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[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Yep this is the comment I was looking for. Totally agree.

[-] tinkermeister@lemmy.world 138 points 2 days ago

I could very well be wrong, I know little about birds, but wouldn’t this just scare the shit out of the bird?

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm guessing that the owner knows his bird well enough to tell if it's happy or not. Some people assumed that I was being mean to my dog when I grabbed his tail, because he would spin around and bite my wrist. But actually it was his favorite game, which he came up with, not me. He would walk backwards to me with his tail sticking out because he wanted me to grab it.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

He would walk backwards to me with his tail sticking out because he wanted me to grab it.

or maybe he just wanted you to sniff his ass and the tail game just kinda became fun?

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[-] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

I had the same thought, in a Pixar movie this could be a tear jerker scene, in real life that bird might die of a heart attack.

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 10 points 2 days ago

I also don’t think those holes are enough to keep it from getting uncomfortably hot inside that plastic bottle. There must be another way to secure the bird without encasing it in a sauna.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Don't worry, it'll rattle around constantly so air will get into its feathers.

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It's got four powerful fans around it, so it's not that likely to get hot.

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[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I’m not certain it appreciates the screaming motors right next to it.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago
[-] elbiter@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

I don't even think the bird is enjoying it ..

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 27 points 2 days ago

There is no way. Driving a car and just sitting on the passenfer side is not the same at all. Now imagine having no control and not even understanding what a car is

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Imagine you enjoyed running before losing the ability to do it and then someone strapped you to the bonnet of a car to make you feel better.

[-] maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Alternative perspective. Imagine enjoying running, losing your ability to walk, then being strapped to a rollercoaster. That sounds a little more fun.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Could build a head tracker to control the drone with small movements of the bird’s head. I bet the bird would learn how to fly it and enjoy the experience!

[-] tunetardis@piefed.ca 11 points 2 days ago

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

African, European, or drone-assisted?

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 57 points 2 days ago

Next step is to figure out a way for the bird to pilot the drone, like those vehicles driven by mice or goldfish

[-] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Also. I have a brilliant idea to stop ivory poaching. Let's take those machine guns from a Ukrainian ground drone:

Then mount them on some large saddle that can be fitted on an elephant's back. Then rig up some mechanism for the elephant to control the gun. Perhaps some sort of large eyepiece.

We won't need to actively track down poachers. The elephants will be more than capable of dealing with the poachers themselves! With modern technology, we could literally give machine guns to elephants!

[-] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 14 points 2 days ago

The gritty realistic version of the already gritty Elephantmen comic.

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[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

To be fair, if I had to choose an nonhuman animal to control a machine gun, it’d probably be an elephant.

[-] Darohan@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

We briefly did missiles guided by pigeons, so it can't be that hard, right?

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 7 points 2 days ago

that bird needs to ratatouille that drone

or like whatever

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago

Looks like a drone that drops a disabled bird bomb.

[-] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Weaponized avian flu distribution vector.

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[-] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Me in 1988: we will probably have flying cars by 2026.

2026:

[-] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Atleast we got the flying machines (the drones).

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Birds aren't real, this is them just getting lazy written the fake birds design

[-] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 23 points 2 days ago

That bird must be scared shitless

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

So was this inspired by perry bible fellowship?

[-] utopiah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Gosh well that's inclusive, kudos!

[-] redbrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Bird brain is sayin...Nope.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

A bird wheelchair was not on my bucket list for 2026

[-] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

proppeler chair*

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Cyborg bird drones, sure. Not yet! The bird ain't seen murder! I'm billy butcher!

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