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Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

Hector Beerlioz posted:

It probably saw it's owners yelling at their phones so it's might be imitating them

Have you guys never seen a child of years 0-2 play before? Children yell into cups to hear their echo or just to make noise to amuse themselves. Cockatoos do it for the same reason.

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Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQuDyuQFKE

Also, good thread.

Same cockatoo in the op https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MHbUVvlQzMk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChdxP6pv8k

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ipKzLnk82l4

Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Sep 23, 2015

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

loving rules. :torgue:



I'll see your fish and raise you a bird. :colbert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO2TR_8jXPc

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

Asiina posted:

At my old university they were everywhere. The school would block off exits to buildings for parts of the year because geese would take up nesting there and would attack. There was an official website attached to the university's site that tracked the nests.

Most of the time they just hiss at you, but they can get aggressive too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy1kC4d1kyg

This is great. Somebody really needs to splice the song Showdown from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly into this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tR78d0cmA

Or the Jaws song.

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uUaxwGOuWN4

:3

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

proof of concept posted:

Here are two birds performing a mating dance:

Note the bright plumage on the male, which helps it to attract a mate

No gays in the military. At all.

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1a2pW_ZxhUI

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

Huh. Had not observed that behavior before.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CYKLV3CLmBs

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
Pigeons were not smart enough to impress the USA Army with their missle guiding capabilities

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/pigeon-guided-missiles-bird-brained-ideas/

:colbert:

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RcMjJVqTjU0

Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NmMMHuzDtG0

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Helical Nightmares
Apr 30, 2009

GenericOverusedName posted:

They hit some weird uncanny valley poo poo. Flat face with humanish eyes, but they move all wrong and look all wrong. The horrible sounds they make when they're upset about a camera shoved in their face doesn't help.

That noise they make could be lifted without modification and put into a horror movie/game. If you didn't know it came from really cute owls, it is really terrifying and alien.

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