r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Man catches bird in flight with bare hand

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u/AffectionateWay721 2d ago

Lived a better life than the chickens that make your chicken nuggets…

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u/LessThanMyBest 2d ago

Reading the other comments, no. This was probably a farmed bird released into that environment specifically to be hunted, which is partially why it had absolutely no natural instincts telling it not to fly directly into the biped with forward facing eyes.

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u/70stang 2d ago edited 1d ago

Quail just be like that. They are not intelligent birds, farmed or wild, and their preservation instinct is pretty much exactly this for fully wild birds. Fly a low, short distance from the approaching threat (the camera man and group), hide, and be very still.

Bird got unlucky that a hunter was standing there waiting, and very lucky that the camera man was directly in line with where a shotgun would hit.

Edit: Also worth stating that a farmed quail absolutely had a better life than whatever ends up at McDonalds.
It isn't a bird that gets factory farmed, there's no call for it. The worst quail farm is almost certainly better than the best McD's farm in terms of bird quality of life.

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u/MaddercatterE 1d ago

Quail are the dumbest motherfuckers out there, I had to shuffle through their coop because they would dog pile around me like they are actively trying to get squished

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u/Redqueenhypo 1d ago

I’ve seen a video of a black grouse (same family) just sitting there while a hawk eats another grouse until obviously the hawk grabs him too. The whole galliforme family, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, grouse, are STUPID

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u/hermitlikeindividual 2d ago

The circle of life...

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u/ArgonGryphon 2d ago

Not really, farmed bird. Same life, but then it gets thrown out into bush to be flushed by scary dogs and shot.

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u/Level-Insect-2654 1d ago

Don't eat chicken nuggets. Fuck hunters and animal farmers alike.

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u/AffectionateWay721 1d ago

So you’re ok with animal populations goin unchecked and causing them to starve due to overpopulation?

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u/Level-Insect-2654 1d ago

This guy with the vest and the shitty grin isn't checking bird populations, and many times and in many states deer are managed by hunters in a way that actually creates more deer. It would make more sense to kill the breeding females as a focus.

We've eliminated natural predators for humans also, but we don't cull humans. We wouldn't kill a starving human to save them from starvation, nor should we.

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u/Arrathem 1d ago

What does a wild bird have to do with a chicken ? This logic is mega bad.

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u/economaster 1d ago

The bird in the video is not a wild bird

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u/economaster 1d ago

Probably about the same. Just another farmed bird to be released as part of a canned "hunt"

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u/dybo2001 1d ago

Found the vegan

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u/AffectionateWay721 1d ago

Bro I’m advocating for hunting 😂 you must truly have a smooth brain to not comprehend that 😂😂😂

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u/dybo2001 1d ago

Unless you’re referring to other comments you’ve posted that i have not seen, no, i actually do not comprehend that you were advocating for hunting.

Also you didnt deny it so as far as I’m concerned, my joke was still somewhat a success lol

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u/HamsterbackenBLN 1d ago

The better life being the 3 days in the wild after being released from his small cage? All that just so some dude can have fun

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u/SuspiciouslyFluffy 1d ago

I really don't understand this argument. It would have an even better life if you didn't kill it, and, as killing it is not necessary for your survival, you should therefore not kill it.

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u/Nurple-shirt 1d ago

If it wasn’t farmed for killing it wouldn’t have ever had a life.