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Video caption: "This bird just discovered that golf balls bounce on concrete and he's absolutely loving it."

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This is a bird called the Sereima, and what you are seeing isn't random behavior: it's how they hunt. They chase rodents and lizards down, grab them with their beaks, then slam their prey down onto rocks repeatedly until they stop moving.

Metal as hell.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Probably thought it was an egg

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

The bird:

"WHY THE HELL ARENT THESE EGGS BREAKING? WHAT MANNER OF BIRD LAID THESE ABOMINATIONS?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Didnt think about animals getting slamed on the ground. Smaller birds do this with fruita/nuts to break them