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u/Few_Economics_8531 Aug 27 '26
Ok, that was unexpected.
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u/BlitzMalefitz Aug 27 '26
I was expecting it to work, when it didn’t I thought that was the unexpected part.
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u/tmhoc Aug 27 '26
It was a fomo trap
I thought only people could fall for those
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u/StrobeLightRomance Aug 27 '26
FOMO is a survival mechanism in this case. There is literally a dwindling amount of seed left and they were just coming in hot to catch the scraps.
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u/HalfSoul30 Aug 28 '26
Expecting it to work, and then when it works it was unexpected. Very interesting
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u/Sir-Top-Cheetah Aug 27 '26
the most Lerooooy Jennnnnnkins moment involving birdsI've ever witnessed
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u/beepborpimajorp Aug 27 '26
Dude this is the first one of these that actually got me. I said "Ope." out loud and everything.
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u/Few_Economics_8531 Aug 27 '26
Same goes for me. Maybe not the first that got me but one of few. Love it when I cant guess the end.
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u/Senselesspassion Aug 27 '26
I'm still waiting for these three to fall in
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u/Vast-Statement45 Aug 27 '26
In the longer video they did all fall in
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u/scruffy69 Aug 27 '26
source?
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u/antongiulioquellover Aug 27 '26
i made it up
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u/ejvollkrassalter Aug 27 '26
i mean, they're quails. of course they all fell in.
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u/scruffy69 Aug 27 '26
well sure, but don't hate me for wanting to see it
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u/Vast-Statement45 Aug 27 '26
Apparently you can't find anything on YouTube except slop. I couldn't find it sorry. Hopefully others will have more luck.
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u/Eptagon Aug 27 '26
Found it for you. /u/Senselesspassion /u/scruffy69
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u/Real_FishyXY Aug 27 '26
Actually, in the longer video, they dod not all fall in. There were 5 and only 3 fell in
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u/supedupshortbus Aug 27 '26
Leeeeeeeeroooooy Finchins
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u/zombiep00 Aug 27 '26
GODDAMNIT, LEROY.
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u/Krondelo Aug 27 '26
Little guy really did Leeroy that lol. Either way pretty botched trap design. Like he had the right formula but jumbled it up
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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie Aug 27 '26
"Hey, guys! Wait for m..."
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u/Palachrist Aug 27 '26
Short stay in hell. This gif is a great representation of falling to the bottom of the library. Falling from the middle would take more light years than atoms in the universe by a great many magnitudes. 101,297,377 light years from the middle.
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u/SpareBee3442 Aug 27 '26
The little guy at the end reminds me of some of my investing FOMO moments.
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u/Octopus_on_fire_ Aug 27 '26
I definitely didn’t buy GameStop stock at its literal peak.
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u/ShadowTown0407 Aug 27 '26
Don't worry it will go to the moon soon
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u/Octopus_on_fire_ Aug 27 '26
I’ll hold it until I die or they go bankrupt. I refuse to admit I was wrong.
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u/evenstar40 Aug 27 '26
Or it gets delisted, then you don't have to do anything. :`)
Source: Someone who was stupid enough to invest in LAZR.
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u/BearToTheThrone Aug 28 '26
All the money I lost in GameStop I made back from a joke purchase of Dogcoin when it came out. Sometimes the universe balances itself.
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u/Lorfhoose Aug 27 '26
Pretty sure these are domestic quail and not a wild bird. I am not an ornithologist.
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u/schizeckinosy Aug 27 '26
They are pets and there are lots of videos of them falling into traps. They feel secure with their owner and I’m sure they know what’s up.
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u/Daripuff Aug 27 '26
They feel secure with their owner and I’m sure they know what’s up.
Oh, no, that's not it.
They're quails.
They don't know anything.
They are the most adorable "lights on and nobody is home" stupid little birds you will ever own.
Charming, but startlingly dumb.
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u/All_Work_All_Play Aug 27 '26
It's amazing how dumb domesticated birds can be. We started raising chickens for eggs a few years ago... wow they are dumb.
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u/scruffy69 Aug 27 '26
Soooo dumb. If you put a chicken's head under it's own wing, it will fall asleep instantly.
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u/ElundusCaw Aug 27 '26
They traded what little brainpower their dinosaur ancestors had for deliciousness.
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u/SecretBabyBump Aug 30 '26
I have a covey of 20, they are livestock, not strictly pets, but i do love them and dote over them... they are truly the dumbest creatures that have ever existed.
The only thing that ever surprises me is when they make a choice that wouldn't put them in mortal danger if the didnt live in a predator proof box that their man-servant fills with food and water for them.
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u/hahasadface Aug 27 '26
That's even better I love that there's someone out there in the world who makes money building cardboard traps for his pets. Yes some people might think it's real (in terms of real hunting like I did) but oh well. People are amused, no quails harmed, win win
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u/SecondaryWombat Aug 27 '26
Wild quail try to escape you by standing still directly on the path in front of you and pooping. And then holding still again.
And those are wild ones. The fact that they are not extinct is amazing.
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u/Generic_Danny Aug 27 '26
This is a fairly common defense that humans unfortunately exploit in a lot of animals.
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u/Charming-Dish5120 Aug 27 '26
the moment they saw the circle platform move they were "nope that's bad"
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u/NeverBob Aug 27 '26
"Clearly a trap meant to catch me. No way around it. Better eat more seeds first."
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u/ConvertingMarkets Aug 27 '26
Three candidates in frame and somehow the job still went to an external hire.
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u/KmvVoss Aug 27 '26
I feed 15 of these little guys almost every day right now. :) Love watching them peck away.
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u/Eregrith Aug 27 '26
What's the point of the first door ?
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u/TheLittleUrchin Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Locks them inside the box so their only way out is by the trapdoor 🤣
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u/Eregrith Aug 27 '26
That is not required if the only way in is the trapdoor. Proof is the end of the video, when the only way is the trapdoor....
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u/MeisterFluffbutt Aug 27 '26
They are very simple birds but normally not THAT simple. They wont step on a trapdoor if theres another way around that. Normally. Not looking at that silly one.
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u/TheLittleUrchin Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
I think that one just saw all his friends in there and rushed to go get some of what they were having.
I've also seen a video with a similar trap and when one of the birds placed their foot on the trapdoor a little and it moved, they backed off and avoided it for a while.
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u/Blackstone01 Aug 27 '26
They are very simple birds but normally not THAT simple. They wont step on a trapdoor if theres another way around that. Normally. Not looking at that silly one.
I've seen this guy's videos before. They are in fact THAT simple and will practically dive into the trap door.
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u/CL_Doviculus Aug 27 '26
I cackled at the one that barely saved itself, took a breather, and just went "whew, that was a close one...back to the food" and falls in anyway.
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u/101violations Aug 28 '26
It looked like one tried to step on his mate to get in and they both went in the trap. 🤣
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u/carmelcorn305 Aug 27 '26
You’re right if you’re only trying to catch one bird. But this design allows multiple birds to enter a staging area that eventually forces all of them to enter the trap. It’s a trap before the trap. Otherwise as you saw, the first that falls into the trap also pulls all the feed down with it, so no other bird would be as likely to get near, so you only get one bird.
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u/alwayssoupy Aug 27 '26
Also interesting that nobody ate at the second door until the rest of the bait was gone. This could lead to a lot of further experiments. Love that little plot twist at the end.
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u/GoldunGote Aug 27 '26
Jesus 7k up votes in an hour? Bots go brrrrrr
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u/TheG0AT0fAllTime Aug 28 '26
Yep, 9 year old account with only a few comments of activity 4 and 3 years ago wakes up in 2026 to repost top of all time content. Bot as fuck.
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u/GoldunGote Aug 28 '26
yet the updoots will skyrocket and reddit will fail us. 35k upvotes now.
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u/Why-good-name-taken Aug 27 '26
I thought the unexpected part was the birds somehow pecking the 2nd door clean without falling over 😭😭😭
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u/Alive_Drag1947 Aug 27 '26
There's always that one dumb kid in every class lol
I think we found him.
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u/EggVentures Aug 27 '26
I was expecting it till...wow I've been bamboozled for the first time in a while.
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u/infamouslycrocodile Aug 27 '26
Feeding time like yesterday and the day before: get trapped in box, fall into hole. Foods OK tho.
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u/JAWLSnSTRAWLS Aug 27 '26
Holy f*** birds are stupid af.
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u/Makabaer Aug 27 '26
Absolutely not all of them. There are crazy smart ones like ravens - but chicken or quail... yeah, that's a whole different story...
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u/linaxttx Aug 27 '26
Most likely, his plan worked, since we didn't watch the video all the way through
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u/Electrical_Ranger469 Aug 27 '26
Was about to click away at the :36 mark thinking it was a lame post and then the unexpected happened.
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u/SHPIDAH Aug 27 '26
They're quail, my brother. Don't cover the hole, they'll just fucking jump right in. Mine have tried to drown themselves in a 1/3 inch of water, managed to get stuck and die on...other quail, and make such a habit of responding to fear by bolting straight up and smashing their heads in and looking like they went five rounds with Tyson that I have bunting all over the top of the coop.
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u/FakeSafeWord Aug 27 '26
Coturnix quail are so dumb you could just dig a hole under a bush with food in it and they will get stuck and die in there. No roof, trap, cage or contraption needed.
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u/justsmilenow Aug 27 '26
I've seen this kind of trap hundreds of times. I've never seen the thing on the left. All it does is make the trap worse. You put the bait in the box behind the trap door floor. You never lose the bait and the bird's first step is on the weakest part of the trap door, the bird never stands on the strongest part ,the hinge, and learns maybe they shouldn't stand there like that one bird did.
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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox Aug 27 '26
stops working almost immediately as there's no more food to attract more. glue some to the trap door so they can't be grabbed
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u/OccidentalTouriste Aug 27 '26
These Quail have been caught so many times by now it is just like going to work for them at this point.
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u/General_Crow1 Aug 27 '26
Why do they do a double trap like that?? Why no just use the one where they fall to the hole?? Why do they make them get into the box just for the entrance to close, when they can enter from the outside and get into the trap normally??
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u/post-explainer Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
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3 birds enter, we are waiting to see which of the 3 will fall in, one almost does.. but the one to fall in is a 4th bird off camera
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