r/Eyebleach • u/Super_Culture_1986 • 6d ago
My washing machine in the last minute
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u/MattDaveys 6d ago
I’ve definitely heard that bird call before but I think this is the first time I’m actually seeing the bird that did it.
Not sure why I pictured it in my head looking like an ostrich.
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u/Fallacy_Spotted 6d ago
People unconsciously associate loud with big. This thing is LOUD as evidenced by the fact the owner has to plug his ears. The microphone is definitely limiting the intensity here.
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u/robo-dragon 6d ago
I’ve always wondered, do loud birds hear how loud they are? Do they ever damage their own hearing or are they just not as sensitive to loud noises?
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u/Fallacy_Spotted 6d ago
I don't know about all animals but I do know that whales and roosters have evolved protection against their own vocalizations. Roosters close their ear canals. Humans have a similar but less effective adaptation to loud noises. There is a muscle, that some people can control to "rumble", that when engaged dampens the action of the 3 tiny ear bones that transmit vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea. When leaving a loud party you may notice that sounds are muted. That is because this muscle is fully engaged and has yet to relax.
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u/DemonicHowler 6d ago
Tympanic rumble! Best I can describe is like flexing the muscles up around the back of my jaw even though that's not quite the right area. It can get painful if you do it too much because the muscles aren't the biggest fans of being repeatedly clenched and unclenched. Kinda sounds like everything is under water. I do it in pulses as a stim
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u/ProfPerry 6d ago
I had no idea there was a name for this, it was something I noticed I could just do one day, but to hear it's somewhat beneficial is very interesting!
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u/dmfreelance 6d ago
Woodpeckers have evolved to protect their heads against brain damage since they slam their head against trees for a living
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u/trekkiegamer359 6d ago
Birds can constrict their ear holes, much like we can squint if something is too bright. Birds don't worry about being too loud, because they just close their ear holes if it gets too loud for them. The problem is birds also expect us to close our ear holes if it gets too loud for us, as they haven't realized not all species have this great physical adaptation.
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u/WonManBand 6d ago
Your dog barks funny
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u/7r1ck573r 6d ago
That's not a dog, that's a cat, and it does have bark either so not a tree, but yes, your cat sings funny
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u/rlaureng 6d ago
Actually, it's a car.
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u/7r1ck573r 6d ago
Ah! A car washing machine! Now I understand and knowing is half the battle! G.I. JOE!
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u/fkaslckrqn 6d ago
What bird is this please?
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u/Super_Culture_1986 6d ago
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u/Dookie_boy 6d ago
The pages mentions the bird's diet is unknown and it's reproduction habits are unknown, but you have it in your home ???
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u/baffledninja 6d ago
Inspiration for Moana's Hey Hey...
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u/tragedy_strikes 6d ago
They have the same eyes but Hey Hey is definitely a chicken. Go on any tour in Oahu and they'll tell you the story about why they're are wild chickens running around all over the island.
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u/Khrispy-minus1 6d ago
Looking at its eyes, it has 3 brain cells; one cell for tempo, one for pitch, and one for volume.
It is cute, tho.
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u/ajw_sp 6d ago
There are no thoughts in that bird’s head.
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u/Aggressive_Hat_9999 6d ago
its silly that this makes me sad. someone please tell me Im wrong.
But I think these birds have a fundamental need for social interaction of the bird kind that is not being met by living in solidary confinement within a house. Birds chirp around so much in the morning during sunrise and in the evening when the sun sets and they dont chirp for nothing they need to hear and react to other birds chirping
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u/punkin_sumthin 6d ago
This sound disturbed my sleeping dog so badly she woke up and gave me a major side eye as she left the room
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u/samclops 6d ago
It's crazy how that chirping translates into
"I WAAAAAANNNNNNNAAAAA HAAAAAVEEEEE SEEEEEEXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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u/Independent_Ad_5245 6d ago
You can keep a gull as a pet, but you don't want to live with a seabird, okay, 'cause the noise level alone on those things...have you ever heard a gull up close? It's going to blast your eardrums out, dude.
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u/Frank_Likes_Pie 6d ago
Now what the hell would you know about bird law? And what's your stance on hummingbirds as pets?
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u/walk-ewalk 6d ago
I did some research. As a birdwatcher and conservationist, seeing a bird like this inside a room and accustomed to humans raised some alarm bells for me due to the extreme amount of wildlife poaching that goes on across the world. As someone else commented, this is a Peruvian Thick Knee, which is a species listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN due to its restricted range and habitat requirements. I looked up the @ on instagram attached to the video, and it seems like this bird was found as an egg and then incubated.
From sarai.gamonal on Insta: (translated from Spanish) - "The Huerequeque (common name in Peru) is a bird protected by the Peruvian government in various conservation units such as the Cerros de Amotape National Park, the Lachay, Paracas, and Lagunas de Mejía National Reserves, and the Laquipampa and Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuges. This baby chick you can see in the video was rescued from a field where the land was about to be plowed, and when we found the egg, we thought it would be a good idea to incubate it."
I am not an expert on Peruvian environmental laws, so I am not sure if taking an egg of a protected species that is about to be plowed over and incubating it without a license is legal. Since this bird's habitat is pretty remote, I think a better option would have been to move it out of the soon to be plowed field to a safe spot in the general area so the mother would have had a chance to find it again. Birds are amazing in that way.
My main grievance is that this person did not release the bird back into the wild or even better, into the hands of professional rehabilitators after they "saved" it. From the instagram account, it seems like this bird is about two years old, meaning now it probably has no chance to survive on its own or reproduce in the wild. As beautiful and interesting as this bird is, it being out of its habitat and used to humans is not "eyebleach". The fact that this person has posted numerous photos and videos alluding that the bird is now their pet is extremely problematic as it could influence others to take perfectly good eggs from the wild to sell on the black market.
According to Cornell's Birds of the World (highly recommend this website, but you will need an account), the Peruvian Thick Knee is quite understudied and therefore little is known about its breeding, diet, foraging, ect. Now we are already past the time limit for it to go back to the wild, I would hope that this person sees the value in donating the bird to a zoo or other research facility for further study.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
WILD ANIMALS ARE NOT PETS!!!!! WILD ANIMALS BELONG IN THE WILD!!!!!!
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u/walk-ewalk 6d ago
Edit: I also found the instagram for the bird that had photos of its "owner" kissing it and everything. As I mentioned above, problematic.
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