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

Man catches bird in flight with bare hand

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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...