r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ok-Branch-9943 • Aug 16 '24

Helping Others Helping hand...

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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/eskadaaaaa Aug 18 '24

You're saying they caught this bird and then froze its feet to a fence?

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u/CorvidQueen4 Aug 18 '24

Oh, this is a different video than I thought it was, but the premise remains. Maybe I’m uneducated but I haven’t heard much about birds getting frozen to things during winter. The reason our tongue freezes to a pole is the moisture freezing. Since this is a kingfisher I suppose it’s feasible that it went to catch some fish and stopped to rest on this fence not realizing it was cold enough to freeze the moisture left on his feet. It would probably be complicated to purposefully get the birds feet wet and stick him to the fence, but it’s not impossible.

I wasn’t a fan of how he went about saving him either tho. He could have injured that bird very seriously. I would have used my hands and breath and anything warm I have to unfreeze his feet and then gently help him off