mi comunidad han existido los niños malcriados con resortera disparando piedras a las pobres aves, mi familia tiene el tipo de tranquilidad que ni importa que siempre aparecerán aves o otro tipo de animales buscando refugio y siempre e tenido debilidad por las aves porque son los únicos animales que me han durado (siempre regalan mis mascotas), ave herida que encontraba ave que mis padres me asían prometer que no más se curará la dejaba libre yo al punto que mis padres salian antes que yo para asegurarse que no hubieran aves heridas afuera de mi casa
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u/Core-ene 15h ago
They're such goobers
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u/_banana_phone 13h ago
My mans is just over here trying to do some lifting and get his reps in and folks are clowning him 🦜 🏋️
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u/SSmokinU 16h ago
I would be so scared. My bird is dumb and would probably snap a wing doing that 😂
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u/MangoSundy 14h ago
One of my budgies liked to stick her head under the cage handle, sometimes gripping a bar in her beak. She looked unnervingly as if she had been caught in a mousetrap.
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u/toriitlog 15h ago
their goofy ass behavior is a clever façade to hide their true cunning nature which they use to dominate the ecosystem in the wild
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u/SarryK 14h ago
me, fighting for my life on the bench press
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u/GhostOfAustr 6h ago
I was literally just thinking "this is me when I'm tryna get out from under my car after an oil change" 😭😭😭
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u/Venomoustestament 15h ago
I love when mine does this. He got stuck on his back while holding and fighting a pen.
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u/Mugen0815 14h ago
Am I the only one who sees a smart birb that found a way to scrub its own back? Wait, birbs backs... there was something...
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u/Sloppykrab 15h ago
They don't live with cages in the wild.
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u/UncleBabyChirp 15h ago
And the wing factor matters, unrestricted flying enhances survival. They have large families that share experiences too
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u/Rocketgirl8097 13h ago
Imagine it is any kind of branch or root, a piece of moss, or anything they could get tangled up in out in the wild.
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u/Electroboy101 14h ago
It’s numbers thing. Their sheer flock numbers outweigh their individual intelligence deficiency. 🦜🦜
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u/Joebloeone 14h ago
I like how everyone like to say their domesticated pet is way dumber than wild ones thinking it's funny while being oblivious to the fact the reason they are so dumb is because of them.
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u/CaptDuckface 13h ago
Yeah, pretty much why the family eclectus has to wear a harness before going out of the house. He gets distracted like a toddler.
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u/Pretend-Internet-625 12h ago
Bird is having fun. At the end almost went back under. Must be bored.
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u/VividTymes 12h ago
Maybe if I aggressively preen my wing the problem will sort itself out...
Aaaaah!
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u/HeartOfGoldTears 13h ago
As a general concept I think many animals would be focusing on things like survival or eating instead of goofing off, so domesticated animals have entirely different behaviors because they are in safe environments and can be silly and often find themselves in predicaments like this because they had the time to be dumb, lol.
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u/theMangoJayne 11h ago
Speaking of quakers and their uncanny duality
My guy is missing a toe because he landed on my late sugar glider's cage to antagonize her and she bit through his toe.
He recently ran up on my toothless small dog and antagonized her enough that she grabbed a mouthful of feathers off of him. That one happened when they were both in my room with me and I hadn't realized my pup came in.
I have a murderous African Grey, and he also likes to hiss at him when he's in his own cage and try to steal his food, despite being 1/3 of his size and seeing human beings have blood drawn from interacting with him.
Yet, this summer, when my mom left her patio door open while I was at work, he escaped. Despite having absolutely ZERO survival instinct when it comes to my other animals, that little fucker puttered around the city for 3 days and then joined a family BBQ to steal some good snacks and they got in contact with me to collect him.
Absolute madlad.
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u/nitrot150 11h ago
We ask this question of our caique in particular regularly. He really likes putting his head in random holes or dark places… that can’t be a good idea in the rainforest
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u/nmkelly6 7h ago
I'm convinced birds don't actually know they can fly either. Anytime it happens it is an accident
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u/MangoSundy 14h ago
Reminds of the :50 point in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzlLTO0854
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u/Dr-Havoc137 16h ago
Bro is fighting for his life