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[–]SaiMan 274 points275 points ago

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Fuck man he looks so sad

[–]typoedassassin 284 points285 points ago

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Lamenting the loss of your neck can be a pretty big bummer.

[–]resutidder 116 points117 points ago

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Almost as bad as waking up in the morning with a bad hangover and your penis is missing again.

[–]wookeegnome 79 points80 points ago

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I would read your AMA.

[–]resutidder 129 points130 points ago*

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This happens all the time. It's detachable.

This comes in handy a lot of the time. I can leave it home, when I think it's gonna get me in trouble, or I can rent it out, when I don't need it. But now and then I go to a party, get drunk, and the next morning I can't for the life of me remember what I did with it. First I looked around my apartment, and I couldn't find it. So I called up the place where the party was... they hadn't seen it either. I asked them to check the medicine cabinet cuz for some reason I leave it there sometimes. But not this time. So I told them if it pops up to let me know. I called a few people who were at the party, but they were no help either. I was starting to get desperate. I really don't like being without my penis for too long. It makes me feel like less of a man, and I really hate having to sit down every time I take a leak. After a few hours of searching the house, and calling everyone I could think of, I was starting to get very depressed, so I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast. Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place, where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street, I saw my penis lying on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven. Some guy was selling it. I had to buy it off him. He wanted 22 bucks, but I talked him down to 17. I took it home, washed it off, and put it back on. I was happy again. Complete. People sometimes tell me I should get it permanently attached, but, I don't know. Even though sometimes it's a pain in the ass... I like having a detachable penis.

[–]EquinsuOcha 25 points26 points ago

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[–]oh_bother 11 points12 points ago

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The related videos bar on the right is awful. Just... awful.

[–]rednecktash 6 points7 points ago

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Oh god, I'd been picking up forceps in Fallout 3 for so long.. never did I know that is what they're used for...

[–]Heroshade 1 point2 points ago

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How is that shit on Youtube?

[–]jkakes 1 point2 points ago

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I love your username

[–]MegaProtestAndMe 9 points10 points ago

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Even though sometimes it's a pain in the ass...

I know what you're doing when you detach your penis...

[–]voice_of_youth 8 points9 points ago

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You're like the Nikolai Gogol of wangs.

[–]carl_lazlo 2 points3 points ago

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Such a great song Video is pretty funny too.

[–]btpo98 2 points3 points ago

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I love you man Great song btw

[–]jewunit 2 points3 points ago

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I'm honestly amazed at how often I reference this song and no one knows what I'm talking about.

[–]cdtoad 1 point2 points ago

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Jesus was way cool.

[–]btpo98 3 points4 points ago

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KING MISSILE WOO I remember the 90's

[–]house_of_amon 2 points3 points ago

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[–]axtolip 6 points7 points ago

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I guess it has to kinda hurt.

[–]Bhoot 3 points4 points ago

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Must be a pain in the neck

[–]LimpyDan 396 points397 points ago

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Not for long.

[–]PaullyDee19 117 points118 points ago

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How in the fuck do you just remove a neck?

[–]bigcitycrows 312 points313 points ago

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In the photos, the falcon has removed the skin/feathers of the neck; this is what it does when it's trying to 'break in' (usually it does this to the breast to get at the heart and lungs, in this case it for some reason did it to the neck.) For this unfortunate bird, it for some reason threw all normal falcon-logic to the wind and no major arteries were struck, so basically it's an otherwise fine bird with no skin on its neck, and it probably died of infection soon after.

Two things are strange about the method the Peregrine used; one, normally they strike their prey airborne and sink their kill-talon in. Doesn't look like this happened, but that's the first line of kill- the immense impact in the air. When that fails, the falcon usually reaches down with their notched beak and severs the spinal cord; again, for some reason it didn't do this. It must have thought the bird in its grasp incapable of fighting back, but it really is odd seeing as falcons (unlike hawks) loathe eating live prey, as it can fight back.

Strange times.

[–]ManikArcanik 224 points225 points ago

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This Falcon is just a dick.

[–]Almondcoconuts 55 points56 points ago

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Scumbag Falcon wounds you and leaves you to die instead of just killing you himself

[–]MrRonGalvan 56 points57 points ago

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Cartel Falcon

Too easy.... comes back dragging an axe

[–]CarbolicSmokeBalls 26 points27 points ago

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Now the bird yells at his wife and collects minerals.

[–]USMutantNinjaTurtles 5 points6 points ago

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And someone doesn't like how the bird spends his free time.

[–]cinghialino 5 points6 points ago

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I'm happy to know what the previous two comments are referred to.

[–]garmachi 3 points4 points ago

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This bird... IS THE ONE WHO KNOCKS!

[–]dianasaurr 55 points56 points ago

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you must be a falcon detective. nice job.

[–]bigcitycrows 116 points117 points ago

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drags on a cigarette

exhale

His wife was a lot of woman...too much woman for him to handle. She started lookin' around, see? When th' falcon got wind of this blue-collar white boy fuckin' the only beautiful thing he had, you know what went through his mind?

Pluckin' this poor son-of-a-bitch clean and leavin' the spinal cord intact.

Partner shifts nervously

"God damn."

[–]srd178 51 points52 points ago

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You're reckless Johnson, but god damn you're a hell of a cop.

[–]MapChicky 23 points24 points ago

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The mayors on my ass about this one blah blah

[–]Calik 18 points19 points ago

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Damnit Riggs you destroyed 4 nests, an emu egg and killed 14 pelicans in the process. You're one psycho son of a bitch, but you're good.

[–]bigcitycrows 20 points21 points ago

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Fuck the collateral, Chief! This bastard is gonna kill again, and if we don't move fast the blood will be on your beak, not mine.

Now get out of my way, I've got a stool pigeon to talk to...

[–]BuddhistJihad 8 points9 points ago

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The title would have to be The Maltese Falcon "Big City Crows".

[–]filletsack 12 points13 points ago

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You're a loose canon, MapChicky! A loose fuckin' canon. But goddamn you're one hell of a cop...

[–]kresblain 2 points3 points ago

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Hey, I'm trying to eat my lunch here.

[–]craic_of_dawn 15 points16 points ago

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TIL you can get answers to anything and everything on Reddit.

[–]specialdefects 5 points6 points ago

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You must be new here.

[–]PierrotBolneze 10 points11 points ago

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I wish I knew as much about anything as you do about falcon attacks.

[–]Katana622 8 points9 points ago

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Alternatively, The bird kept its tiny neck and it grew a giant scab around it. He now hunts falcons to find the one who disfigured him. He is Scab Bird and his beak is his sword.

[–]WhitePostIt 20 points21 points ago

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It could be a rehabilitated falcon, released into the wild.

Most rehabilitation facilities take much time and effort to prepare young falcons prior to release, and will teach them to the best of their ability. It's not perfect of course, so it may be that a trainer taught the falcon an alternative means of hunting, but didn't do it well enough that the falcon learned to adequately kill prey, or the falcon learned that so long as it attacks and did some damage, food would be provided.

The weirder (or cool) theory is that the falcon learned that if it did just this, flew off and waited for it to die, then it can avoid a struggle.

[–]bigcitycrows 10 points11 points ago

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In the full album of photos, a second Peregrine shows up and they both try to drive each other off while not letting the other return to the gull; this was more likely a one-time fluke, since if it tried a constant hunting method like this and didn't learn to use its mandible notch, it would be a miracle to survive more than a month.

[–]WhitePostIt 3 points4 points ago

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Well, then maybe the falcon died.

[–]bigcitycrows 5 points6 points ago

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Maybe.

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like a dick, I just don't think it's a rehab. If it's not reliably killing live prey, it's irresponsible to release it, and I like to think rehabs that handle Peregrines are knowledgeable enough to stick to that. Someone else suggested juvenile, which would make a lot of sense.

[–]mirkle 1 point2 points ago

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Shit man, you make the falcon sound like a twisted serial killer that watches his victims die in painful ways.

[–]HorrendousRex 4 points5 points ago

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I now have you marked in RES as "Falcon CSI".

[–]vancityoriginals 5 points6 points ago

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Upvote for using the term falcon logic

[–]gregny2002 2 points3 points ago

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In the full series of pictures, you see that the falcon is chased off by another hawk that attacked it.

[–]bigcitycrows 6 points7 points ago

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I've seen those, when I typed the reply I hadn't actually zoomed in to notice that they were absent from this one; my analysis was still assuming those pictures were present. The second falcon showing up was odd, but not the reason the first one took so long plucking feathers and refrained from both the kill-claw airstrike and the mandible-notch spinal cord snip.

In a normal Peregrine-kill situation, the gull would have been dead by the time the second showed up. So it's like one not very uncommon but still not common event (live prey on ground) followed by one very uncommon event (the falcon taking its time plucking and not killing via spinal cord sever) followed by another not-uncommon-but-still-weird event (another falcon showing up) to make one very, very strange photo set.

[–]Thatguyispimp 2 points3 points ago

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Could be a juvenile?

[–]bigcitycrows 1 point2 points ago

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That's a sound hypothesis; I'm not familiar enough to tell if it is from the pictures, and I can't tell what subspecies it is, but considering the vast majority of Peregrines die within their first year, it could be one of those many and it hasn't gotten the 'killing things' part down yet.

[–]Thatguyispimp 1 point2 points ago

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Ah it isn't, just looked it up and the juveniles have vertical stripes on the breast. I just don't understand how it can be so close to a kill (despite the still active prey) and just give up. Then again I'm more of hawk guy, hawks ain't no pussies!

[–]bigcitycrows 1 point2 points ago

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Ah, well, in the full set of photos, if you care to look for them, you can see a second Peregrine show up and they squabble with each other trying to keep each other away from the gull, thereby flying off together and leaving the gull alone. There's a moral in there somewhere.

Still, with it being an adult it's still just as strange that it wouldn't do its signature kill move.

Hawks are the opposite of pussies, I concur! Dang old "I don't care if you're dead, mothafucka, I'm gonna eat you anyway. And so are my babies. While you're still alive."

[–]Thatguyispimp 2 points3 points ago

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Haha yeah, I grew up on the prairies so I see them all the time. Some of my best memories are seeing their strikes. One time I was shooting pigeons off of our barn and as I was lining up a shot a hawk came down out of nowhere and absolutely destroyed one of the pigeons. I just sat there amazed the whole time watching it kill and eat the pigeon. Another time I was looking at a hawk on a post just chilling and another hawk came up from behind and struck it then flew away immediately. God damn hilarious hit and run! (All Red Tails by the way). I've always wanted to get into falconry but I unfortunately just don't have the time or money to apprentice.

[–]bigcitycrows 1 point2 points ago

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Well, if you succumb to the bug, there's always the falconry subreddit to welcome you. :)

[–]Thatguyispimp 1 point2 points ago

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thanks man! i'll check it out!

[–]MustachioBashio 1 point2 points ago

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i immediately upvoted when I read "falcon logic"

[–]mikeeyboy22 1 point2 points ago

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Ah, of course. How silly to inquire.

[–]robrem 1 point2 points ago

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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

[–]shadowblade 1 point2 points ago

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The Falcon is just a n00b.

[–]bigcitycrows 4 points5 points ago

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Actually someone suggested it was a juvenile, but then they looked it up and juveniles have vertical barring, not horizontal- this is an adult. Obviously it survived long enough to reach mature plumage, but for some reason this one time it didn't insta-kill.

[–]bijibijmak 21 points22 points ago

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This sometimes happens with chicken. If you cut a chicken's head and let it go it would run away, headless. I've even heard that someone cut a chicken's head and then the body ran away and got lost!

[–]metalmartyr 80 points81 points ago

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And then there's Mike the headless chicken, who lived for 18 months without a head.

[–]Generic_Redditor_13 26 points27 points ago

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HOW DID HE EAT

[–]metalmartyr 67 points68 points ago

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They used an eye dropper to put water and grain down his little gaping throat hole.

[–]foreveralone86 45 points46 points ago

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Yeah, the reason he died was not from losing his head but because a kernel of corn got lodged in his breathing passage!

[–]xenoph2 28 points29 points ago

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The fun thing is that it probably would've lived for less time with a head.

[–]teh_colonel 18 points19 points ago

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Considering it got its head cut off, you're probably right.

[–]MrBoog 4 points5 points ago

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Why would they have done that?!

[–]metalmartyr 12 points13 points ago

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Because they could, I guess. Here's a little documentary about Mike.

[–]rivermandan 11 points12 points ago

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shoved seeds down it's neck hole. seriously.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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How the hell was its autonomic nervous system maintained without a brain?

[–]ave0000 16 points17 points ago

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The brainstem was still there. It was a sort of freak accident. Also, there's not much going in a chicken's head, the body didn't miss it.

[–]farkdog 2 points3 points ago

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Sounds like my wife. ;)

[–]metalmartyr 1 point2 points ago

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I'm guessing that the cut left enough of its brain stem intact for it to function. But I don't do science.

[–]Fedaykin4 6 points7 points ago

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So it was a Walker?

[–]Magixren 3 points4 points ago

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[–]voice_of_youth 4 points5 points ago

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Oh good god, I read that as "This sometimes happens with children."

[–]Kanin 4 points5 points ago

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[–]Spamerican 5 points6 points ago

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That is totally different, when you cut a chickens head off the body goes crazy, flopping around and looking like it is trying to run but can't seem to stand up. It does NOT just stand there calmy, or "walk" anywhere.

[–]smarterthansam 9 points10 points ago

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Not always

[–]seanpque 55 points56 points ago

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What if the falcon just ate the feathers and that's the birds actual neck?

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points ago*

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Bird necks are pretty skinny, under all the feathers - it's not as bad as it looks - I work at a parrot rescue sometimes and we have to put these little plastic collars on some of the birds who have injuries or pluck their own feathers - a birds neck that looks the size of an apple with feathers compresses down to about the size of an apple core without. Could be this guy just lost some skin and is a bit grumpy.

Edit: This is mostly just my bird lover optimism talking - he probably died due to blood loss/infection fairly shortly after. Just saying that part of the 'weird lookingness' is just the way bird necks are.

[–]Haribon 19 points20 points ago

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Ornithology intern here - I can vouch for this. Bird necks are extremely thin, to the point where they're extremely fragile - most birds die from a broken neck when they collide with an object in-flight. They simply don't need to have thick necks - their feathers provide ample protection and warmth, and their heads are so light that they don't require a lot of muscle support. Also, feathers which have not fully grown in ("pin feathers" or "blood feathers") are still rooted in blood vessels, and will bleed if violently removed. However, I will say that birds are sort of the glass cannons of the animal world - when they get hurt, they REALLY get hurt. Bird blood coagulates quickly to trauma, but not to incision, meaning a puncture wound has the potential to quickly bleed out. This is also why you have to be extremely careful when drawing blood or trimming a bird's nails. Also, the veins and arteries in a bird's neck are extremely close to the surface. Furthermore, a punctured crop or esophagus is a death sentence, and the risk of infection is always very present.

tl;dr: Its neck is pretty much in tact, but there's still a distinct chance the bird didn't live.

[–]Fenix_VI 8 points9 points ago

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TIL: Birds are Hemophiliacs and could legitimately die from a nail clipper.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I don't really think he would have, he probably lost way too much blood, I was just being optimistic.

[–]wildtentacruel 11 points12 points ago

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I feel so much better! :3

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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I think he would probably still die though, I was just being bird lover optimistic - looks like the skin is gone so he would probably get an infection.

[–]NightOnTheSun 28 points29 points ago

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Oh phew! Now I feel much better, I hate birds.

[–]pissed_the_fuck_off 2 points3 points ago

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Wow you are being very nice here. I know quite a lot about birds since I've owned (and still do) several large birds. This bird died within minutes. Once they start bleeding they don't stop unless you stop it with styptic powder or something similar. They can bleed to death from something as small as clipping a toenail too far back. The skin is gone on this poor thing. Also, this picture is at least 5 years old.

[–]ThatBaldAtheist 17 points18 points ago

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[–]shatteredplaster 19 points20 points ago

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I'm curious how that even works since it doesn't look like there's enough muscle mass to hold the head up. I think the hawk planted the head on a stick as a warning to other seagulls.

What you didn't see in the picture was a sign that said, "Be this a warning to all ye flying sea-rats."

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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Bird necks are super skinny - that is definitely injured but it's not far off the size difference in feathered vs unfeathered - think about how chickens look, and then compare them to how the neck of your roast chicken looks.

[–]LoriStrode 38 points39 points ago

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Why would the bird do that and then fly off ?

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[–]JustJonny 42 points43 points ago

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It is a bird.

[–]dandelion_burdoc 5 points6 points ago

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It is a plane.

[–]Deimos56 2 points3 points ago

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Birds can be jackasses too...

[–]Gabe_b 1 point2 points ago

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birds are almost universally jackasses from what I've seen.

[–]RainingHipsters 2 points3 points ago

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Now that one bird kinda looks like a deformed dick.

[–]SableSacrament 12 points13 points ago

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Bird law in this country—it's not governed by reason.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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possible reasons: territory, close to it's nest, got scared away.

[–]Slorgasm 7 points8 points ago

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He already ate the best part, why waste energy on anything else?

[–]hiking_metal_punks 11 points12 points ago

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oh so its a chinese falcon.

[–]RainingHipsters 1 point2 points ago

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Or perhaps even a Maltese Falcon!

[–]LoriStrode 0 points1 point ago

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lol. Poor guy tho..Feel bad for him, just looks so damn painful !

[–]eerezo 14 points15 points ago

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He's probably waiting for the gull to die from a safe distance. Those guys are big: I'd back off too if I de-throated and pissed off a seagull.

[–]Kaiserbread 12 points13 points ago

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He's now going to crack jokes and undermine his confidence, causing him to commit suicide.

[–]spazmodic- 6 points7 points ago

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Firing up the PA system and putting on some country music

[–]eerezo 6 points7 points ago

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The hawk bullying epidemic is getting out of hand.

[–]bigcitycrows 1 point2 points ago*

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It's a Peregrine and was most likely driven off by the second Peregrine. Edit: Sorry, the pictures aren't in this one- I've seen this line of photos before, but the whole scenario includes photos of a second Peregrine showing up and apparently both of them trying to drive each other off, resulting in both being more interested in chasing each other than the gull.

Their hunting style dictates that they strike the prey airborne; if the prey hits the ground and is still alive, unless it's disarmed and disoriented the Peregrine is loathe to try to face it on the ground- especially things like Mallards. However, it had nothing to fear from the gull, and in the case of that such bird being on the ground they land on it and 'bind' with their feet, then sever the spinal cord.

In this case it looks like it got the gull on the ground, bound to it- then for some reason didn't sever the spinal cord. Maybe it was trying while removing the feathers, but it should have been able to just push its beak right in and snip it.

Anyway, long story short if the prey is on the ground it either is capable of fighting and the falcon says "fuck that" or the falcon decides it's good to go and pounces on for the kill. They don't leave prey and wait for it to die, they leave because they want nothing to do with it.

[–]bordslampa 3 points4 points ago

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maybe he was trying to make a new friend.

[–]PoopingProbably 216 points217 points ago

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This picture is so old and has been circulated around Reddit for so long that a redditor actually crochet'd a bird in the likeness of the last frame.

[–]stringythingy 228 points229 points ago

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That was my handy work! Always looking for inspiration..haha

[–]stringythingy 330 points331 points ago

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[–]woo545 45 points46 points ago*

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I was thinking...awww...poor thing...then laughed at your pic. You're mean.

[–]stringythingy 2 points3 points ago

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Awww...I made it as an inspirational piece for my husband as in, if this little guy can make it anyone can..sadly someone told me the bird died shortly after..I didn't pass that piece along to him.

[–]Sarcastic_Samurai 25 points26 points ago

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Has anyone ever told you that you have a knack for crocheting mutilated animals? Because you do and I love you for it.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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That is great.

[–]Nokkata 4 points5 points ago

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Wow, I thought PoopingProbably was being hyperbolic...

[–]rivermandan 1 point2 points ago

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can you please please please please give me your ravelry account so I can befriend you and enjoy other potentially amazing things?

[–]stringythingy 1 point2 points ago

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http://www.etsy.com/your/listings not much up there right now, but now that Christmas projects are over I have some fun things in mind. Thanks!

[–]stringythingy 1 point2 points ago

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[–]wabbajacky 2 points3 points ago

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Etsy link?

[–]Travis-Touchdown 1 point2 points ago

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First time I've seen it.

[–]Kuxrox 6 points7 points ago

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"just a flesh wound"

[–]syntax138 5 points6 points ago

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protect ya neck!

[–]ardbeg 103 points104 points ago

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He escaped in the neck of time.

[–]Kubaker1 23 points24 points ago

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That's a bit of a stretch.

[–]toinfinitiandbeyond 10 points11 points ago

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It depends on feather you believe it or not.

[–]vampyromorph 9 points10 points ago

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You beak the truth

[–]KMart27 10 points11 points ago

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We're clawing for puns here

[–]keyslip 14 points15 points ago

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Totally winging it.

[–]Zemedelphos 5 points6 points ago

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You just peck at whatever jokes you can, don't you?

[–]You_Better_Smile 2 points3 points ago

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Nape, I don't think so.

[–]Kerflupperkins 17 points18 points ago

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And I thought my gf gave bad hickies

[–]amazingGOB 2 points3 points ago

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Nice try, forever alone guy.

[–]Chrischn89 6 points7 points ago

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NSFL!!

[–]SamVegas 9 points10 points ago

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ah now i just feel bad for him =/

[–]Jvlivs 4 points5 points ago

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A lot of you are wondering how the seagull is still alive when he has what seems to be a quarter of a neck.

Well, having had a pet bird, and thus being an ultimate authority on this, many birds have very thin necks. If one were to take the feathers off of a bird, its neck wouldn't look much different than the neck you see in the picture, save the fact that the wrinkles in the skin would give it a little more bulk, and there would be no blood. What I think happened was that the hawk skinned the gull's neck, and nothing more.

That having been said, the seagull would still eventually die, but it would probably take a couple days or a week. And the cause of death would probably be infection.

[–]upgradedlurker 2 points3 points ago

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What a boss, anyone who survives a peregrine falcon deserves a freakin medal.

[–]JoDu 3 points4 points ago

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I am pretty sure that image set would be safe for most work places where browsing reddit was acceptable.

[–]timsailr 16 points17 points ago

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That bird is one hard motherfucker, that falcon better watch his back

[–]jakemyers7 20 points21 points ago

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HARDENED THE FUCK UP LIKE A BOSS

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Holy shit!

[–]BeezowPooPoo_ZGopGop 2 points3 points ago

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NSFW??

[–]thavi 2 points3 points ago

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but feel free to put me out of my god forsaken misery

[–]Steel40 2 points3 points ago

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Excuse me si- Sir! sir, you dropped your neck.

[–]apistat 1 point2 points ago

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We start with the best part: the neck.

[–]Alexanderh86 1 point2 points ago

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:( :(

[–]brittwit 1 point2 points ago

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That's one badass bird!

[–]absintheguy 1 point2 points ago

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ok, let's not repost that ever again.

i've witnessed that process. it has a distinct sound that i never want to hear again.

[–]Jannell 1 point2 points ago

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This picture has haunted my brain for years. I hate nature.

[–]Biophilia_curiosus 1 point2 points ago

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After reading the first few top comments to get an idea of whether or not I dared click on this link I was convinced that this was a photograph of a man who had had his neck removed and looked sad. Not so.

[–]Khiraji 1 point2 points ago

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FINISH HIM!!

[–]VAAC 1 point2 points ago

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This kills the... huh, nevermind.

[–]lechero 1 point2 points ago

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I don't really understand why anyone would think that is funny. The poor bird most likely died a horrible painful death.

[–]Mastadave2999 1 point2 points ago

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NSFW?

[–]Waggles 1 point2 points ago

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REPOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–]ARGHJP 1 point2 points ago

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Maybe it just really hates seagulls as much as I do, but even with all that hate I wouldn't wish this upon one, I kicked one in the face before though, bastard stole my sausage roll.

[–]Azumikkel 1 point2 points ago

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"This is me, giving a fuck"

[–]Winteriscomingg 1 point2 points ago

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That bird should do AMA

[–]britany08 1 point2 points ago

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looks like not for a long time

[–]koolFK 1 point2 points ago

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Holy shit I know how this bird feels. http://imgur.com/a/vmmDk

[–]larangel3 1 point2 points ago

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Repost

[–]Nadieestaaqui 3 points4 points ago

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This was a triumph.

[–]Cormasaurus 1 point2 points ago

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I'm making a note here: Huge Success.

[–]penisinthepeanutbttr 2 points3 points ago

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i hate this picture so much fuck everything about it

[–]Icalasari 3 points4 points ago

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It looks so fake...

[–]checkmike 30 points31 points ago

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I'm coming back to downvote you tomorrow, cunt Happy cake day!

[–]Salva_Veritate 14 points15 points ago

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[–]Icalasari 5 points6 points ago

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That's one way to remember

[–]Icalasari 7 points8 points ago*

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You don't have to wait. I don't really care about Cake Day

Also, I'm not saying the photo is fake. Just that it... Well, my brain is having troubles parsing how that bird could still be alive

Edit: Ok, now I understand. I forgot that that's what a bird's neck looks like under all the feathers. My brain was thinking in terms of a human neck and was essentially going, "...Either it's missing a trachea or part of the spine"

[–]Ozera 45 points46 points ago

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No one deserves to be down voted on cake day.

Not even your wrong comment.

[–]poyodowsky 17 points18 points ago

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You're a gentleman.

[–]Azumango 2 points3 points ago

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I can't wait for my ethnic slur Cake Day!

[–]Bossnian 3 points4 points ago

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Why is this NSFW...?

[–]Press3000 1 point2 points ago

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"What doesn't kill me, only makes me stronger"

[–]unheimlich 4 points5 points ago

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"Or kills me a few minutes later due to blood loss"

[–]EasterTroll 1 point2 points ago

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I have seen this already on here and I still laughed. Upvote.

[–]summerkc 1 point2 points ago

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feelsbadman

[–]AlexanEmpire 0 points1 point ago

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WHAT IN THE FUUUUCK?!?!?!

[–]blueczar777 0 points1 point ago

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its not that bad i mean he has a prick on his neck but he's all good

[–]adictgamer 0 points1 point ago

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Fuck you for showing me this.

[–]dogismywitness 0 points1 point ago

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Three words:

Zombie Bird Apocalypse.

[–]Synchrotr0n 0 points1 point ago

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This image is funny because the trolling hawk: "Hey bro, I noticed something more delicious right there, sorry for skinning you alive".

[–]WhatHitlerSaid 0 points1 point ago

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There's a bird that lives near me that looks like that.

Its head and neck are free of feathers.

It looks like a miniature vulture.

[–]ezfrag 0 points1 point ago

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I ain't dead yet motherfucker! - Richard Pryor

[–]twinkyhouse 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks, now I've dug up my old /b/ folder. This is going to be a long regretful night.

[–]Braude 0 points1 point ago

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I hope he's the Frank Castle of birds, and hunts down the falcon for revenge.

[–]Mephistophellatio 0 points1 point ago

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Zombird

[–]gaberax 0 points1 point ago

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Pigeon neck is a dish best served cold.

[–]Brianne123 0 points1 point ago

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:'(

[–]KnittingB 0 points1 point ago

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It's only a flesh wound !

[–]Sprozz 0 points1 point ago

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:(

[–]drinkme217 0 points1 point ago

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Can someone confirm that this is not fake? I was assured in other reddit posts that it was.

[–]lasernancy 0 points1 point ago

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D: