OK. I agree it's amusing but some people respond as if real birds (they exist, right?) are being mistreated.

To anyone that thinks this is fake, it's not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjsnbfvkpis

If this was real. It would be obvious that these birds are not clipped and do not spend their lives in cages.

That was the best... at a LAN party, I was the first guy who realized you can change to the female announcer and it threw all of the other teen boys for a loop earing the organic GODLIKE

I don't know that!

AHHHHHHHHH!

The diving reflex is both great and terrifying, depending on the context.

Yep. It's also kind of a known thing that kids especially just kind of drown quietly and suddenly.

I think any noise making is not instinct and a purely learned behavior. Making noise when drowning only makes sense if there's someone like literally right there to help.

UNSTOPPABLE!

The interesting thing is that not even humans tend to be very loud if they're actually drowning, since all their energy and breath goes toward keeping themselves alive, like most animals. I think the loud splashing scene you'd probably expect (like movies like to portray) comes more from a panicking person than someone drowning, which could of course become a drowning hazard from tiring themselves out.

Yeah it seems pretty obvious, and imo it's entertaining because it's obvious.

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I’m old enough to know the original sounds but I only think of counter-strike source lol

Damn nature you scary!

I'm calling shenanigans. The potato quality video is to hide what's really going on. Those are fake birds attached to the guy somehow. The flapping is impressively real though. There is no way the birds can maintain flight going so slow that a clumsily running guy can keep up. FAKE.

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Edit: I find it funny that people are downvoting. Is it because I'm stating the obvious or because you think this is real?!

Another Edit: Thank you u/n-some for the link to the youtube video. I was wrong. Apparently flying parrots on a leash is possible. I'm impressed with the parrots and the owner.

I don't think he's walking them, I think he just really doesn't understand kites.

Probably for the best.
People advocating idiocy don't tend to get very far.

Slow as hell. When I unleash my light speed grab, to impress my wife, it’s like they weren’t even in the same room.

I feel like I have encountered this in a video game

Nope, they get weaker for some time but they can flower each year.

This is the most stressful looking thing.

Poor birds. Imagine having a potential 50-year lifespan, living in a cage with clipped wings, and this is all you have to look forward to. At least in this case they get to have some time outside.

There’s no walking in this video.

2 for the price of 1

Probably sticky at that scale

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