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Seisme1138 t1_j3bgqtg wrote

I absolutely love the mutual grooming. ❤️

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beer_demon t1_j3bgwar wrote

While this does look like a domesticated vulture, when paragliding I did have vultures try to land on the top of the wing, and once managed it and then slid off, they are not afraid of paragliders at all.

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SandiegoJack t1_j3bhtz8 wrote

This video made me uncomfortable. Heights and I are no bueno.

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semistro t1_j3bi9ex wrote

I saw this somewhere already, the vulture is his own and they fly together regularly.

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DrakeAU t1_j3bjkr8 wrote

Yeah um, I'm going to nibble this guys shoe.

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thebarkbarkwoof t1_j3bmncm wrote

In the next scene he nibbles on the wings then Free dinner.

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IsDedZilla t1_j3bnats wrote

The way it pulls up reminds me of a police traffic intercept… “what seems to be the officer problem?”

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Rossrox t1_j3box9p wrote

Replying to EdEnsHAzArD (#1,301,426)

Same! I describe it as a fear of unsafe heights - if there’s something that I could do either accidentally or on purpose that could put me in serious danger, I don’t like it.

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sadahtay t1_j3bq3ia wrote

Are birds just like, flying over us all the time?

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taffaq t1_j3bq6g2 wrote

Being a bird is so fucking cool

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Obelix13 t1_j3brhdx wrote

Tagged!!! Now you’re It!!

Is the vulture tagged? I see something tied to its leg.

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[deleted] t1_j3buqf2 wrote

Would be so much better without the musical ‘accompaniment’ - why not just use the actual sound?

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PraiseBobSlackOff t1_j3buu8b wrote

That’s a nice looking vulture. I saw a turkey vulture up close and it’s face looked like it stuck it n a fire. Looked all bloody and burn-victimed. I looked it up and they’re all that ugly.

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theghostofgotti t1_j3buux8 wrote

Sure, he was "resting his wings" on something that could have been a predator and might have wanted to kill it. Wild animals do this kind of thing all the time.

Jesus.

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poonnaga t1_j3bwo57 wrote

Nothing more free than a bird. Just watching the world unfold from above. I’d sacrifice my marble bag for the ability to fly. My nut set. My kibbles and bits.

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Atticus_152 t1_j3bx42z wrote

Well that's... Some version of a Disney princess.

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Butyouplayinn t1_j3bx94u wrote

Those micro adjustments on the tail feathers are cool to watch.

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funky555 t1_j3bxa9d wrote

my dumbass: "What if he falls 😰"

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LafondaCrawford t1_j3byko7 wrote

Repost. Knowing that the guy and the vulture have a relationship helps but it makes me so frustrated when he pets it.

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Secret_Autodidact t1_j3c5idp wrote

Replying to jsha11 (#1,301,664)

Gravity gets a bad rap, it's making you accelerate just the same on the ground as it is when you're falling through the air. It's the damn ground that's the problem, without it we'd be weightless!

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ScumEater t1_j3c9ix4 wrote

His little tail rudder is the coolest thing

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minedigger t1_j3czegg wrote

That vulture knows it’s one mistake away from a free ride and a great meal.

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AfellowchuckerEhh t1_j3d6bt8 wrote

Replying to taffaq (#1,301,519)

Looks so freeing to just casually be gliding through the air like this. Unless there's a bigger bird trying to eat you. Always wondered if birds have a fear/anxiety of heights since it still could kill them if they injure a wing or what not. Or if just chilling on the ledge of a skyscraper is just w/e to them because they can just fly if they slip.

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mondomaniatrics t1_j3d6yv0 wrote

omg... I just realized... gifs don't have copyright strikes like on Youtube!

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OhMyGoth1 t1_j3djfb5 wrote

Replying to jawshoeaw (#1,304,003)

Not actually as dangerous. They're sharp enough but vultures have relatively weak feet (at least compared to raptors, which is part of the reason they aren't classified with them anymore). No need to grip and kill your prey with talons when it's already dead

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Desperate-Fix-9930 t1_j3e0sxm wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,304,744)

That is a species of vulture. Not all of them have a bald head and neck. Some, like this one, just have a bald face. You can see it when it's nibbling his right shoe. Hawks and falcons also have generally short and very curved beaks, while this one has a longer and flatter beak

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L0V1 t1_j3e3g2y wrote

Fucking shithawks coming

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cnthelogos t1_j3e5bgf wrote

Replying to OrionJohnson (#1,303,719)

Yes, if I had a pet vulture and clipped its wings, I would definitely take it paragliding with me. /s

Christ Redditors are so eager to see animal abuse. I legitimately believe it's an illness.

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Camarao_du_mont t1_j3ec9pr wrote

Replying to OrionJohnson (#1,303,719)

That's not even how clipped wings work.

It's very noticeable when done, and it's only done to one of the wings. You can clip almost all flight feathers an the bird will still fly.

The goal is to have asymmetric wings so they cannot gain height but can still glide down to safely.

And you don't clip wings, you clip feathers.

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CaveManta t1_j3efhsx wrote

"Sorry. There's gum on your shoe."

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plomerosKTBFFH t1_j3epn6b wrote

"I'm so hungry, where's the nearest carcass? Oh look a paraglider! Man it would suck if you had an accident and died."

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wilby321 t1_j3epu3m wrote

Vulture trying to find out what that smell is in his shoe

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SubtleRedditIcon t1_j3er6of wrote

Wait do birds like to be petted? And is it petted or pet? Regardless, do all animals that aren’t pets like to be pet? Or petted?

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Slippergypsy t1_j3eui23 wrote

This is like the guy that flies with a flock of geese or duck, very majestic

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pizzahutbuffet t1_j3ev7ua wrote

Replying to bleunt (#1,301,446)

Here we are again, I really liked the thought of the vulture somehow deciding to just do this, I just thought it was cool, everything on the internet is fake. Yeah I’m silly, whatever, life’s more fun when you entertain silly possibilities like this

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Laura3109 t1_j3evk2e wrote

Yeah, I might take that as a really bad omen.

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[deleted] t1_j3flgon wrote

Replying to willow0918a (#1,305,990)

Fair enough…I’m just more than a bit over the apparent ‘necessity’ to add music/songs to clips that almost always don’t need it. Think it’s the TikTok generation and their apparent super short attention span and intolerance/fear of silence! Maybe I’m just old…😂

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TrappedOnARock t1_j3fqkqf wrote

"Stop petting me and help me find my next meal, damn it"

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