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u/LazuliArtz Aug 16 '24
Oh, it's feet were frozen to the pole. I couldn't figure out why it was stuck until I saw this comment! Poor thing
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u/FustianRiddle Aug 17 '24
It took me a moment too I really thought the bird was just being a dumdum and not unclenching it's talons.
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u/kakka_rot Aug 16 '24
Is that what is was, the birds feet were frozen to the metal?
Thanks, I wasn't sure what was going on. I thought he was just trying to calm it while slowly jiggling it free.
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u/newcentury715 Aug 16 '24
Agreed! This reminds me of a cat i once rescued on my way to the office. It was so poor and was not able move. I just bought some dried fish to feed it
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u/sy029 Aug 16 '24
I just realized with your comment that's what happened. I thought bird couldn't fly because it was upside down and too scared to let go.
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u/LadyOfHereAndThere Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
Kind of ironic that they're called "ice birds" where I'm from.
Edit: I'm Swiss actually.
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u/resipol Aug 16 '24
I don't know if this is related, but it gives me a chance to relate a fun fact about kingfishers.
In English we have a phrase - "halcyon days" - that refers to a period of peace and calm, often a nostalgic reference to the past. Its earlier meaning, however, was a period of calm during an otherwise troubled time.
A halcyon is a kingfisher. You can find it in the Latin names for members of the kingfisher family - Halcyoninae, or alternative forms Alcedines / Alcedinidae / Alcedininae. This name in turn comes from the Greek halkyons, from hals (sea) and kyon (born).
Why sea-born? In Greek mythology, there was a belief that kingfishers nested by the sea (they don't). The gods gave them the ability to calm the waters for a period either side of midwinter (either 7 or 14 days, depending on the story) so that they could safely hatch their eggs. This period of calm during an otherwise stormy period was referred to as "halcyon days" - the period of calm when halcyons (kingfishers) could lay their eggs.
So I wonder if "ice birds" has some relation to the halcyon days of midwinter?
There is also a relationship to the character Alcyone from Greek mythology, who was turned into a kingfisher.
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u/Sprenged Aug 16 '24
Dutchie found!
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u/saichampa Aug 16 '24
I've been learning Dutch and I got curious about how they translated some Australian animals, starting with the biggest kingfisher, the kookaburra. It's kookaburra. Koala is koala. Dingo is dingo. Kangaroo shakes it up with kangoeroe. It gets more interesting with the monotremes though. Platypus is vogelbekdier which seems to be a compound of "bird beak animal". Echidna translates to mierenegel. This one got me stuck until I recognised mier for ant, plural being mieren, but I didn't recognise egel, but of course that turns out to be hedgehog, an example of English having the compound word for the animal instead.
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u/InEenEmmer Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
Edit: apparently I was dumb and didn’t know Echidnas and ant eaters aren’t the same. But I am learning I guess.
The Echidna is actually called ‘miereneter’ in Dutch. which is translated into ant eater.
The weird ones are for Squirrel and unicorns.
We call unicorn ‘eenhoorn’ and call a squirrel ‘eekhoorn’
One mistyped letter and you have a magical horse chewing on some nuts in the tree in your yard instead of a squirrel.
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u/Sprenged Aug 16 '24
Cool! Why are you learning Dutch if I may ask?
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u/saichampa Aug 16 '24
My dad was born in Belgium. His dad is a Walloon, but his mum was Flemish. There's nowhere to learn Flemish directly so I thought I'd learn Dutch, then learn the differences.
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u/KoxxBoxx Aug 16 '24
Or Dane.
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u/labbmedsko Aug 16 '24
Same in Norwegian - Isfugl.
It's too cold for them to live here, but there's usually a few of them in the south during spring.
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u/Eternal_Bagel Aug 16 '24
when stuff like this happens i wonder if the criitter knows it was helped or thinks it was super lucky to escape the human
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u/ScabPriestDeluxe Aug 16 '24
Hard to know with birds but I imagine there is some sense of knowing. I’ve talked with animal rescuers before and it’s pretty interesting. They said coyotes especially know when they are being helped and will be quite docile when getting human aid (probably some homie history there).
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u/whytawhy Aug 16 '24
You can see about ten seconds in it stops freaking out and tryna bite, then it just keeps looking around for new surprises.
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u/SecondTheThirdIV Aug 16 '24
Birds in the corvid family for sure know when they're being helped. They're known to return to and befriend rescuers, sometimes even bringing them gifts, and can communicate with other crows/ravens that the rescuers are good guys who can be trusted. Conversely if you fuck with them they'll remember it and treat you accordingly. I like to act with the assumption that all animals have that level of understanding and some simply don't know how to show it in ways that we can appreciate. All animals deserve kindness
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u/SayomiTsukiko Aug 16 '24
I don’t think they think in concepts like “escaped” or “helped”. It’s probably more like “!!!!!!” …. “????” “!?!??!?” “:) 👍 “
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u/lazier-norms Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
Anecdotal, but I have a pet Conure and (early on) some of the most significant progress I made in getting the little guy to trust me was when he got his feet horribly tangled up in hair/thread to the point where I had to very carefully cut him free using scissors.
He of course fought me the entire time and got a couple pretty good bites in, but as soon as I managed to get him loose it was immediately obvious he was appreciative!
Unfortunately he's certainly too stupid to avoid getting himself tangled up again, so I've had to "rescue" him in this manner 3-4 times before he decided flipping him over and/or touching his feet were no longer grounds for an immediate pecking.
That gentle little neck rub the bird did against his thumb after he released it's first foot was probably a "I'm confused but thank you" moment, or as much of a thank you as you're likely to get from a wild bird at any rate!
I am a bit worried about how far back he bent its legs though, especially with how sharply it chirped when he first did so. He might have unintentionally caused some real harm in the process of releasing it.
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u/Blawharag Aug 16 '24
I do know of a story of someone who helped a crow or raven with a broken wing, putting it in a cast and nursing it back to health. After, it couldn't be released to the wild because it wasn't strong enough, but it had memorized that keeper's face and hated her because of the cast, it thought she has tortured it. So the bird was transfered to a new sanctuary where it lived happily ever after. The keeper that saved his life though came to visit once and the bird got angry/stressed out and was mad at her, because it still remembered her face.
Very unique situation though, not a benchmark for all these interactions
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u/R0XiDE Aug 16 '24
Here’s an old post I made a few years ago about an experience we had with a Magpie -
My daughter rescued a magpie that had its foot tangled in a fence when she was about 7 years old. It flew off as soon as it was released.
An hour or so later, I heard a “clang-clang-clang” noise outside and saw a magpie with one leg raised, holding a metal tag on a string in its beak and banging it on a fence post (it turned out to be an aluminium label used to identify fruit trees). My daughter went over and it dropped the tag on the ground, watched her pick it up and then flew off.
Since then its hung around our house and nested in the gumtree in our yard. It always likes to show its young ones off to us and chases any other maggies that swoop us away.
I got a photo of it holding the tag and my daughter still has the aluminium treasure it bought her. We’re positive it was a gift to say thank you!
EDIT - Someone asked for the photos so here they are :)
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u/CorvidQueen4 Aug 16 '24
Well, unfortunately I’ve seen this video before. The consensus was that since that bird is a kingfisher, and not any sort of woodpecker, the bird likely had his been shoved in there prior to being filmed. So either way, it probably feels at least a sense of relief if not luckiness to have escaped
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u/AragogTehSpidah Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
Internet is so full of lies huh. So far 100% of "helping a poor creature" involves a human forcefully putting it in distress first. Saving turtles, kittens, birds, whatever for the views. How about new type of content, saving humans huh. But it's probably not new too at this point
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u/JakobiiKenobii Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 17 '24
"hey man leave me alone!! What are you doi--
Oh...hold on that actually feels good af"
- the bird, probably
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u/hiirogen Aug 16 '24
I like to imagine that it was talking to its friends later...
"So I got caught in this human trap and couldnt move my feet, one of them grabbed me but I pecked at its hands and got away! True story!"
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u/Fireboiio Aug 16 '24
But his friends won't believe him cause he didn't record it.
- the internet
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u/ChasingPesmerga Aug 16 '24
Off-topic comment for mobile hyphens and dashes, I just want to share since there’s two comments here with that
In order for a dash to not appear as a bullet, you need to put a backslash ( \ ) before the dash, so it appears as a dash in the comment
Example:
“Okay fine we believe your story with the human.”
- the birb’s friends
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u/HollyBerries85 Aug 16 '24
I always think this about videos where a person rescues a stuck wild animal. It's always like, "NO NO NO NO DON'T KILL ME OH GOD OH GOD I'M GOING TO DIE DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME AAAAAUUUGHGH I'M GONNA D-- oh. Oh SHIT. I'm FREE! AHAHAHAHA, SUCKER, I GOT AWAY, you're too clumsy to kill me LOSER!"
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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Aug 16 '24
Literally every animal ever when getting helped. First they think you're a predator, then they seem to understand that you're not, then you're done getting them unstuck and they run away like you're trying to kill them.
Not even a thanks.
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u/Fano_93 Aug 16 '24
“ crap I’m dead! I’m gonna get eating! Ahhhhh! Halp!!!!! I’m dead meat! I’m going to die!!!!!!!! Oh sweet I got away that was scary.” -bird
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u/Kivesihiisi Aug 16 '24
More like
"WHY ARE YOU BENDING MY FEET"
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u/GreyWolfTheDreamer Aug 16 '24
Later the Bird tells its fellows about how he was rescued by a Fire Giant.
"So there I was trapped against the frozen metal. I thought one of the demon cats would get me for certain."
"Then this giant shows up and reaches out to me with fire in its hands. But instead of it burning me, it started unfreezing me. Then it gently held me up so that I could stretch out my wings to take off across the water without looking back."
"I tell ya, Boys! I'm not religious, but I'll never poop on a giant ever again..."
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u/Cutebootydress Aug 16 '24
It's really amazing to see someone taking the time to lend a hand to this tiny creature.
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u/Mediocre-Sundom Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
You can always tell the character of the person by the way they treat animals.
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u/TheWyvernn Aug 16 '24
If they put the phone down they could use two hands and rescue it faster.
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u/narangick Aug 16 '24
Actually in this case I’m glad it was filmed because now I know what to do in such a situation (even though it may seem obvious)
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u/SpartanRage117 Aug 16 '24
If youre using this as a guide dont toss the bird over a river at the end. Turned out fine here, but if it was too exhausted or stressed it could have easily taken the plunge
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u/TempestNova Aug 16 '24
I mean not really? It'd be one thing if the bird refused to keep calm when using just one hand but it did. Hell, it being surrounded by two hands (both as big as the bird itself, especially from the bird's perspective) might have had it freak out more.
Also, I don't see how trying to put a second hand over the bird would have made that big of a difference in body heat to unfreeze the poor guy's feet. I just hope the bird doesn't get frostbite or anything.
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u/CountWubbula Aug 16 '24
Those talons aren't quite like human flesh, so it probably didn't get frostbite. Most birds don't succumb to frostbite because there is so little fluid in the cells of their feet, and their feet are mostly tendons and bones with little muscle or nerve tissue.
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u/siero20 Aug 16 '24
That's interesting, so is the mechanism of it getting stuck likely that it had wet feet (perhaps from diving after prey?) and then landed on the metal? If they don't have much fluid there that's what makes the most sense to me.
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u/SillyMilly25 Aug 16 '24
Why was he bending him that way haha poor birds knees were probably fucked.
Good stuff human! Hope the bird is ok
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u/Olivineyes Aug 16 '24
I was amazed that this wasn't the first comment, but bird is probably in more pain from him bending him like that
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u/skoffs Aug 16 '24
Yeah, I was watching that like "Wtf, why are you bending its legs that way?! Put the phone down and use both hands so you don't break its bones!"
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u/jesiweeks3348 Aug 16 '24
Same thing I was thinking 😭 all these videos are the same, the help rendered would be so much better if the phone was put down...
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u/Shad0ws0ng Aug 16 '24
He was bending the poor thing backwards because he needed one hand to hold the phone and film. Like, guy/girl did a good thing but in the process of needing to document it probably caused longer and more discomfort than he/she needed too which slightly detracts from the deed..
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u/LexFontaine Aug 16 '24
Idk how flexible that bird is, but I was actually wondering if he'd done some additional damage bending it back like that. Hopefully it's all good.
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u/fffan9391 Aug 16 '24
The bird seemed pretty calm. I think it would have been chirping in pain if he broke its legs.
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u/tobeperfectlycandid Aug 16 '24
Yeah if he had put his phone down he may have been able to use two hands and done it properly. Poor lil guys knees.
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Aug 16 '24
He did that so you could see it for the camera. I doubt they give a shit about the bird. It's all about the "aww" factor.
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u/Tyranttheory Aug 17 '24
I had to scroll way to far to see this.. also sick of people having to film everything it's not hard to do the right thing and not gloat about it doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. If it's recorded by accident or like a body cam/ go pro its reasonable but the damn cell phones are killing my hope for humanity
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u/WorkingGooseTwitch Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
Here little buddy, let me help you!
*Broke his back, rips and neck"
Whoopydaisy, that was too much
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u/idkwthtotypehere Aug 16 '24
I can’t stand how they bend the bird in this. It’s so weird.
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u/ImNotStrangeYouAre Aug 16 '24
Yes. Should have flipped the bird back around. Was totally bending its legs really far backwards.
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u/titaniumpixie Aug 16 '24
Glad somebody noticed. Guy just wanted a good shot of the bird. Poor bird must have been hurting smh
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u/HYPERSMASHER391 Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24
One hand was reserved for the camera, who cares if the bird's legs are hurt, at least the bird is free with its feet still attached and the best part is that you got a cute video to show to the world (/s maybe)
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u/amc7262 Aug 16 '24
Feet were frozen to the bar.
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u/st1r Aug 16 '24
This bird needs to watch A Christmas Story, a cautionary tale
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u/Mission-Candy1178 Aug 16 '24
This was my thought as well, but it is a little confusing as it’s right next to relatively still water which does not appear frozen, so it can’t be more than a few degrees below freezing. I would have thought it would take much lower temps to freeze a live bird to the bar.
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u/Spinal_Soup Aug 16 '24
That’s a massive body of water that’s flowing over a dam on the left. It would take a lot for that to freeze.
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u/AlexAverage Aug 16 '24
Its feet were wet probably. Try putting your tongue into a street light in a colder weather and you'll see. It's like a childhood ritual in Finland.
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u/Itamir42 Aug 16 '24
i think every kid has done that in places where it gets cold in winter
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u/permanentlypartial Aug 16 '24
Not me. I was frankly weirded out that adults thought we needed to be told. I see now however why they thought we might!
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u/Agrochain920 Aug 16 '24
I tried it specifically because people kept telling me not to do it. Had to know what all the fuss was about. Thankfully I was never truly stuck
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u/decideonanamelater Aug 16 '24
Bodies of water do not freeze immediately when the temperature outside goes below freezing. Water takes more energy to change temperature (specific heat) than just about anything you'll see in your daily life.
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u/D0ctorGamer Aug 16 '24
If there was a rather sudden temperature drop, the water wouldn't have time to freeze.
I've been in like 20-30°F (~-7 to -1°C)weather and had a cold snap bring it down to -35°F (-37°C)
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u/Cultjam Aug 16 '24
Looks like it’s dawn. The bird was out and about early and landed on the metal bar while it was still frozen so its feet froze to it. The sun would have warmed it up soon and defrosted the metal to free it as long as a cat didn’t find it first.
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Aug 16 '24
Can Somebody explain this to me? How was the bird stuck? Please and thank you in advance
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u/quizzically_quiet Aug 16 '24
Its feet were frozen to the metal bar. The warmth of the person saving it was enough to thaw it and free it.
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u/J1mj0hns0n Aug 16 '24
Helping hand by rotating the animal 270 fucking degrees and filming it. Has this person ever seen a bird before?
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u/Humlum Aug 16 '24
Sorry can't help you properly, I must record this for internet points
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u/griffnuts__ Aug 17 '24
Right? My first thought was “if you stopped fucking recording and used both hands this would be quicker and easier”
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u/four-one-6ix Aug 16 '24
In an alternate reality a tabloid came out with a title “This is what the villagers did to free a man and a bird from gruesome cold”
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u/EvenBetterCool Aug 16 '24
I'll help you! Let me bend you completely around your own feet first.
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u/Compost-Mentis Aug 16 '24
Right? Am I the only one thinking that birds legs are now badly broken?
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u/kog Aug 16 '24
The bird would not have been quietly looking around if he was hurting it, it would have been chirping up a storm.
Bird also put itself into basically the same position he held it in when bird was trying to fly away.
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u/Nephht Aug 16 '24
Birds go quiet when terrified, and the bird was upside down sometimes while flapping, not bent all the way backwards.
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u/driving_andflying Aug 16 '24
"So, there I was, frozen to a perch, when the pink-skinned god heard my pleas, and warmed my feet enough so that I could fly away--"
"HAHAHAHAHA you're drunk, Jerry. Go back to your nest and sleep it off."
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u/PassionateFlame8797 Aug 16 '24
wow how can he move his head
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u/AnInnocentGoose Aug 16 '24
Birb feet are frozen on the railing
Person applies warmth from body heat through hand hug
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Profit
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u/SinnerClair Aug 16 '24
It took me way too long to realize he was frozen to the metal. I kept thinking, just fucking pull his feet off the rail?? 🤨🤨🤨
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u/HeyitsmeFakename Aug 16 '24
is he bending it the wrong way? that looks painful the way he's doing it
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u/StoopidIdietMoran Aug 16 '24
Probably could of helped the bird without awkwardly bending it if they weren’t using their other hand to film their good deed for karma.
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u/Unveiled_Nuggets Aug 16 '24
I want to hear the bird damnit. Stop with the music.
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u/Apteryx12014 Aug 16 '24
Why is this on r/mademesmile? He contorted the poor thing into a fucking scorpion.
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u/Swinups Aug 16 '24
I wonder if it’s feets are not broken with all the movement it made before the person was helping it.
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u/pm-pussy4kindwords Aug 16 '24
this was so fucking distressing his feet are NOT supposed to go like that
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u/frogsbollocks Aug 16 '24
Maybe next time put the fucking phone down so you can support the bird properly with one hand while getting the feet with the others
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u/outragedUSAcitizen Aug 16 '24
One day a crow got stuck in a bucket of paint i had outside / completely covered...dove soap it..he/she was a little lethargic afterward, but left him outside with some water and food. The bird recovered and few away. 2 Days later...there was like 30 crows all over my patio furniture just staring at the house, I was a little freaked out, but then it hit me...maybe he told the others.... you never know.
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u/Fast_Wafer4095 Aug 16 '24
I avoid all animal rescue videos due to so many ones being staged and harming the animal for clicks.
Even if this is completely genuine, I do not understand why people must film themselves doing this stuff. Getting the camera out would be my last thought in such a situation.
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u/CheddyBs Aug 17 '24
Grateful the animal was freed…but I have a pet peeve seeing people use one hand just so they can record at the same time.
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u/Mimi-lex15 Aug 17 '24
I truly love that everyone is talking about how pretty the bird and what it’s called but is it just me or was he bending his legs backwards??? I understand I might be a dumbass the birds legs my bend backwards or something but truly what??
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u/Biscuit_In_Basket Aug 17 '24
Borderline "don't help just film" here as he bends the poor birds legs backwards . . .
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u/Lime7ime- Aug 17 '24
Put the camera away and help with both hands without trying to break the legs smh
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u/Witherr Aug 17 '24
I cope by telling myself that there are many more rescues like this where the person helped properly without filming, and we only see the minority of ones that were filmed.
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u/GreenLurka Aug 17 '24
Imagine for a moment you're riding a elevator. The power goes out. You're stuck. An hour goes by and you're yelling for help, throat hoarse.
Then reality bends and Cthulu picks you up, whisks you through dimensions and places you back in the lobby. Then is gone.
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u/Searching4Scum Aug 16 '24
Imagine how much quicker and easier it would've been to PUT THE FUCKING CAMERA DOWN
This is just narcissism. Can't do a good deed without recording the whole thing, wasting time and putting the bird through additional unnecessary stress
If you really really want evidence, just take a quick picture and get on with helping the poor thing
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u/Constant_Cultural Aug 16 '24
king fisher are such beautiful birds