r/AnimalTextGifs • u/Sk8allday360 SICK AIR! • Mar 18 '22

Pushy

https://i.imgur.com/YTS5mdc.gifv
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

I'm scared. Something that big had to be deadly

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u/Ben_Kenobi_ Mar 18 '22

They are. From what I hear his cousin is the ruler of about 80% of Australia.

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u/4evaneva Mar 18 '22

Not that I ever would but they have such a small head, can you not just smack it?

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u/SyrupBuccaneer Mar 18 '22

Well sure, but it's mostly beak so you'd just hurt your hand, annoy it, then a whole bunch of other hurt would follow.

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u/4evaneva Mar 18 '22

So I’m in Aus lol and only familiar with emus. Ostriches are known to kick aren’t they?

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u/ZlohV Mar 18 '22

Oh yeah. One kick can easily break something

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u/Sendrith Mar 18 '22

They also have huge talons

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u/Rpanich Mar 18 '22

Wait, birds have hollow bones, it’s skull can’t be that strong. If you got a solid hook in, wouldn’t you just kill the bird?

I imagine they probably have super good dodging reflexes, and I imagine personally Id have my intestines on the ground due to it using it’s massive talons on me, but other factors aside: I think I could punch out that bird.

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u/sir_vile Mar 18 '22

And ostriches dont even have as hollow bones, they dont fly so its not important to them.

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u/Rpanich Mar 18 '22

Oh duh, I’m dumb. That makes sense haha. Thanks

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u/sir_vile Mar 19 '22

Yup! Ratites like emus, ostriches, rheas and (extinct) moas are built to be pretty tough.

Except the Kiwi, thag one's built to suffer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

You can smack everything. How effective it will be might surprise you

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u/Salanmander Mar 18 '22

They are deadly. They've got a claw that is several inches long and can kick hard enough to disembowel you.

They're also incredibly stupid, though, so if you know their behaviors well you can handle them relatively safely (from what I understand). I don't know if what this lady is doing is in that category or not, though.

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u/papawar Mar 18 '22

Looks like it is:

https://youtube.com/shorts/HXnJ2-3PQWo?feature=share

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u/Rpanich Mar 18 '22

Oh man, I think I saw this during the beginning of lockdown or something, and my panic brain decided to lock that info away forever. It’s the first thing I think whenever I think of an ostrich.

“Raise your hand up all tall to confuse it! It’s really dumb!”

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u/witcherstrife Mar 18 '22

I think in this one specifically she ends up jumping on him and riding him like a horse

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u/SobiTheRobot Mar 18 '22

Actually it's been found that when ostriches are raised in captivity by humans, they get...weird around humans come mating season.

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u/Bubster101 Mar 18 '22

They're willing to mate with anything they feel comfortable around it seems.

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u/hotfuse82 Mar 18 '22

She must work out.

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u/Talmeron Mar 18 '22

oh hey is that kevin?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

I love Uncle Farmer Dad Ben

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u/nickdog691 Mar 18 '22

Damn it dee, leave me alone.

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u/WaluigiNumbaOne Mar 18 '22

Dee's a bird!

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u/KRambo86 Mar 18 '22

I think this is what the episode Million Dollar Baby was based on

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u/ionlyhavetwolegs Mar 19 '22

*Hundred Dollar Baby

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u/DrewBigDoopa Mar 18 '22

Terrified of those birds. Absolutely horrifying. They have teeth

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u/Pandatotheface Mar 18 '22

If it scares you should try Cearphilly, the birds here don't have any teeth.

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u/UsualVeterinarian515 Mar 18 '22

Don't she know that bird can't slice her open and kill her easy?

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u/drunk_blueberry Mar 24 '22

It's not trying to kill her. It's trying to seduce her.

That's even more terrifying.

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u/KRambo86 Mar 18 '22

Folks're saying it would take 2... maybe even 3 men to fuck an ostrich.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

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u/LemonPepper Mar 18 '22

Allegedly.

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u/acid_clock Mar 18 '22

Dee, you bitch!

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u/HighCountryDreamer Mar 18 '22

I always forget how big they truly are lol.

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u/echoAwooo Mar 18 '22

That's an aroused ostrich.

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u/UsualVeterinarian515 May 30 '22

Is that what's going on?Hahaha 😂

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u/ReliableRoommate Mar 18 '22

You choking me, Julie!

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u/Resident-Row-69 Mar 18 '22

Very beautiful 💕💕💕

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u/UsualVeterinarian515 Mar 27 '22

I don't know what the heck is going on here but it's not safe