Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/03/pretty-sure-this-bird-just-dis.html
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Safe…Under the Dome
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That’s 2020 in a nut shell.
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The Matrix is glitched.
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We’re above the 13th floor, tweeple.
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I’ve seen Piper Cubs do basically that in the mountains of Alaska. With the right wind they can almost take off with zero forward movement.
Also a great illustration of how birds heads act like they are on a gimbal system.
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Many millions of years of avionics wet-ware development and a stiff headwind.
But also, definitely found the edge of the map 
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My favorite is holding a chicken in the air and slowly moving it around: the head stays almost perfectly in place while their body moves. Super cool!
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Thank you for this!
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Let’s play Washing Machine!
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Bird knows where the lift is better than anybody. I have been at the top of a hill on a windy day, thinking about launching a paraglider, and watching the birds for tips.
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The one case I’ve especially noticed a few years ago was on a high wind day. There was this bird that was furiously batting its wings trying to fly right upwind (with no success) and, most remarkably, chirping non stop to scream bloody murder (that’s what it sounded like anyway).
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I just got one out of the freezer and followed your instructions. It doesn’t work? Maybe if I try with buffalo wings.
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Maybe yours was defective? Buffalo wings should work better, methinks. Let me know how it goes!
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My dad has a friend from back in the day who worked for Pratt and Whitney and swore up and down that they fired a frozen goose at a jet engine. I always believed him, but for all I know he was adding to the mythology!
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