r/interestingasfuck 12h ago

Bird fearlessly protecting his kids!

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u/Engineering_Simple 12h ago

Cheers to the operator for being tuned innto their surroundings and not so busy on his/her phone to steam through.

GG bird, and driver.

u/Da_Spooky_Ghost 12h ago

Well camera was set up before the tractor drove over the area, so they must have known about the bird being there already.

u/s0ciety_a5under 11h ago

Farmers can get tax credits for doing thermal surveys and protecting natural wildlife on their farms. I used to help a guy who would do surveys for a few farms in Wisconsin for ground nesting birds. Apparently a ton of them are endangered.

u/Tumble85 9h ago

Ooo an environmental policy that protects wildlife AND farmers?

Maybe keep this on the downlow so Trump's true owners don't hear about it.

u/MauiHawk 11h ago

I'm embarrassed by the frequency with which I forget to ask myself why the camera was there in the first place.

u/Green_Judge_2239 4h ago

yup, me too. Too busy watching the stripes of that cool bird and farmer.

u/SexyMonad 8h ago

WHY WAS THE BIRD FILMING

u/joelfarris 11h ago

A good cameraman is always in the right spot to catch the shot.

u/scorpyo72 11h ago

The bird has definitely been there the whole time, throughout history. It's a phenomenon

u/DisorderlyAqueduct 11h ago

kinda surprised he wasn't busy playing Farm Simulator

u/Apprehensive-Fox-799 5h ago

Their phone*

u/Coc0tte 8h ago

Some farmers will record those wholesome scenes to get views and then just crush every nest when the camera isn't on.

u/Hikuro-93 11h ago

I don't know about "fearlessly" (poor momma is probably seeing life flash before her eyes, but she's super courageous to stand her ground like that against what must feel like an alien gigantic machine.

Kudos to her and the driver. We can coexist without being needlessly cruel. There can be balance.

u/pallidamors 4h ago

The driver set the camera up and then intentionally drove over the top of her.

u/mephisdan 2h ago

Yes I thought that it was pretty close at first, but by keeping on track rather than going around they've minimised the amount of land not being cultivated while still protecting the bird

u/Voltabz 12h ago

Across species, a mother is a true OG.

u/Blueboysixnine 7h ago

Human mothers are going downhill hard though. Damn shame

u/Cferretrun 12h ago

Does that bird have … wing claws?

u/Somhlth 12h ago

Some birds do in fact have a claw or two on their wings.

u/Cferretrun 12h ago

So metal !

u/PlanktonInitial7945 12h ago

Remember that wings basically used to be hands.

u/joelfarris 11h ago

Give us another few hundred years to perfect this.

u/Organized_Riot 11h ago

That tractor has to be the biggest and loudest animal that bird has ever seen. Major respect for holding it down

u/zealousreader 11h ago

I'm guessing that the farmers deal with this every year and are very aware of these birds and accommodate them.

u/Green_Judge_2239 12h ago

Such a cool farmer, too.

u/AgitatedPatience5729 12h ago

Putting her children under her wing. That's also a cool operator.

u/pc1350 12h ago

There is  a video from anorher angle.

u/SonofaBridge 11h ago

There are a few videos with different birds and other farmers doing the same thing.

u/greasyprophesy 11h ago

Gets posted a shit ton but i love this video

u/Japanesewillow 9h ago

His kids?

u/Romanopapa 8h ago

Is that the night time day time bird?

u/Sabiya_Duskblade 7h ago

Clarkson's Farm made me aware of the fact that so many of these birds get killed during harvest

u/Echo_NO_Aim 7h ago

"Fearlessly"

u/wishiwasdeaddd 5h ago

Such a good momma!!

u/Winter-Set9132 5h ago

She wouldn't have had worried if she had an abortion.

u/hombrehorrible 4h ago

That's a tero (Vanellus chilensis). Very common in South America. Those fuckers are quite territorial and annoying when you have to walk near them, they don't have any problem in attacking other animals (humans included). Local farmers have a tradition of respecting their nests so they stop and relocate the eggs before working the ground with heavy equipment. That's always an adventure lol. If it happens that you rescue a stray one you can rise it and it won't leave your house for it's entire life.

u/SpeedFire01 11h ago

Pure Mother Love <3

u/NoSpecial284 12h ago

Meanwhile humans donate over a million dollars to someone who killed their kids.

u/Tough_Piccolo 11h ago

It's possible to see someone doing something good without having to point out that some completely unrelated people did something bad.

u/NoSpecial284 11h ago

Damn, Piccolo why are you aura farming on me right now?

u/RightBrain-LeftBrain 11h ago

You’ve let yourself get radicalized over a case that has no affect on you or your life

u/NoSpecial284 11h ago

Lmao that I’m radicalized because of a comment on Reddit 😂😂😂😂

u/RightBrain-LeftBrain 11h ago

Dude I’m being fr.
You just commented this under a video of a bird.

u/NoSpecial284 11h ago

Nah. It’s beautiful to see how much animals love their kids and will protect them against anything. Me bringing up that humans are celebrated online for doing the exact opposite doesn’t make me radicalized. I know that a lot of people are against it, I’m not saying that EVERYONE is celebrating her.

u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 11h ago

Why did you feel the need to bring it up at all?

u/NoSpecial284 11h ago

Probably the same reason that you felt the need to start a second comment thread to my response.

u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 11h ago

I was addressing your flimsy defense of the original comment. I doubt that's why you felt compelled to bring up Lindsay Clancy, so what was the reason you felt it necessary to bring up that topic under a video of a bird?

u/NoSpecial284 11h ago

K. Good for you.

u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 11h ago

So? Why did you feel it was so important to bring it up? Moreso, why do you feel it's so crucial to defend that decision?

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 11h ago

Take that elsewhere, it doesn't belong here

u/goose_gladwell 11h ago

I need to see stuff like this every day🥺

u/YannAlmostright 11h ago

Teros are metal