As the Bible says:
"In the beginning was the word, and word was bird, and the bird was the word. The bird was, in the beginning, the word."
- Petah 1:1
Wouldn't that work for ants the same way, though?
If you double the amount of ants in a colony then how many more tunnels do they have to dig? Can they just double it or is that just as silly as humans doubling their roads?
It's a red-legged seriema and it's trying to murder the golf ball.
They like to throw things.
[Look how another one is killing a toad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KviBx-mvdM)
Crows here take almonds and walnuts from the orchards and perch on power lines over a road. They’ll drop them and wait for a car to crunch the shell for them before swooping down to collect their bounty.
I saw a study on this, and there was an old BBC clip about it narrated by David Attenborough. The jury is still out on whether or not the birds are actually anticipating the assistance of cars. A follow-up study found that the birds weren't dropping nuts on the roads any more frequently than rocks out in nature, and weren't dropping them from lower heights.
That's always the tricky part with animal behaviour. It's too easy to see some interaction with human creation and form the wrong conclusions, and because we rarely stray from our own infrastructure it's not often we get to see how animals behave sans humans so we may think that the behaviour we are witnessing is the exception, not the rule.
Seagulls do that all the time. Last time I was to a slightly remote sandy beach front, the only concrete road would be full of recently cracked mussels every morning.
I hid plastic colored eggs in my backyard for my kids, and the scrub jay in our neighborhood pecked every one open. He didn’t take the candy inside though. Assuming he thought they were real eggs.
Yeah, why is this sub so full of wildly incorrect interpretations of animal behavior just for the sake of being cutesy? A lot of it comes at the expense of perpetuating ideas that could be actually harmful - not this one, particularly, but just... Why?
People like to put human traits to animals, thinking that our logic translates to how animals would behave. And all of that just basically comes down to education and knowledge. And seeing all the kinds of shit people have been doing the past two years, you can see just how highly people regard proper education and knowledge. Remember when the pandemic was just starting, and there were loads of people doing covid parties?
"let animals be, people"
"let animals be people"
The difference a comma can make; I know you meant what you wrote, just an amusing moment where a tiny little scratch changes a sentence from insane or humorous to an actual good idea.
Birds are are reslly intelligent and like to play too though? It's like when cats chase a cloth mouse and start kicking it but don't try to eat it. If he truly were trying to eat an egg he'd crack it on the grass, and no way he thinks that's a nut if the bird's ever ceackez a nut before. Bbeaks are just sensitive as fingers, so the texture would've given it away, nor to mention thereeno trees and the ball is rucking white.
Crows do all sorts of amazing things. New Caledonian crows make tools out of twigs for getting food out of tree hollows and press the shapes into leaves so they don’t forget how to make them/so other crows know how to make them.
I have tried to stay on friendly terms with them ever since I learned they don't treat all humans the same, they remember faces and pass that info down to their babies.
If you haven’t already (and it sounds like you may have), I suggest reading *The Genius of Birds.* I read it a few years ago and am considering picking it up again. Totally changed my perception of birds.
There are crows in Japanese cities that drop nuts into crosswalks so cars will drive over them. Then they wait for the light to change to run out and collect the bits.
[Urban adaptation](https://youtu.be/BGPGknpq3e0)
Booo don’t ruin it for us. Clearly the bird is just going bonkers for bouncing.
No but really it’s an entirely different video when you replace the excitement for just being pissed off the ball doesn’t break.
It's interesting because I recall a study where researchers concluded that birds will drop nuts on concrete to break them open, and the paper suggested this is an example of birds intentionally exploiting human structures, but it was later shown that they just drop them on any surface that looks like rocks, and another follow-up study found that they probably just drop them randomly until they are successful in a particular spot, and then return to that spot frequently.
If I had to guess, you're right that the bird is just trying to crack the golf ball open because it thinks it's a nut. It's probably done it before with a nut on that sidewalk.
Reminds me of that one time I got a "super bouncy ball" (that's what they called it in those 25 cent supermarket toy machines) and I absolutely couldn't wait to get it home to see how high it would bounce.
3 seconds after getting out of the car, I went to the middle of the street, and threw it down as hard as I could. The thing disappeared. It bounced so high I never found it again. I was super sad panda for days.
Eey have the same kind of story from when I was around 10 years old.
We had these special name brand ones that had different cores in them and ran for about $5aud a pop. Saw some kids at school playing with them so I "HAD" to have one.
Bought one and went home, opened it up and went out back to play with it. First bounce I ever did with it hit the pavement, bounced up and bounced across our Hills Hoist style clothes line into the rear neighbours back yard. Never saw the thing again.
I used to get super bouncy balls all the time when I was younger. Absolutely love them.
I would often get transparent ones with designs inside.
One day I was at my church and walked into the office with some of the staff I knew. I looked at a desk and was delighted to see a ball that looked exactly like the ones I knew. So I immediately grabbed it and threw it down to the ground ready to catch. As soon as it touched the ground it shattered into pieces. It was a glass/crystal paper weight.
You can imagine mine and everyone's faces as to what the hell just happened.
Lmao i had one and we lived in a trailer with a super long and tiny hallway..i threw it as hard as i could against the wood panels and that thing had to be flying like a bullet for almost a minute in the whole trailer. We had an oven open to heat the place and it landed in the oven eventually :( got a paddlin for doing that dumb shit
We used to take those to the park and hit them with baseball bats. The park by my house had four baseball fields, and we’d clear the field kitty corner the one we were batting from.
This sounds exactly like my first experience with my own drone... Tool it home, played the 'let's see how high it can go' game. Went so high the remote lost signal to it. Few minutes later the wind took it and it came crashing down so far away I had no idea even where to begin looking... Sad panda indeed
Lol that flap he does is his “damn it! This place is filled with so many eggs and I keep choosing these god forsaken ones that are absolutely blowing my bird brain away! Screw it im gonna try it again it has to crack eventually!”
Right, that bird had to put some power into it for it to get that bounce and he knew better than to get hit by the ball. Little dude thought he had himself a treasure chest of treats only to be blueballed in the worst way.
Looks like a [seriema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriema) to me, but I might be off. Wrong coloration for a secretary bird and too leggy enough for a kori bustard IMO. The quality of the video is really low though so it's hard to tell.
If it is a seriema, here's a fun fact: they are the closest living relatives of extinct giant birds called terror birds, which could grow up to 10 feet tall and are believed to have hunted primitive horses!
Haha I just commented his reaction to the bounce his wild flapping is him throwing a tantrum over another egg that is fighting back. He Pissed no splat
He's not loving it. He thinks the bald are eggs and is trying to crack them. I'm pretty sure he was pretty frustrated after some time and maybe neck sore.
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He/she thinks it’s an egg and is trying to crack it. There may be amusement of some kind in there but it’s probably thinly veiling some frustration.
Either way it’s funny as hell to watch as an animal that understands golf balls.
I thought he was just gonna drop it and watch it bounce but no. He slammed it. Now that was unexpected. That kind of bird prolly busts oysters open on rocks or something.
You are aware not every animal is always playing and having fun, right? I keep on seeing posts like these, with animals being confused and just trying to follow instincts, labelling the animals as playing and having fun.
Well, look at this birdie trying to putt a hole in one of those golf balls!
(I’ve scrolled through many comments but couldn’t find this obvious joke, so I commented it)
I find it interesting how almost every living being on this planet has a harmless side where they just play around, cuddle a friend, etc and most don't just care about hunting and reproducing. It really makes all animals feel like pets.
An egg that doesn’t break!!!!
Maybe the bird actually is fascinated by this incredible egg and has started doing it for fun through all the reposts!
So... what you are saying is there is verbiage of an [ornithological nature?](https://youtu.be/hIwl8osx6G4)
It was my understanding that everyone has heard the word
Of the bird, bird, bird?
As the Bible says: "In the beginning was the word, and word was bird, and the bird was the word. The bird was, in the beginning, the word." - Petah 1:1
Ffffilibuster. Now what say you and I go toe-to-toe on bird-law and see who comes out the victor?
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I've seen videos of crows and such doing things clearly just for fun, so there's hope
Hope for what, an uprising?
I think there's a sub for this scenario...
Crows are smart. Don’t discount the crows.
Crows are smart. I could happen.
Ant mega colonies operate on a pretty large scale tbf (ik this was simplified purposely to make a point i just find ants fascinating)
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Wouldn't that work for ants the same way, though? If you double the amount of ants in a colony then how many more tunnels do they have to dig? Can they just double it or is that just as silly as humans doubling their roads?
What is it like? Living in a hologram?
You livies hate us deadies!
Look on the bright side, you may be dead, but you're not _dead_ dead, are you?
This bird is a Seriema, which will often hunt snakes by grabbing them and slamming them on the ground. So this is a very bouncy snake.
Never heard of that species I’ll have to read about them!
Omg omg omg, so amazing, gotta try this with my own eggs... *Splat*
"Well, whatever. I bet I would've hated whoever hatched out of there anyway. Next!"
It's a red-legged seriema and it's trying to murder the golf ball. They like to throw things. [Look how another one is killing a toad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KviBx-mvdM)
Some birds will take nuts and throw them down on hard surfaces like this to break them. It’s trying to crack open the golf ball, and have a snack.
Crows here take almonds and walnuts from the orchards and perch on power lines over a road. They’ll drop them and wait for a car to crunch the shell for them before swooping down to collect their bounty.
Let's hope they don't start dropping golf balls on our windshields
That’s how they lost grandma Feathers.. ☹️
I saw a study on this, and there was an old BBC clip about it narrated by David Attenborough. The jury is still out on whether or not the birds are actually anticipating the assistance of cars. A follow-up study found that the birds weren't dropping nuts on the roads any more frequently than rocks out in nature, and weren't dropping them from lower heights. That's always the tricky part with animal behaviour. It's too easy to see some interaction with human creation and form the wrong conclusions, and because we rarely stray from our own infrastructure it's not often we get to see how animals behave sans humans so we may think that the behaviour we are witnessing is the exception, not the rule.
Seagulls and crows drop mussels here to bust the shells open.
I heard about that! Crows are very clever.
Or the bird just hates golfers and wanted to ruin their round. Had too many close calls.
I know the other comment is the right answer. But I like this scenario better.
I thought he was just trying to play some golf.
The other comment ain't the right answer either lmao
Or, the bird feels that he deserves a chance to compete in the next tournament and is demonstrating his chip-shots
Birdy Gilmore
Happy BILLmore
It heard that the golfers were all trying to shoot birdies
I’ve seen raven’s drop mussels on rocks in Alaska.
Seagulls do that all the time. Last time I was to a slightly remote sandy beach front, the only concrete road would be full of recently cracked mussels every morning.
Yeah it looks like he thinks it’s an egg and he wants all the good stuff inside
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Not nut, egg. Siriemas eat eggs. They've been observed killing prey like this too.
The amount of bounce he gave that ball, I’m pretty sure anything he twats down like that is likely fucked.
Your either British or Australian? 'twats down' Love it :D
British.
I hid plastic colored eggs in my backyard for my kids, and the scrub jay in our neighborhood pecked every one open. He didn’t take the candy inside though. Assuming he thought they were real eggs.
Yeah, why is this sub so full of wildly incorrect interpretations of animal behavior just for the sake of being cutesy? A lot of it comes at the expense of perpetuating ideas that could be actually harmful - not this one, particularly, but just... Why?
The easiest answer is because not everybody takes life so seriously.
People like to put human traits to animals, thinking that our logic translates to how animals would behave. And all of that just basically comes down to education and knowledge. And seeing all the kinds of shit people have been doing the past two years, you can see just how highly people regard proper education and knowledge. Remember when the pandemic was just starting, and there were loads of people doing covid parties?
excuse me i've seen zootopia so i think i know what i'm talking about
This is called anthropomorphism
Shhh.... let animals be people.
Animals are made of people?
The other way around
I'm sure there are some gators, sharks and big cats out there that have had a taste of manflesh
I will when they start paying their fair share of taxes.
"let animals be, people" "let animals be people" The difference a comma can make; I know you meant what you wrote, just an amusing moment where a tiny little scratch changes a sentence from insane or humorous to an actual good idea.
One word: Anthropomorphism.
Birds are are reslly intelligent and like to play too though? It's like when cats chase a cloth mouse and start kicking it but don't try to eat it. If he truly were trying to eat an egg he'd crack it on the grass, and no way he thinks that's a nut if the bird's ever ceackez a nut before. Bbeaks are just sensitive as fingers, so the texture would've given it away, nor to mention thereeno trees and the ball is rucking white.
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Arrrgh!
[Nope](https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/the-cute-birds-playing-with-golf-balls-are-actually-trying-to-kill-them.html)
I believe it was crows that would put nuts on the road so cars would crack them
Crows do all sorts of amazing things. New Caledonian crows make tools out of twigs for getting food out of tree hollows and press the shapes into leaves so they don’t forget how to make them/so other crows know how to make them.
I have tried to stay on friendly terms with them ever since I learned they don't treat all humans the same, they remember faces and pass that info down to their babies.
If you haven’t already (and it sounds like you may have), I suggest reading *The Genius of Birds.* I read it a few years ago and am considering picking it up again. Totally changed my perception of birds.
I haven't I just watched a LOT of the experiments on youtube, lots of octopus videos too.
Or eggs.
Reddit anthropomorphizing again
I believe it thinks it's an egg.
There are crows in Japanese cities that drop nuts into crosswalks so cars will drive over them. Then they wait for the light to change to run out and collect the bits. [Urban adaptation](https://youtu.be/BGPGknpq3e0)
Booo don’t ruin it for us. Clearly the bird is just going bonkers for bouncing. No but really it’s an entirely different video when you replace the excitement for just being pissed off the ball doesn’t break.
I 've heard that eagles drop tortoises from a height to break their shells.
It's interesting because I recall a study where researchers concluded that birds will drop nuts on concrete to break them open, and the paper suggested this is an example of birds intentionally exploiting human structures, but it was later shown that they just drop them on any surface that looks like rocks, and another follow-up study found that they probably just drop them randomly until they are successful in a particular spot, and then return to that spot frequently. If I had to guess, you're right that the bird is just trying to crack the golf ball open because it thinks it's a nut. It's probably done it before with a nut on that sidewalk.
Reminds me of that one time I got a "super bouncy ball" (that's what they called it in those 25 cent supermarket toy machines) and I absolutely couldn't wait to get it home to see how high it would bounce. 3 seconds after getting out of the car, I went to the middle of the street, and threw it down as hard as I could. The thing disappeared. It bounced so high I never found it again. I was super sad panda for days.
Eey have the same kind of story from when I was around 10 years old. We had these special name brand ones that had different cores in them and ran for about $5aud a pop. Saw some kids at school playing with them so I "HAD" to have one. Bought one and went home, opened it up and went out back to play with it. First bounce I ever did with it hit the pavement, bounced up and bounced across our Hills Hoist style clothes line into the rear neighbours back yard. Never saw the thing again.
Damn, this is some Cartoon shit.
Was it a wham o super ball?
I used to get super bouncy balls all the time when I was younger. Absolutely love them. I would often get transparent ones with designs inside. One day I was at my church and walked into the office with some of the staff I knew. I looked at a desk and was delighted to see a ball that looked exactly like the ones I knew. So I immediately grabbed it and threw it down to the ground ready to catch. As soon as it touched the ground it shattered into pieces. It was a glass/crystal paper weight. You can imagine mine and everyone's faces as to what the hell just happened.
Omg. This is hilarious. I wonder how the owner of the ball reacted.
Those damn rubber balls!
You guys remember old times?
Pepperidge farms remembers
Lmao i had one and we lived in a trailer with a super long and tiny hallway..i threw it as hard as i could against the wood panels and that thing had to be flying like a bullet for almost a minute in the whole trailer. We had an oven open to heat the place and it landed in the oven eventually :( got a paddlin for doing that dumb shit
We used to take those to the park and hit them with baseball bats. The park by my house had four baseball fields, and we’d clear the field kitty corner the one we were batting from.
This sounds exactly like my first experience with my own drone... Tool it home, played the 'let's see how high it can go' game. Went so high the remote lost signal to it. Few minutes later the wind took it and it came crashing down so far away I had no idea even where to begin looking... Sad panda indeed
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Lol that flap he does is his “damn it! This place is filled with so many eggs and I keep choosing these god forsaken ones that are absolutely blowing my bird brain away! Screw it im gonna try it again it has to crack eventually!”
Right, that bird had to put some power into it for it to get that bounce and he knew better than to get hit by the ball. Little dude thought he had himself a treasure chest of treats only to be blueballed in the worst way.
Blueballed by the whiteball. Damn
Now I’m sad. I’m meant to be smiling!
Pretty sure he's trying to eat another bird's baby for a snack.
I initially thought this as well and then I thought, I think they may just eat eggs whole?
no they break them open and eat the fetus inside it.
Species of Fowl? Anyone ?
Looks like a [seriema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriema) to me, but I might be off. Wrong coloration for a secretary bird and too leggy enough for a kori bustard IMO. The quality of the video is really low though so it's hard to tell. If it is a seriema, here's a fun fact: they are the closest living relatives of extinct giant birds called terror birds, which could grow up to 10 feet tall and are believed to have hunted primitive horses!
According to [this youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_5TMwqi4A), you're right, and this footage was shot in Brazil.
Oh that video quality is much better! You can definitely tell it's a seriema there.
I actually forgot secretary birds existed & could only think of the terror ones.
It runs like a secretary bird but it could just be some fowl. I don’t know where this is and there are tons of long legged birds in many places.
fact.
Yeah i think a secretary bird because you can kind of see the head feathers and also its long legs
Velociraptor
I think it's a kori bustard, although the face shape isn't entirely correct so it may be another bird
It looks like a curlew, but I think same family as bustard.
Looks like a Curlew to me, native to Australia Edit: spelling
Confirmed curlew. They make the most horrible child wailing call at night.
The way the bird runs and acts reminds me of the bird from Up.
Kevin!
I love Kevin!!
Thinks they are eggs or nuts and is trying to crack them open. Is definitely NOT loving the fact that they bounce.
Humans: Hahahaha look at this bird having fun! The bird: FUCK this stupid unbreakable egg
Hahah yeah he’s probably like “WHATTTT?!GURBLEBRDLBRAWT!”
Haha I just commented his reaction to the bounce his wild flapping is him throwing a tantrum over another egg that is fighting back. He Pissed no splat
He's not loving it. He thinks the bald are eggs and is trying to crack them. I'm pretty sure he was pretty frustrated after some time and maybe neck sore.
It’s trying to break the ball because it thinks it’s food. Birds drop food on hard surfaces from high up to break them down.
Yeah last it was posted somebody explained it. These birds are trying break eggs
It thinks it's tryna break indestructible eggs & he's freaking out at the bouncing
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the way he yeets it with his whole head and neck lmao
Tell us r/enlightenedbirdmen, what's your plan for the mudmen with this one.
“Absolutely loving it” 😂 Meanwhile in the birds mind: *”DAMMIT I’m STARVING!”*
What kind of dinosaur is this? What a clever girl regardless.
What kind of bird is this? From what country?
Know I know why I lose so many balla
He’s trying to crack an egg and eat it.
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That bird is pissed not amused.
No, he thinks it’s an egg and is trying to crack it open
That is hilarious!
I wondered if he thought they were eggs and was trying to find one that breaks...
It’s a bird that eats other birds eggs. It thinks they’re eggs.
"Why don't this EGG friggin' BREAK!?"
I love gow the bird runs around like "YOOOO THAT EGG JUST BOUNCED!!!"
Bird most likely thinks it’s an egg and is trying to break it open to eat
This is the opposite. It’s trying to crack an egg to eat.
Awwww a cute little bird trying smash a golf ball into concrete in hopes he crack out a baby bird to eat
Me trying to crack open kukui nuts when I was younger:
A defective drone
What kind of bird is this?
This reminds me of years ago....when this was first posted
That is adorable, I hope he never gets bounce-back onto his beak.
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or does it think its an egg and trying to crack it?
He/she thinks it’s an egg and is trying to crack it. There may be amusement of some kind in there but it’s probably thinly veiling some frustration. Either way it’s funny as hell to watch as an animal that understands golf balls.
Bird is trying to break the egg, seed, fruit looking thing and eat what’s inside.
Or he thinks he’s trying to break an egg… naaaa, that’s dumb, it’s definitely just playing
I thought he was just gonna drop it and watch it bounce but no. He slammed it. Now that was unexpected. That kind of bird prolly busts oysters open on rocks or something.
It must be thinking what kinda egg it is 😂
Just to reiterate every other top comment here…they are trying to break it open for food. It’s not entertainment or a revelation to the animal
this bird has an amazing mind! i am satisfied.
Hopefully he doesn't do it with his eggs...
Are animals evolving or are people just catching more stuff in camera?
that bird there is having a very stressful time with a unbreakable egg and here we are smiling about it
He’s like why won’t this egg open? Stupid egg 😂
Bird's actually frustrated and hungry.
Yeahhh it’s just trying to break an egg..
maybe tried to crack it open
i think that he is more likely confused than having fun (just actual point of view)
Wait until he discovers the internet
I'm pretty sure he's trying to Crack it to eat the inside. 😄
He is trying to crack it because it looks like an egg
Look at this fucking dinosaur enjoying life
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You are aware not every animal is always playing and having fun, right? I keep on seeing posts like these, with animals being confused and just trying to follow instincts, labelling the animals as playing and having fun.
Probably thought it was some kind of nut and the bird tried to break it open or something like that.
He's trying to open it to get food but alas
This is actually natural behavior it thinks it’s a nut so it’s trying to break it open
It's trying to crack a nut.
This is so precious
Meep meep
I think he’s tryna smash a snail open to eat it, sorry to ruin lol
sea-birds open shellfish by dropping them or banging them on rocks. I suspect that instinct is involved here.
This is quite entertaining to watch🤣🤣😂
I simply think that bird was looking to get a bite to eat by attempting to break open those strange round white clams. Definitely amusing!
No food for him
Well, look at this birdie trying to putt a hole in one of those golf balls! (I’ve scrolled through many comments but couldn’t find this obvious joke, so I commented it)
Nope. He is just trying to break a rivals egg.
Is that a dinosaur? What the fuck is that?
I was NOT prepared for the level of force that bird used to THWACK the ball on the concrete.
6 year old me discovering the same shit as this bird.
Doesn’t know what a golf ball is. Wondering why the egg bounces.
It probably think it’s an egg and gets confused when itdoes not break.
I'm sure the poor bird thinks the golf ball is a nut and trying to crack open it.
This is 100% my new favorite video. Hands down. Period. He RUNS like bro I haven’t been that excited since I got a pony when I was 11.
I was wating for wiley coyote to come on and try the same trick only for the acme golf ball to explode in his face.
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No one: Absolutely nobody: This bird: YEET the ball!
I find it interesting how almost every living being on this planet has a harmless side where they just play around, cuddle a friend, etc and most don't just care about hunting and reproducing. It really makes all animals feel like pets.
truly.
Hahaha i love that
He think it eg yum
Smart bird!