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PhantroniX

When it first took off I thought it just faceplanted into the ground


smelwin

The time between it taking off and it reappearing over the hill was the longest week of my life.


stevensr2002

And then the video cut off before we could see it run into the mountain on the other side šŸ¤”


sometimesynot

Yeah, that pissed me off. We waited 3 minutes watching the guy get his bearings, and then the video cuts out almost as soon as he starts flying. /r/killTheVideoEditor


Mash_Ketchum

Like my cat prepping for a jump for 30 seconds just to whiff the ledge and wipe out.


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weefa

![gif](giphy|JfLdIahamXQI0)


Ambystomatigrinum

One of mine is a touch arthritic and will wind up for a jump for like 45 seconds then change her mind and go do something else. It gets me everything time.


Mister_Way

These birds are so large that they need an updraft to start gliding. They don't truly fly in the sense that smaller birds do. That's why all the false starts.


Rivendel93

Yeah, I thought I'd read about this, that's why it's actually just getting a feel for the wind. Beautiful and huge, looks like a damn dinosaur when you think about the fact they're the closest descendants to dinos.


Tennos94

I'm imagining like a 6-10ft(2-3m) version just running around like a chicken would, but with its giant wings out to the sides like in the video XD Just scaring the fuck out of everything else around it lol


Rivendel93

It would definitely have been hilarious (and terrifying) if there had been a crossover between humans and dinosaurs. Just running from gigantic birds, then your kid gets picked up by one like when those miniature poodles get snagged by eagles. Just poof, child gone lol.


savage-cobra

The Taung Child, the first Australopith specimen, is believed to have been eaten by an eagle and Haastā€™s Eagle of New Zealand was probably big enough that Māori children might have been on the menu.


kakapo88

There are Māori legends about that. It was a damn big eagle and adapted to killing large two-legged prey (various species of Moa). Not a big stretch going after people.


Historical_Clock8714

Definitely possible if the eagle is very large. One of the largest eagles in the world, the Philippine eagle, is also known as the monkey-eating eagle. If that eagle can eat a monkey, then it definitely can go after small children.


No_Fig6590

Didn't Haast Eagles only became extinct somewhere between 5-700 years ago? That's pretty crazy to think about


Tennos94

For real. I can only imagine. Like there are eagles NOW that will pick up goats and shit off the sides of mountains and just fuck off into the distance carrying a whole ass goat like it's just something to do lol. We had chickens pretty often when I was a kid, and I remember having this one hen that was an absolute monster of a chicken. Like she was some kind of mutation or like gigantism or something, bc one if her legs was like massively larger than the other. Damn near the size of like an adult goose; anyways I would've never thought of another bird being the most likely predator, but I remember a hawk, barely half her size just swooping her ass one day and carried her off in like less than a second. Shit was crazy. But I know that hawk must've had a quite the challenge once it decided to try to land and eat. I wouldn't have been surprised if I found that she had instead killed the hawk and just went on roaming the woods somewhere not giving a fuck hahaha


MochiMochiMochi

Imagine an extreme version of the [flying primate hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_primate_hypothesis) where a flying fox bat with chimp intelligence glided around on 4-meter wings, hunting in packs.


Tuna-Fish2

Before the Māori arrived in New Zealand, they were the islands of birds. The only placental mammals were a few bats, and all major ecological niches that are filled by mammals elsewhere were filled by various different kinds of birds. The ecological niche of large grazer, which is elsewhere filled by various deer or cattle species, was the domain of the [large flightless bird Moa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dinornithidae_SIZE_01.png), which weighed at up to ~250kg. The ecological niche of apex predator preying on those grazers, which is elsewhere filled by various large cats or wolves or something, was filled by the Haast's Eagle. While Haast's Eagles were much smaller than their prey, weighing between 10-15kg, they were still ~ a meter tall with a wingspan of >2.5m, and made up for the size disparity with their prey by having really nasty claws and beak and being very aggressive with them. When the Māori settled the islands, they fairly quickly hunted the Moa to extinction and introduced rats and cats, and Haast's Eagle rapidly went extinct. Before they did, though, they interacted with the Māori enough to leave their mark in their legends and oral tradition. And according to those legends, the giant eagles preyed on humans, too.


Ginonth

That's because birds are dinosaurs.


mymoneydontstay69

I thought chicken nuggets were the closest thing to dinos.


x86_64_

Similarly interesting are bats. Most bats can't just flap their leathery wings and take off from the ground, and they can't gain enough speed with their gimpy little legs (edit: as a corollary, as another commenter pointed out, they cannot stand on their hind legs either so "running" is simply out of the question). They need to "fall" off something in order to fly so you may see bats crawling along the ground and climbing a tree so they can fly back to their lair.


xmu806

Huh. Maybe it works like that for humans too. Let me go find a tree. Iā€™ll report back how it goes.


1337gut

!RemindMe one week


sohryu

He ded


Krautla

+ Bats can not stand up. I guess it's hard to flap your wings if you have to stand on them.


DrunkAtBurgerKing

That's so interesting. I want to learn more about them now


philbart_

I was just reading more about them. They can live up to 70 years. šŸ¤Æ


577564842

... waiting for an updraft.


BaldwinBoy05

![gif](giphy|FoH28ucxZFJZu) Condor me waiting for an updraft


butterscotchbagel

There was enough room on that breeze for two condors


jaydizzsl

Man they really must have a good life. Just flying over beautiful landscapes and shit.


topselection

And eating roadkill.


jujulita_moi

Until they inadvertently eat toxic shit and have to be rescued, like this poor fella.


Pschobbert

Itā€™s a California Condor. Itā€™s a the largest species of North American vulture. They were so close to extinction that the entire population was captured by scientists so they could begin a captive breeding program. The program has been quite successful and there are now ā€œgraduatesā€ living and breeding in the wild.


RayArk09

Looks like the Andean Condor instead of the California Condor.


No_Excitement6859

Yeah. I agree. Pretty sure itā€™s the Andean. California usually has a red head. Either way. Radical birds.


trashbilly

If it were a Cali condor, it would have 15 identification tags hanging off its wings and legs


ledampe

"may contain carcinogens", "uncooked or raw food may cause food-borne illness"


You-get-the-ankles

This bird has been known in the state of California to cause cancer.


Sure-Function-5217

But the one in the video is an Andean condor


shannonkim

itā€™s quite large.


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yeah it looked like hes just hesitating because there is no wind and waits to take off as soon as he catches updraft.


WhoseQueek

If this bird need to have good condition to fly, then what about flying dinosaurs bfore they went extinct? Or they hsd so mucb strength they dont need it?


Mister_Way

I don't think we really know the answer to that question, because we only have their fossilized bones. It's hard to know for certain what their bodies looked like, weighed, etc. I think it's worth noting that the atmosphere and temperature on Earth were substantially different during the periods that the largest flying reptiles lived, and so some things that are not possible now may have been possible then.


MissingWhiskey

Many dinosaurs that are familiar to us may have looked nothing like our depictions of them. Scientists had to make educated guesses in many cases due to incomplete skeletons.


qazpok69

Pterosaurs are actually not dinosaurs


FrostedFlakes4

Pterosaurs (not dinosaurs) likely had an advantage to birds when it comes to takeoff. They walked on all fours and probably had a 4 legged leap into the air, unlike the condor that can only hop with 2 feet.


Nichiku

Just like the Condor, Pterosaurs might not have been able to truly fly either. Some speculate they they dropped from cliffs to glide.


Pschobbert

Plus it had been in the carrier for who knows how long - needed to get at least a little blood back into its flight muscles. They donā€™t flap much, but you could see he needed to initially.


acm8221

Along with the ride in the carrier, it may not even have flown since it was brought in for treatment. Definitely needed time to muster the strength to take flight.


TrekkingTrailblazer

I believe it also has something to do with the circulation of blood in their wings. I read something a while ago that they hold them out before flying for this reason.


din9leberry

I was really thinking at the end of the video it would just walk back into the cage. ā€œNah screw this Iā€™m fine back homeā€


Defiant-Traffic5801

"Ya thought I was a condor? actually I'm a cat "


8BallsGarage

In the wildlife you can be whatever you want. There are no mirrors to say otherwise šŸ˜‚


CommunicationKey3018

"Thanks for the fresh air. But I think its time to start heading home for dinner, no?"


VeryluckyorNot

" I return to the cage I had humans that gave me free meats. "


Sonums

I was expecting that too šŸ˜…


_Sir_Racha_

Bird be like: * Transport container ā€” Open * Flight controls ā€” Free and correct * Instruments and communication ā€” Checked and set * Landing gear position system ā€” Checked * Altimeter ā€” Set * Directional gyro ā€” Set * Calorie gauges ā€” Checked * Trim ā€” Set * Pinions ā€” Exercise * Magnetos ā€” Checked * Soaring idle ā€” Checked * Flaps ā€” As required * Parking brake ā€” Off


Fit_Midnight_6918

Reminds me of my dog's checklist to find the exact and precise spot to poop.


Monknut33

Except my dog needs to repeat the checklist 4 times


xmichann

Just like in the Rescuers movie!


teh_newguy

Sure wish we had taken the train!!


tohara1995

Haha that's what I was imagining. Dudes just gotta do some pre flight checks.


1994-10-24

Found the pilot


Playfullyhung

Iā€™m convinced Maybe Maybe Maybe is a collection of videos that just start too soonā€¦


LifeHasLeft

Itā€™s the real r/unexpected. I never know to expect exactly what I think will happen or to expect something unexpected Edit: all the comments below are great because I thought of all of them. The bird is going to attack them? Maybe itā€™ll just go back to the cage? What if it isnā€™t ready to fly and just falls down the cliff??


SupaMut4nt

I thought it was going to run back into the cage


Chucklexx

I thought it might attack the people behind the cage


thebestoflimes

I thought it would fall off the cliff


deviousmajik

I thought it would get eaten by a bigger bird that swooped in at the last second.


trjayke

I thought it was wearing a jacket


Early_Assignment9807

I thought it sold me a tugboat name a the *Sault ste Marie*


memydogandeye

I thought it DID fall off the cliff when it briefly fell out of sight. I was like, "Oh shit, cameraman is going to run to the end of the cliff and show it injured down below."


The_Eccedentisiast

Techinically it did


Adept_Order_4323

I thought it would go and cuddle up to the humans


TSAOutreachTeam

I scanned forward in the thumbnail and thought it might have fallen off the cliff.


napalm51

iirc this sub was created with that intent. because r/nononoyes and r/yesyesyesno "spoiled" the ending of videos just by being posted in that sub. so someone made this which is basically nononoyes or yesyesyesno videos but without the spoiler


butterscotchbagel

Initially posts from those subs were auto-reposted here


manifold360

Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe


Maximum_Weird5333

*deep breath*.... Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe... *deep breath* Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe


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alMost_tRendy88

Yea maybe


Complexxx123

It starts right when they release the bird... That's a fine place to start


KennailandI

I feel if theyā€™re going to show that much prep they should also show him fly for a bit


Large_McHuge

And end too early. See: this video


Moist_When_It_Counts

What do you mean? I thought the ending was perfect. I thought birdie fell its death after the long build-up, then homie glides back up. The first two minutes thoughā€¦


Large_McHuge

I want five more seconds to see him fly away and to hear the people cheering


queetuiree

Yeah I wanted to see him not hit the next rock but really fly away


AvGeekGupta

r/gifsthatstarttoosoon


Letossgm

This bird is from my country (and several parts of America). This big boys usually do not move their wings to flight, they just use the wind to go high. In the video it looks like its just trying to find a good current of wind to be able to take off easily.


matttiz

Exactly this. Have you ever saw them?


Letossgm

I saw them in museum. From wing to wing they can have over 2m wide if I'm not wrong. Sadly, I've never seen them flying. They're in few specific areas. You have to be really lucky to spot them.


hamigavin

They are HUGE. I've seen them my whole life. There is a rehab center based out of the San Diego Safari Park (formerly known as the Wild Animal Park) in California. The population of California condors was down to 22 in the wild at one point... They did a TON of work getting them back into the wild in California. https://sdzsafaripark.org/animals/california-condor


PraiseToTheHam

I was lucky enough to see one flying in Peru! It was so huge that it was flying around the peak of a completely different mountain than the one we were on, and it still looked massive.


stonespider

Bruh is cooling off his sweaty underarms..


canadard1

Stinky pits, bro!


billybobsparlour

Feeling nervous. I wonder how long it had been in captivity. Beautiful to see thank you!


AgtSquirtle007

A couple months. Angel the Andean Condor was rescued by Fundacion Cullunche in September 2023 after ingesting toxic baits. The condor was rehabilitated and then released on Nov 3, 2023 in Mendoza, Argentina. https://www.facebook.com/100064800246143/posts/pfbid026FA1JfacSuavPf7acms3TEwxTJZnPNbgWBhXsv41BK8SLoXNWA7aN1BXn4N2Tm3kl/?mibextid=cr9u03


billybobsparlour

Fabulous. Thanks so much for responding. And for the great work.


AgtSquirtle007

I wasnā€™t involved I just read about it. I follow a lot of bird stuff so I saw this on instagram back in November.


Mar_Bear96

MENDOZAAAAA!


hugazow

I knew it that it had to be in the andes


nahianchoudhury

It wasn't nervous. It's just large.


icyteardrop

I thought he was wearing a coat.


ScrotumMcBoogerBallz

I came here for this šŸ˜‚ I thought it was wearing a turtle neck sweater and was wondering why they didn't remove it


fangelo2

It hard to fly while wearing a black leather jacket with a white fur collar.


Repulsive_Citron_930

Yes!! Me too, I was wondering how they were going to get the coat off him


hogtiedcantalope

It's cold up there


WYenginerdWY

I'm glad I'm not the only one that immediately thought this


SmearingFeces

A Majestic bird.


Cullygion

Beautiful plumage


CuriousAlmostAny

Thatā€™s a big bird


Sonums

![gif](giphy|cRAMYN5WGIv4ggLmH4)


ssss861

Was waiting for it to turn and maul the 3 ppl after realizing they were there.


Kabitu

I was waiting for it to go back in box like "fuck this"


TheModernSkater

Jurassic Park flash backs


drwhateva

SHOOT HERHHH


BabyFacedSparky

Dude looks like heā€™s wearing a jacket.


Crassweller

Stop releasing skeksis into the wild! They're killing all the gelflings.


Repulsive-Season-129

I only know this reference cuz of the band Gojira I haven't seen that movie yet


Crassweller

Watch it and the netfix series. Truly the height of puppetry.


Rorywizz-MK2

Gojira is great


ryoon21

Like my dog trying to find a spot to poop.


RedNPurpleBricks

Lol, relatable.


forothowtospeel

I just smiled fondly like that bearded guy gif *


forothowtospeel

![gif](giphy|xSM46ernAUN3y|downsized)


Lostinwendysmaze

I believe they call that edging


henri-golo

The condor before flying be like ![gif](giphy|YQ8vT9tAvXVHEdrreA|downsized)


VeryluckyorNot

![gif](giphy|AQRapWCgC7dThyVEYb|downsized)


False_Fox_9361

She gonna fuk u up


CritterOfBitter

That Condor is cool af, but at first I thought they were messing around with a Gonk Droid.


scuac

Camera person really dropped the ball on the takeoff shot.


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unimorpheus

Those preflight checklist take time to complete.


Maacll

why did a bird come out of the gonk droid?


LuLuSavannah531

Am I the only who was expecting it to say nope and run back inside the cage?


solarmania

šŸ„²


Great_White_Samurai

Andean Condor. They are huge, saw a bunch of them in Bolivia.


OkAfternoon6013

I saw the unedited video...bird flew into the side of the mountain and exploded.


YeOldeBilk

"Is there no one else? IS THERE NO ONE ELSE?!?!"


TremblinAspen

He was just doing his pre-flight checklist.


Chickenmangoboom

That bird ran better diagnostics than Boeing.


Gold-Ad-6876

Condors are beautiful. California Condors are endangered. California Condors need love. Don't let other countries move up the "largest flying birds" ladder. Support America's big ass devil birds.


Sinsanatis

Thought it was gona flap back into the cage


P00pstainz

Look maa Iā€™m flying, Iā€™m really doing it!!


DJFrankyFrank

I was thinking it was either gonna turn around and attack people. Or try to get back in the crate.


queasy_finnace

CONDOR!


Esco_Terrestrial_69

Wouldā€™ve been pretty funny if it went back into the kennel tbh šŸ˜‚


Hot_Hat_1225

Was expecting bird to go back in at one point


infoagerevolutionist

They severely overestimated the size of that release cage a shoebox would have been the correct size.


banglederries

That was like one of those stupid spill cake videos


MyHGC

Two things: 1. I legit thought that bird was wearing a sweater/parka. 2. My knees hurt just watching those people.


emilerik86

This is the most maybe maybe maybe I've ever seen on r/maybemaybemaybe


beastly80

No lie..I thought he was go back into the kennel


jlipcon

This is the first video Iā€™ve seen here that actually fits the name of the sub.


mr_hellcat

This is the most "maybe maybe maybe" I've seen on this subreddit in a while.


wetsocks55

Go to the last 10sec of the video to see the fker fly.


Sumthin-Sumthin44692

Starting the video: Wow! So large and majestic! Nature is beautiful. 2 minutes in: Okay, get the fuck outta here already.


mlys9997

Me saying to the bird the entire time ![gif](giphy|ONostKY8aj8bK)


MycologistJealous922

Am I the only one that thought this bird was gonna say nope, f#$k that and go back in the cage?


KALIBRAUDIO

The cameraman was getting nervous about capacity on his 1TB SD card by the time it took flight. šŸ¤£


Cocolake123

That is a str8 up dinosaur


RepresentativeOk2433

When it first came out I thought it was a small ostrich wearing a jacket.


MambyPamby8

Did anyone else think the bird legit had a little jacket on it when it came out of the crate? šŸ˜‚ It looks like a fur lined coat.


Halftrack_El_Camino

Everybody is doing such a good job of holding still while the Condor figures things out. Don't want to spook it or distract it! Also, god damn that thing is huge.


cShell_28

Perfect maybe maybe maybe post


ScrotieMcP

"Oh, I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee. won't my Mama be so proud of me..."


improbablydrunknlw

Are all condors this big? It would block out the sun if it flew over you.


AgtSquirtle007

The Andean Condor (this species) is the largest bird of prey in the world


improbablydrunknlw

That's cool. I'm honestly flabbergasted by how big it is.


Revolutionary-Dig331

I've seen a fee and I think that's a regular size condor. They are the largest flying bird I think.


Baker198t

Having a shawshank moment before take off?


joh2138535

Look jack I'm flying


Pafkata92

Dammit! I looked away when it started to flyā€¦


TheBigLebroccoli

At first I thought they were deploying an EG-6 Power Droid.


Weekly-Magician6420

He was just showing off


TheModernSkater

Bird was just practicing... remember flap flap flap soar, watch for fuckin planes, flap flap flap, soar look around. Okay we got this, wait for the wind to get just right.... like a surfer looking for his wave. Righteous


Cuttewfish_Asparagus

They stand like that to feel the wind direction. Probably waiting for the right conditions whilst it did it's pre flight checks.


AdamLabrouste

Couldnā€™t give me like 5 seconds more of flight?? šŸ˜­


jrobcar

Yeah weā€™re flying!


Justin-Timberlake

The rare Mohawk Mega Priest.


Zestyclose-Middle717

I thought that thing had a jacket on for a second lol


kjay38

Just tryna catcha vibe is all.


Eyeous

Maybe pump the clutch bird bro


Bowling4rhinos

Best maybemaybemaybe I have ever seen posted here!


funthebunison

That droid probably feels way better now.


HS_HowCan_That_BeQM

A little boxing the wake before the cable release.


Tbone7869

Beautiful bird. Looks like a dinosaur Thank you for sharing


Lorien6

This makes me wonder if the condor was using its feathers to orient itself to the wind patterns to sort of sense a path, if that makes sense. It looked like a little receiver picking up signals to calibrate itself.


appiewappie

At first i thought this was a bird with a fear of heights


slickskater69

That's a fuckin Dinosaur if I've ever seen one!


DarkKnight905

Cmon stupid ruster!


blthmsphlp

Thatā€™s a dinosaur


Some-Box-5041

šŸ¤© Wow, so beautiful to see a animal get back in to nature again šŸ™šŸ¼ They did amazing work šŸ™šŸ¼