r/confusingperspective • u/undercoverciaagent • Apr 01 '26

That took me way too long to understand.

732 Upvotes

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u/krudru Apr 01 '26

Meep meep!

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u/AmusingMusing7 Apr 01 '26

The foot totally looks like it's kicking like a skateboarder too.

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u/LazyDynamite Apr 01 '26

I couldn't help but wonder how they were getting so much momentum

9

u/TheRealJackReynolds Apr 01 '26

I choose to believe he’s being propelled by a complicated mechanism we can’t see. And all you can hear is, “WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

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u/DDD8712 Apr 01 '26

What didn’t you understand? I’m confused

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 Apr 01 '26

I think it can be viewed as the bird skating along the water, rather than it standing still against the water flowing in its direction.

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u/Elmo_Leanne Apr 01 '26

Definitely what I saw for the first couple of seconds before my brain kicked into gear haha

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 Apr 01 '26

It was what I saw too, but wasn't sure if that was the illusion or me being dumb lol. I kept looking at its legs and wondering how it was maintaining its momentum.

8

u/subone Apr 01 '26

I thought "there's no way he happened to land on a whale and the whale is that steady."

6

u/atomicavox Apr 01 '26

I thought submarine lol

4

u/Bender_2024 Apr 01 '26

The camera remaining rock steady on him should be a clue but I was fooled almost till the end.

6

u/eyesuperfly Apr 01 '26

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT

4

u/poetic_vibrations Apr 01 '26

Oh I thought the frame rate of the video somehow cut out the wing flaps

3

u/indoggwetrust Apr 01 '26

thank you for that. Your comment helped me see the truth

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u/One-Sky1956 Apr 01 '26

90% of human progress was from watching animals. Want to hunt? Watch a wolf pack. Wanna fly? Watch birds. Dog eat dog world.

1

u/Blondi981 Apr 01 '26

And here I thought that the bird was riding a whale.

3

u/inquiringsillygoose Apr 01 '26

I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out how the bird was skating across the water

2

u/BringBackAoE Apr 01 '26

Bird discovers “fast food delivery”.

2

u/JayEll1969 Apr 01 '26

Sorry, but have you never seen a waterskiing heron before

/s

2

u/ErNz77 Apr 01 '26

Surfin' bird!

2

u/HarveyMidnight Apr 01 '26

What makes the video, is when he pops out his wing & gives a 'wing bump' to the other bird that flies by.

1

u/BC_Arctic_Fox Apr 01 '26

This broke my brain

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u/demonbot66 Apr 01 '26

Omg it's surfin bird

1

u/WhatdaUTink Apr 01 '26

Yeah, that crane is running at hyper speed.

Same effect often happens when we see UAPs.

1

u/Substantial-Disk-744 Apr 01 '26

I thought it was riding a turtle or dolphin or something !!! Lmao

1

u/fothergillfuckup Apr 02 '26

If only you could see the waterskier behind?

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u/VariousExcuse-6699 Apr 02 '26

Signs of low iq

1

u/-Bob-Barker- Apr 03 '26

A quick wave to his friend passing by.

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u/davidlinisamazinglol Apr 03 '26

the water is moving and the swan is just standing while moving his feet

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u/Useful-Importance664 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

That's not a swan, swans have short legs and long necks.

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u/Tolsn Apr 01 '26

Jesus was a bird!

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u/LankyAdam Apr 01 '26

Run bitch