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Anonymous
Is this real?
Please explain this behavior.

thx,
anon
>> Anonymous
shoop, stupid op.
>> Anonymous
lol
>> Anonymous
Birdie got scarfed.
>> Anonymous
yikes
>> Anonymous
Nature =/= pretty just for you.
>> Anonymous
>>224351
facepalm.jpg
>> Anonymous
OP here.. so. any explanation?
>> Anonymous
also:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=101754
>> Anonymous
what explanation? Animals don't feel pain like we do. They don't react to it in the same way. Things that would incapacitate most humans and leave them crying like bitches most animals will shrug off and take a lap.

This is because animals can't expect help from anyone else.
>> Anonymous
this is the video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f2b1D5w82yU
>> Barksalot !!bUy38Am5hmk
>>224459
You don't know what the hell you are talking about.
The only reason you say such nonsense is because you lack the valuable ability to read and understand another's feelings and emotions.
>> Anonymous
OP here
I mean why did it skinned the poor bird's neck?
was it intentional?
>> Anonymous
BIRDS OF PRAY EAT LESSER ANIMALS
>> Anonymous
lol nature
>> Barksalot !!bUy38Am5hmk
>>224478
I don't know much about birds, but it could be a "hate-crime." Seagulls like to eat eggs, and I know that birds can remember bad events and the perpetrators.
It's possible that seagulls ate the falcon's eggs before, and now the falcon is either being protective, or simply aggressive towards the "enemy." This was probably never about food.
As for going for the neck - it's the weakest part and predators know this.
>> Anonymous
No.

It's just a hungry peregrine that failed to hit the seabird with enough force to kill it. When its prey started to move around, the raptor expended too much energy struggling with it. It finally gave up and flew away.

Shit like this isn't uncommon, it's just mostly undocumented. Many of you have probably seen it with your cats, who leave gasping rabbits and birds laying around.
>> Hey my name is not Anonymous
that would take like...5 minutes in photoshop
>> Barksalot !!bUy38Am5hmk
>>224489
According to the forum post found here:
>>224458
the fight went on for 30 minutes. I feel the falcon could have killed the bird much sooner. Besides, it was as good as dead anyway - why not finish it off and eat it? It probably left the bird like this because it knew the bird would die now, and couldn't be bothered to waste any more time and energy.

Also, cats leave mice and rats lying around as well - that doesn't meant they were exhausted after the kill.
>> Ragnaros the Firelord
>>224489
well cats are known to be dicks like that not birds.
>> Anonymous
>>224459
You're either a troll or an idiot.
>> Anonymous
>>224495

That's silly, birds can be asses too. Birds like corvids are always "playing pranks" and raptors regularly carry off prey that is still alive and dismember it slowly.

As a scientist in the field, you are not supposed to "anthropomorphize" what you see. Because this chick posted that she thought it was malicious and vindictive, that's how everyone will now see it. But we have no way to know if it was just practice, revenge, or play, or just a very confused peregrine. What's pissing me off is that people think that this is like some demon bird, he/she is just being an animal.
>> 4tran
>>224462
fucking rick roll.
>> Anonymous
>>224476
Most animals, and obviously seagulls, do not have "emotions". Goddamn PETAfags...

>>224472
True. No one's saying animals don't have a pain reflex, but they process it in a much more detached way. You can't possibly claim they process it mentally the same as humans, because it simply isn't possible, and all the evidence points to the contrary. Wild animals simply don't have a "holy shit, this fucking hurts, I'm gonna sit and cry and be miserable" state like humans do.
>> Anonymous
>>224585
because the realization of their state doesn't put them in a state of emotional distress and despair doesnt mean they don't feel pain as sharply as we do

humans sometimes react the same way in extreme conditions
>> Anonymous
Actually, yes it does. Most of the negative aspects of pain are our emotional responses to it. In its most basic form pain is just a sensory response. I realize this is probably way over the heads of most of you fags who come here to post your cats, but it's true.

Humans trained to do it or in extreme situations do at times show disregard for pain or barely notice it, this is basically how animals are all the time, given how they act.
>> Anon
I read on another site that a vulture (or a like bird) chased the falcon off, probably trying to get a free meal.
The gull could be in shock. Some people/animals get substantial injuries and don't realize they have them until someone points them out or they actually see the physical evidence (if it's external).
I snapped my femur, felt fine. Until I tried to stand up. Leg gave out and I decided to stay put until the ambulance arrived. Still didn't feel any pain until an hour later.
>> Anonymous
>>224596
This is true. Human beings that grew up feral, like the famous Savage Child from the 18th century in France, wasn't as sensitive to cold or pain in the same way a domestically raised human was.

I remember learning about that in class and laughing at all the dumb fuckers who bitched and moaned about the experiments done on feral people's psychologies and bodies. Like we feel emotions in remotely the same way!
>> Anonymous
I had a similar experience with a broken arm and a car crash. I had to drag myself out of the car and I didn't realize my arm was broken until after I had put all my weight on that arm and pulled myself out. I looked at it after I felt pain and there was definitely bone sticking out. I had no idea.
>> Anonymous
this topic is interesting
>> Anonymous
>>224898

Indeed :o PETA should know about this... why are they still so god damn annoying sometimes...
>> Anonymous
>>224462
no nigger there is no vidya
>> Anonymous
Animals, some more than others, do indeed feel emotions, albeit probably on a very different level than we humans do.
Example: The emotion 'love', and 'affection', is for the most part, elicited by the nuerochemical 'oxytocin'. In homosapiens, the receptors for oxytocin are located on the so-called reward center of the brain, which is what makes social bonding, fellow contact, etc. pleasing to us. During sexual intercourse, oxytocin is also produced in larger amounts, which accounts for the feelings of peace, trust, and general attachment one feels towards the partner.
The oxytocin-reward setup is seen exhibited in wolves, penguins, and practically all monogamous and pack-oriented creatures. These creatures can feel love.
Another event is that in the event of external turmoil, such as an unstable environment, the stress chemical cortisol is produced in most living creatures. In humans, dogs, and the like, cortisol leads to decreased levels of serotonin, and increased levels of stomach acid- resulting in depression, anxiety, and naseau.

So yeah.
>> Anonymous
may be real there neck is more down then meat. maybe it came to close to falcon nest.
>> gizmogal !MmLOyiCYJs
old pics are OLD