Drones installed in taxidermied birds. They even flap, nightmarishly.

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No Thank You Reaction GIF

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Just in time for a remake of Birdemic.

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Well, at least it’s not Boston Dynamics trying this kind of thing.

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No flights shown longer than 3 seconds. Are they flying or falling?

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Soon the talking heads on Russian television will be screaming about NATO cyborg drone birds.

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So, it’s true. Birds really aren’t real.

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Yeah, they’re not going to be actually flying any time soon, I’d say, or ever.

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Walking is pretty much made up of falling and recovering. I suppose flying is much the same.

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I think the word you are looking for is flailing.

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Not Yet No GIF

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The wings are way too stiff and look to be controlled by a single motor. Real birdsTM bend their wings in both directions to control flight and adjust each independently. They’re a long, long way from controled flight these corpse-drones

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That’s nothing.

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Is this to make sure they don’t fly away?

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Shocked Emma Stone GIF

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Required, since no one else has posted it yet:

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Think I’ve seen this technique before…
the toy story,toy,with,falling,style GIF

“This isn’t flying, it’s falling with style!”