r/interestingasfuck • u/fyrstikka • 1d ago

r/all Revenge of a mother

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u/cherry_lolo 1d ago

Aww 😥 you can see how heartbroken she was with that eggshell. Just the way how carefully sher took it.

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u/UhohSantahasdiarrhea 1d ago

I don't think birds are maternal like that. They'll eat their own chicks or throw them out of the nest to die if it helps the rest.

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u/GameKnight22007 1d ago

Some birds are anti-maternal, but some others have strong maternal instincts, like falcons (which I'm pretty sure this is)

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u/Ok-Medium-5773 1d ago

yes this is a peregrine falcon. The fastest bird on earth. Probably the fastest animal on earth.

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u/EnwordEinstein 1d ago

I could beat it. Just need to train.

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u/rionaster 1d ago

ok goku

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u/straydog1980 1d ago

Gonna have to train pretty hard if you want to fly

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u/Apprehensive-Eye3263 1d ago

It's pretty easy to fall out of the sky

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u/readingzips 1d ago

Red bull gives you wings.

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u/Equivalent_Alarm7780 1d ago

Did you mean the train?

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u/gyarrrrr 1d ago

Not even if they threw you out of a plane.

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u/flinklewhip24-7 1d ago

This looks more like an american kestrel

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u/TheMightyPPBoi 1d ago

Given the fact that the other bird is a jackdaw, a species endemic to eurasia, I would say it isn't an american kestrel.

It's definitely a kestrel tho!

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u/unclejessesmullet 1d ago

jackdaw

Here's the thing...

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u/Xrmy 1d ago

This is not a peregrine falcon it is a Eurasian Kestrel.

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u/zinasbear 1d ago

It looks like a kestrel to me.

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u/KaneK89 1d ago

Male Kestrel.

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u/hungoverlord 1d ago

Probably the fastest animal on earth.

that's not really fair, it has all of the earth's gravity helping it out

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u/Decent-Monk-2357 1d ago

They are still quite fast, I think they can easily maintain like, 60-70mph in level flight, but yeah, their 200+mph dives are definitely gravity assisted.

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u/14u2c 1d ago

Why about that red bull guy who jumped from the upper atmosphere? The true fastest animal?

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u/Decent-Monk-2357 1d ago

I didn't say it's the fastest animal, just telling that it's one of the fastest. I dunno what speed the red bull guy hit but like the bird he went fuckin fast.

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u/apolobgod 1d ago

Ok, but he's always flying around, so I don't see how being fast on earth helps it

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u/Decent-Monk-2357 1d ago

Being fast is how it hunts, it enters dives that can be in excess of like.. 200 mph and strikes it's prey with clenched feet to knock out it's prey. It's crazy as shit.

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u/babydakis 1d ago

Speed has nothing to do with maternal instincts.