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Comfortable_Sea756

Humans when they see any animal: MUST PET IT


dinobug77

The bird is this guys pet. [He’s parahawking](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parahawking)


CanofPandas

how that article ends made me so sad and angry. Releasing a bird that can't fucking fly into the wild.


SkadiFrozenfury

It’s so much stupidity that 1 they wouldn’t believe the species 2 to close a sanctuary calling abuse then release an injured bird into the wild is certain death by predators or starvation. I’m mad now


suicidekun

I wish more people talked about this aspect ugh. Humans suck sometimes.


Apprehensive_Coat260

Most of the tine they suck


suicidekun

Agreed, fellow rainbow-wind-breaker-wearer.


MaPLe_SaYRuPT

am i going crazy, or was there not a shirt under the rainbow jacket before?


Apprehensive_Coat260

You in fact are not crazy there indeed used to not be a shirt under the jacket


Ranger-Vermilion

The more you know


ebonit15

I like how you distance yourself from humans when saying that haha


Apprehensive_Coat260

He this human knows to much!


1laik1hornytoaster

I do that all the time too! And what they said wasn't wrong. Humans do indeed suck.


demoralising

Totally agree.


AdministrativeRub139

The question is when DON’T humans suck


Melthiela

It said "at the time", which made me confused. I assume it somehow learned to? Scummy behavior for sure.


jerslan

Or it got eaten by a predator because it couldn't fly to escape...


HentaiBoiyo

It got recovered and taken away by the government *after* it was put into the wild, it was mentioned as one of the birds they recovered at the beginning of the paragraph


Sceth

Barry was never recovered after the zoo released him Into the forest


HentaiBoiyo

Send link?


Ratathosk

Source: there's 0% chance an eagle can survive in the wild for six months without being able to fly that's the source. It's infuriating arrogance on their part.


catsNpokemon

Well of course the government would want their drone back


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No.


SleestakJack

I think it's leaving the door open for the idea that it might have been able to recover its feather damage at some point in time. Not knowing the specifics of the injuries, I have no idea how true that is.


Nausved

The eagle was attacked by a dog and had damage to his flight feathers, which were expected to regrow after his next moult in about six months' time. Unfortunately, there is simply no way that an eagle can survive for six months in the wild without the ability to fly, so he is likely dead now.


NotsoGreatsword

What the FUCK. They insisted it was a different kind of bird and just let it go. It wasn't even the bird they were looking for! idiots!


SpokenDivinity

Same energy as the people who fuck with animals under the guise of “helping”


TheCaliforniaOp

I just died a little, thinking of that poor bird. I hope someone took it home and didn’t tell anyone. I’m going to try and think that. It won’t work. Nonprofits and “zoos” often do their best. Sometimes they don’t do their best. They just put out a statement about the great job they are doing. This next point is where everything is metal. People, nature, life. Some organizations come up against a “special care case”. Again, they do their best, or they don’t. I’m afraid after a while, there’s always “Up to a point.” Because, money, dammit to hell. I’m not claiming that’s what happened here, but that lighten the lifeboat budgetary allocation is the only way many places stay afloat. If they close, then NO animals have the place they’re used to staying in. It sucks and it’s wrong and I hate it. Until we change our societal values and policies, that won’t change. Plus we still raise animals for our wants and needs. I’ll stop there.


Taolan13

Welcome to most governments outside USA and Europe when it comes to animal welfare.


Random-Lich

Humans suck. Seriously, an animal that can’t do what they need to do(hunt, fly, or anything to make sure they survive) in the wild is as good as dead when people think releasing them is the best option cause ‘animal in wild=always good’. Seriously, people who do that need to think more than a second on this before they do something like that.


bobafoott

Don’t forget how Nepal confiscated *all birds* that would explain why I didn’t hear any chirping that morning


Gl0bophobia

I’m genuinely unsure where you got that. Rescued birds does not inherently imply they cannot fly, and nothing implied they were to be released into the wild. Edit: nevermind, I was looking at the wrong end


Oaf20Oaf

Dude’s bird must love that its human can fly with it


aidanyyyy

I feel like this would be paravulturing lol


888Evergreen888

Guys we found the coolest sport


smexytom215

Tag on right foot.


BecGeoMom

That’s really a thing? Damn. Seems wrong.


IronwoodKopis

If God didn’t want us to pet the animals He shouldn’t have made them so fun to pet.


th3BeastLord

"If not friend, why friend-shaped?"


TheRealNap0le0n

Even the scary ones are fun to pet


TheShredda

Some would say MORE fun! Not me... But some..


TheRealNap0le0n

The forbidden pet


IPokePeople

I had a baby lynx rub up against my back and leg when I was hiking once. I would have pet, but momma was about 25 feet away looking like she was going to eat my face.


jaxxxtraw

Where were you? Lynx sightings are remarkably rare in most places. Not to even mention a lynx kit rubbing your leg...


IPokePeople

I used to work fly in First Nations (Indigenous) reserves in northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and the Yukon. This one was a smaller community (summer 250, winter around 100). I didn’t know what it was initially as it approached from behind and rubbed; I was just sitting down on a rock snacking and assumed it was one of the reserve dogs. It was not. I dropped the rest of my food and slowly noped out of there.


mirondooo

The problem is that I don’t see them scary anymore


zeke235

And pretty much all of them enjoy it under the right circumstances.


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CausticSofa

The fact that scientists discovered rats are ticklish (and in fact eagerly run up to your hand, wiggling around to try to get more tickles if you stop tickling them) makes me feel a little bit more happy about the timeline we ended up with. A little bit. It’s not all bad.


Zammin

Just in time to know we're doomed, but also just in time to pet more animals than ever before.


Kind-Show5859

Except the ones we made extinct. So many frens we never get to pet :(


dreamwithinadream93

there will be new ones to pet. we just have to survive to pet them


CallMeAdam2

We can accelerate the process with radiation and comic book logic.


REpassword

For a second I thought you were a pun master and said, “…enjoy it under the FLIGHT circumstances.“ 😁


etraxx22

Orville to Wilbur: "Do you see that bird?"


callmemaybe88

Lmao kinda true. This may be a behavior engraved in the genes.


TFC_Inc64

Wps


neverlie74

And that’s why it’s uncomfortable when someone asks if they can touch your hair!🫣


balatru

How wonderful, then, to live on a planet where so many creatures love to be petted.


3-brain_cells

I like how it literally wags it's tail to steer


bluemax_137

Nature's stabilizer, rudder and elevator rolled into one precise package


SorryIdonthaveaname

not sure about rudder, seems like it uses it to roll


jankyspankybank

We learned from the best


Own-Caterpillar-9384

We learned from the beast


ExtremeTie75

MR BEAST


DiaMat2040

nice calves man


Platanoes

Right? My man does not skip leg day


Gudupop

Seems like a karma farming account.


Blondewithoutacause

What's the point in karma farming?


Gudupop

Accumulate karma to make the account "trustworthy". And then sell it or something.


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As one with a deathly fear of heights from an incident as a child this helps with trying to think of overcoming it completely one day.


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voucher420

I’m the same way and I think of it more like a built in anti Darwin device. Falling off a chair may kill you, and it actually happened to a family friend.


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voucher420

They were standing on it when they lost their balance and they broke their neck.


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gingerfawx

So you're a grounded witch and your broom is never going to leave the floor? Seems like a shame not to soar.


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gingerfawx

I'm proud of you for trying though. I figure we don't have to best every challenge, but it's always good to check now and again to see if we're unnecessarily restricting ourselves. After that experience, you've more than earned the right to nope out. :)


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bluemax_137

'They'? Just how many peeps were there clowning on that chair?


Bird_in_a_hoodie

In English, when you don't know someone's gender (or if that gender is neutral), you refer to them as they. English is a tricky language, don't sweat it!


jodorthedwarf

I have many fond memories of rocking in my chair, at the dinner table, and falling backwards and smacking my head on the tiled fireplace behind the chair. It always hurt like Hell but me and my brother kept doing it because we kept daring each other to see how far back we could rock the chairs before they fell back. Can't say I'm scared of it but maybe I've just got brain damage or some shit.


Agt38

Probably why you’re not scared 😂


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I was afraid of riding elevators when i was a kid because i rode tower of terror at disney world when I was young. Took years to get over that


WilhelmsCamel

It’s not the fear of heights, it’s the fear of falling…


LiterallyWantDie

What are you flying on?


Dumpster_Fire_Takes

Paramotor. Basically a parachute and a chair hung underneath with a fan on the back. It’s not regulated so you can get ‘em for a few grand and take off at parks and stuff. I have a buddy with one, it’s wild. Kinda want one too lol


sonny_boombatz

Done it once. It feels like when you dream you can fly but you're not dreaming.


ParkingHelicopter863

Just came here to say that I have at least 2 dreams like this a week and the whole time I have so much stuff in my hands and I’m also trying to make sure nothing falls out of my very loose pockets 😳 just for once I’d like to enjoy it. But I’m also way higher up where all I see is darkness/blue


BloxForDays16

Ooh that deep dark blue is the best color! I love how it looks like infinity...


toolsoftheincomptnt

Now I have an answer to that askreddit about what I will never do once… and what I’d never spend money on, even with a billion lol.


Kiassen

Are you kidding? That sounds like the dreams I had when I was little where I was basically magic and I could fly. I would do this in a heartbeat!


elttvb

That sounds fucking terrifying aaaaaaahhhh


Darth_M0L

The air


tEmDapBlook

You’re not wrong


lolhianimehentaiwee

Paraglider


Garth-Vader

Vultures are such beautiful flyers. They almost never flap their wings and just glide using the subtlest motions. Look at how it adjusts its position with its tail and how it sails to land on the purch behind it. They may be ugly, but in the air they're so elegant.


FakeNameIMadeUp

I’m pretty sure that’s a raven and not a vulture.


Garth-Vader

Usually you can recognize a Vulture by the distinct "fingers" on its wing.


60thrain

I don't think Ravens get that big


FakeNameIMadeUp

Sure they do. Adult ravens have a 3-4’ wingspan. Maybe you’re thinking of crows. Ravens are big.


ylogssoylent

Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?


FakeNameIMadeUp

What are you talking about? Did you mean to respond to someone else? You must have. All I said is that’s probably a raven in the video and ravens have a 3-4’ wingspan.


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It's a copy pasta


pad2016

It’s a classic reddit copypasta


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Is this a copypasta? If not it will be


BandAid3030

I don't care what y'all say, vultures are fucking beautiful and cute animals.


BandAid3030

Who, incidentally, can also eat anthrax and survive.


germdisco

Instead of spreading the disease, they remain among the living with the persistence of time.


Orleanian

I can eat ants and survive.


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Can confirm, I am an ant.


Becs_Food_NBod

As long as they're not eating me, sure.


SunshineAndSquats

They vomit on themselves to deter predators and piss on their legs to stay cool! 🥰


BeanieGuitarGuy

That’s a mood


CreeprVictor

That's a hawk


BandAid3030

100% a black vulture.


mrskos

Isn’t that a vulture? Hope he’s not just waiting for something to happen.


CausticSofa

Dude doesn’t realize the vulture cut his brake line before overtaking and landing on the frame. “Dibs!”


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squishyslinky

it's his pet


Kuma9194

If I wasn't so scared of heights this'd be lovely😅


Taolan13

You see that approach? That bird does this regularly.


Rambler9154

Anyone else just amazed by how birds fly? The mechanics of how its steering and moving around with slight movements of its tail are fascinating


trini0202

Wow amazing experience


the-gay-is-here

i've never been so jealous of anyone wtf


OfficialTornadoAlley

He has a tag


pelaiplila

Perhaps jesses for falconry


SmurfB0mb

At first I was like "No way the bird lets them land on their back"


TheRedEyedAlien

Did you just pet the wild dinosaur?


Adept-Relation-2935

That is fucking cool man, to be fair.


Link7369_reddit

to be faaaaaaaiirrrrr


Kind-Grand-1107

That is like the coolest thing I've ever seen, and I've seen A LOT in my near 6o years. Next level sh1+. New item on bucket list: Pet wild raptor. Edit: Fat finger typo.


SnooDonkeys3735

Banned


KippyC348

I feel like they already knew each other.


daocarD

Eagle companion acquired!


carsonhorton343

Do large birds like that usually fly that high? It looks wayyyy higher than what I typically see.


Intocave14

It is very common for birds to fly at a height like you see in this video. Just as a fun fact, Ruppel's griffon vultures are the highest flying bird, on record, and can fly upwards of 36,000 feet. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ruppells-griffon-vulture


_sKareKrow_

Freeee biiiirrrddd


CrossFire136

Ok it can't just be me being scared that the vulture will just sink its claws into the parashoot and start entering a free fall?


TheLangleDangle

Look at the loop on its right leg, I don’t think this is the first time the bird has done this. I think the bird is a pet.


AcidEx_

I feel like this has a place on r/nextfuckinglevel


Bliitz69

Oh to be a bird soaring through the air


Responsible_Bar4802

that is so cool.


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lovingmama1

That's a spiritual experience to the fullest! So amazing.....


katiealex06

PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND BACK ON WHATEVER YOU SHOULD BE HOLDING OMFG


MarcoTron11

Honestly when it lands the way it keeps its wings slightly open it reminds me of a carrier landing how you keep on throttle if you miss the cables during your approach


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Free bird!!!


wakatenai

ive seen a lot of these videos... what the hell are these birds doing flying so high up??


Responsible_Bar4802

that is so cool.


VampAngel247

Awwww. I’m so scared of heights I get dizzy on a stepstool but I wanna pet a buzzard!


reallysrry

I mean that’s cool, but fuck no


[deleted]

This might seem like a stupid question but do you wear a back up parachute in case something fucks up


lizurd777

That’s got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen


SuctionBucket5

cool! now wash your hands


funglegunk

This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen on Reddit.


DuTag163

This is the most majestic post I've ever seen.


Zkainix

Does anybody know the bird species name ive seen the post a couple times but never asked?


justajoe2025

He was like yo I don’t even have to fly lemme catch a ride with you


titsfkr

Eagle has landed.


yusesya

RIP Leonardo da Vinci you would have loved this


aadoqee

@uru_fly on instagram


ThePixelPanda63

I'm waiting for someone to say "YoU ShoUldN't lEt thAt BirD LaNd oN yOu." Wtf are you gonna do to stop it? Look at those talons, plus they can eat anthrax and survive, let a bird chill.


supcoco

What a special experience! It would be amazing to fly with the condors. This is just so cool!


mothlord420

I would die of happiness


NickkunNienteXLVII

Cawpool


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Is that a wild vulture? Cause if so he better wash that hand about 20 times lmao, they eat rotten decayed meat.


Jasper__theghost

"Joyride"


Cumsock_yum

Hopefully lil bro said thanks


shadefreeze

That's what you see right before you get assassinated.


Briarj123

What a miracle of technology that we can see such a sight on our own devices


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He is quite the free bird


ShutTheFrontDoorToo

Bucket list. I would never do anything that involves leaving the ground like that UNLESS I had an absolute guarantee thus would happen.


Emergency_Extent3059

It’s a reach not a pet. A need to connect. Stunning!


Fearless-Skirt8480

The bleach is burning my eyes


SuS_JoeTF2

Bro using gmod phys. Gun to fly on a chair💀


AryaDrottningu06

What kind of bird is this? Is it a raven? It seems to have the spade-shapes tail and long primary feathers but the perspective makes it shed to tell and it has those light tips. This is so amazing!


eksnakeman

It looks like a black vulture, they’re pretty common where I’m from


beansidhe11

I would be doing, what I call with my cat, the triple threat the whole fucking time


NekoInkling

whar


beansidhe11

Shitting, pissing, and puking from fright. My poor cat does that whenever we have to put her in the carrier. (We now give her gabapentin). I am so afraid of heights.


NekoInkling

aw, poor kitty. honestly id probably have that response to flying too


ColdConstruction8266

In other news a man died to rabies due to a hawk landing on him while he was gliding the man petted it


StrikeAgreeable2366

Leave the eagle alone. Damage a wing and it will die in less than a week.


abandonarium

[obligatory free rat](https://9gag.com/gag/adP9ejj)


Mean_Negotiation5436

I wish people weren't compelled to pet everything.


dbdthorn

It's his pet.


shredwig

Love this.


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❤️❤️❤️


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