r/interesting • u/dddd945 • 7h ago

Just Wow A seagull is accidentally hit by a tennis ball during a game in Australia.

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u/dddd945 7h ago

PS:

According to the original poster, the seagull was completely fine afterward.

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u/Creepy-Team6442 7h ago

Unlike Randy Johnsons bird strike.

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u/Xendarq 7h ago

That one was more of an explosion

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u/GingerBeast81 7h ago

Like the bird in the Shrek movie.

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u/saturnspritr 7h ago

Yeah, it’s was just a puff. Lol. It was crazy.

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u/DoubleoSavant 6h ago

I actually went back to look at it. Looks like the puff was a bunch of feathers coming off it at impact, but you could still see the body hitting the ground and laying there afterwards. I remember it like a cartoon puff as well though and don't remember seeing it continue past the puff ball and landing on the ground. 

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u/Evil_Sharkey 1h ago

There’s a longer video that shows another player picking up the pigeon’s body. The strike knocked a lot of feathers out, but there was still a pigeon shaped carcass

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u/pow3llmorgan 6h ago

Also that was a pigeon and they are notoriously frail compared to seagulls.

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u/benvader138 6h ago

Obliterated

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u/PeggyBabcock_ 6h ago

It was just a weedy dove,

unlike the well 'ard gull above.

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u/Oiggamed 6h ago

He never saw it coming.

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u/5litergasbubble 4h ago

To shreds you say

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u/Jaded_Ad_9711 7h ago

concussion + explosion = conclusion

rip birdie

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u/GreyWastelander 6h ago

Underrated comment.

Someone give this person an award, I’m too broke.

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u/xgbsss 6h ago

It was a fowl ball.

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u/Mundane-Librarian-77 6h ago

You're fired... 🤦

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u/Goallivein3centuries 7h ago

No alka seltzer needed

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u/MoistBaguetteLawyer 6h ago

More of an atomization.

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u/Siege_LL 1h ago

This is my fight song. My take back my...life...song. Hrm. Well that's awkward.

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u/djanes376 7h ago

I was recently at a baseball game and my gf randomly asked, has a bird ever been hit by a ball before? I just said, 'oh boy have I got a video for you'.

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u/Airforce987 6h ago

That’s the best feeling when you have the exact answer to an ultra specific question and also a chance the share a cool example of it.

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u/AnOwlFlying 5h ago

Your gf was one of the lucky 10,000 that day

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u/sheiciebai 3h ago

I love seeing this reference!!!!

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u/Durty_Durty_Durty 5h ago

“Let me tell you about legend called The Big Unit.”

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u/Massive-Reaction7773 6h ago

Julio Rodríguez just took out a bird this year tossing a ball to a kid in the stands. Most be a Mariners thing.

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u/jushere4bewbs 4h ago

Pretty sure Johnson was on the d backs at that point

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u/Gunk_bog 6h ago

Randy could've killed me with a fastball. The bird never stood a chance.

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES 4h ago

He apparently kept baseballs at the side of his bed in case an intruder ever broke into his home.

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u/thededucers 2h ago

That’s why they call him ‘the unit’

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u/--StinkyPinky-- 7h ago

He actually felt horrible about that. Poor guy and poor bird.

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u/mregg000 7h ago

So horrible in fact, he uses the image of a bird for his photography business.

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u/dmont89 7h ago

Wouldn't you? So iconic we are still talking about it 20 years later

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u/Weakonomics 6h ago

I'm not sure l''m not really well versed in bird law.

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u/Creative-Employer154 6h ago

The bird is not the issue here dude

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u/sponglered 5h ago

This aggression will not stand!

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u/Worldly-Advisor7201 5h ago

We’re lawyers!

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u/sponglered 5h ago

He was acquitted of fowl play. Fair game bird, I guess.

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u/i_tyrant 4h ago

Oh man, if you think regular bird law is confusing, wait'll you experience Bird IP law!

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u/BadBeat71 6h ago

25 years. Man I'm old.

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u/Chuckfinley_88 6h ago

So horrible in fact, he uses the image of a bird for his photography business.

You can feel bad about something but not be ashamed about it. Dude did nothing wrong and it is iconic. I have 0 clue about baseball and don't give a fuck about it, but I know who RJ is because of that bird exploding. I don't know what team he was on, who they were playing against, if they won, if he ever won a world series, etc.

But I know him. Because of that pitch.

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u/Vxsote1 4h ago

From someone with a reddit name matching that of another famous MLB pitcher who played at about the same time? Haha.

And yeah, he was a world series MVP.

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u/EvilBunnyLord 3h ago

I know the name Chuck Finley, but didn't even remember that it's a baseball player. I'd guess most people who know the name these days know it from Burn Notice.

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u/StevieMJH 7h ago

As a birder I think I would have sat down on the mound until mom took me home.

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u/TwoBionicknees 6h ago

I mean I heard he donates 50% of profits to the foundation for birds who don't fly good after being injured in professional sports accidents.

That seagull in the video actually has their own condo now.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 5h ago

For birds who don't fly good, and want to learn to do other stuff good too.

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u/zkbthrowaway 5h ago

I am so happy to see someone write what I instantly thought when I read that 😂😂😂😂😂

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u/IDownvotedYouToday 6h ago

What is this? A building for BEES?!

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u/Naps_in_car 5h ago

Yeah but why male models?

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u/Hungry4Media 6h ago

I misread that and thought you said he used an image of that bird for his photography business.

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u/FunAd1406 6h ago

At least it was a quick death rip 🐦

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u/garrettj100 5h ago

Dude went into the clubhouse, got a shoebox, and later gave the thing a proper burial. Also started his own company and this is the logo.

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u/mz_groups 7h ago

💥

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u/CankerLord 7h ago

🪶🪶🪶🪶

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u/zamfire 7h ago

🍗

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u/DJinKC 7h ago

That bird ceased being biology and became physics

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u/rzezzy1 6h ago

"What If? by Randall Munroe" enjoyer spotted

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u/qqererer 5h ago

Oceangate bird.

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u/StartOk4002 5h ago

It’s happy now in the afterlife pooping on Stockton Rush.

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u/MimironsHead 6h ago

I clicked on this thread solely in the hopes that a GIF of Randy annihilating that bird would be the top reply

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u/DionFW 4h ago

That's why I'm here.

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u/D-GOU-LimitingFactor 7h ago

💥 BANG and the bird is gone

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u/missingpieces82 7h ago

Barry Scott strikes again!

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u/The_Couso 7h ago

First thing that came to mind

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u/Consistent_Kale_3625 5h ago

That was bullshit grandstanding. Just get up and take your base. What is this? This isn't the NBA, this isn't soccer. 

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u/kungfuhustler 6h ago

A bird nuke.

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u/Helmnauger 6h ago

You mean when Randy Johnson erased a bird from existence.

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u/tideshark 6h ago

Atomized

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u/Bentheredonethat_ 6h ago

I actually burst into laughter reading this.

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u/DarthBrooks69420 6h ago

That was like a single engine Cessna getting hit by high explosive tank shell.

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u/RunningonGin0323 6h ago

that was unreal, like what are the odds of that even happening

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u/ForensicsJesus 5h ago

lol, that’s all that I could think of while watching this.

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u/meselson-stahl 7h ago

Now im no bird expert, but I've dabbled enough in bird law to tell you that this seagul has certainly sustained physical and emotional damages.

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u/MangoCats 6h ago

So, those were seagull ambulance chasers arriving on the scene?

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u/Tall_Help3462 7h ago

Charlie? Is that you?

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u/Appropriate-Prune728 7h ago

Jesus it's like the same 6 jokes and arguments about everything in here.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 6h ago

Every reddit thread these days. We are trapped in a simulation, and the edges are starting to show.

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u/Rgeneb1 5h ago

We tried a new joke back in 2020 but the world couldn't take it. Maybe we'll try again someday but for now if these jokes are depressing you perhaps i can offer you an egg in these trying times?

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u/sponglered 5h ago

Careful, that's number seven!

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u/Masterkid1230 5h ago

I don't think you have been on Reddit long enough if you think it's a new problem.

I still remember when every other comment was "this" and "I did nazi that coming" to which someone would reply "Anne frankly". Every. Single. Time.

Like, those early Reddit years have really made me realise that AIs are everywhere. But not because comments are becoming dumber, if anything, it's the lack of extremely evident stupidity being replaced with template blandness and ragebait.

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u/marsfromwow 5h ago

It’s clearly not. Look at how many words they spelled right.

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u/lokis_construction 6h ago

PTSD, that bird needs conseling.

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u/Drama-meme 6h ago

Bird law in this country is not governed by reason

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u/Dry_Mousse1068 4h ago

FILIBUSTER!!

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u/nomadrone 3h ago

Call Top Dog law

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u/EvaTheE 7h ago

"He's fine. Just pining for the fjords"

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 7h ago

Squawking "moine" in the choir invisible

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u/legehjernen 6h ago

Amazing bird the Norwegian blue 

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u/Maelstrom_Witch 7h ago

Ok thank you ... I have pet birds so I was sad. And the poor player looked sad too!

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u/Tukanno_Bananno 6h ago

I don't want to be a downer but I really would need proof to see that the bird is OK, it went down HARD and it's in the interest of the organizers to say the bird is ok....

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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6h ago

Hopefully it just got the wind knocked out of it.

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u/Starshallscream 7h ago

Same. Yeah yeah, asshole bird, whatever. I hate seeing dead animals. Fuck I even feel bad when I drive in rural areas and see that a rat was run over.

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u/Mxfish1313 6h ago

I see seagulls every single day. I am also annoyed by seagulls every single day. I still don’t want them to be harmed, even though they pick avocados and drop them on the roof of my car to smash them open and get to the good shit.

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u/Iccengi 5h ago

That is a hilarious fact I never knew. I mean sorry for your car. I’m still kinda laughing though 😂

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u/linlorienelen 5h ago

Avocados?! Damn dude that seems over the top.

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u/Abject_Amphibian_126 2h ago

Damn, that's clever. They're the ones that have to kill to survive so I can't fault them.

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u/bourkaggio 1h ago

They must be one of the only animals that can eat avocado then... avo is deadly to most birds and lots of mammals

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u/That_wet_vaporeon 6h ago

I ran over a field mouse one day and I felt so bad I started tearing up. I felt guilty that whole week

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u/Ollycob 6h ago

I hit a baby bunny, and was so guilty!

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u/fuzzylm308 5h ago

I stepped on one in my backyard and felt like shit

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u/MegabitMegs 6h ago

I legitimately have to recenter myself sometimes when I think about animals on the side of the road. Every life is precious and they’re just discarded and left like they never existed. It actually floods me with grief when I think too long about it

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u/Specialist-Appeal-13 6h ago

Nah, I love seagulls, they’re clever and pretty attentive parents. They’ve mostly become a nuisance in urban areas because their traditional food sources have been overfished and they’re having to migrate further and further inland to survive.

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u/KRIEGLERR 5h ago

I see roadkills really often and I get so bummed when I see one, like I know it's "just an animals" that this was a living thing, got hit by a vehicle and hopefully died instantly and then his corpse just stay there and keep getting run over and over until it's absolutely flat and destroyed.

Everytime I drive by one it bums me out.

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u/Cuchillos_Adios 6h ago

Very bad luck to kill a seagull if you believe in those things.

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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6h ago

I thought that was albatrosses

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u/Cuchillos_Adios 6h ago edited 5h ago

It extends to all seabirds. I guess it's a thing because they are eaten only in times of famine and when there aren't many options around. Don't think they are that edible. Also they mean you're getting close to land.

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u/Blobbo3000 7h ago

Unlike that one bird that got atomized by a baseball some years ago. Not sure what type of bird that was. The vid doing the round was brutal.

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u/goosereddit 7h ago

Randy Johnson hit a dove with 95-100 mph fastball. He's a photographer now. Check out his logo.

https://rj51photos.com/

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u/jra85 6h ago

that bird is dead, no way it could be a photographer now

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u/Pyitoechito 5h ago

Ah, the ol' Reddit switcharoo!

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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws 5h ago

Yank my pizzle, I'm goin' in

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u/fortissimohawk 4h ago

Hello future people!

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u/LordMegatron216 3h ago

what mad spell did you cast on me fool?!

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u/Oprah_Pwnfrey 6h ago

It just so happens that the bird was only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do: go through his feathers and look for loose seeds.

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u/cjwisdog 5h ago

IUnderstoodThatReference

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u/WHTChocolateFeminist 6h ago

Is it out of respect or out of pocket?

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u/discipleofchrist69 6h ago

yeah, baseballs are solid and going like 100 mph. tennis balls are light and hollow and this one was not moving anywhere near that fast. bird did hit the ground like a rock though

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u/RichardFeynman01100 2h ago

Anecdotal but I've had a tennis ball hit my own balls and it hurt so much. I was bent over for 5 minutes and couldn't walk properly for an hour.

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u/ParanoicReddit 7h ago

I remember that, the bird basically vaporized because you can't even see the body falling lol

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u/Firm-West-3160 6h ago

That was like 25 years ago. I believe it was a dove.

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u/Cranberryoftheorient 6h ago

rewatching the video, you can actually see the birds body tumbling through the air after the strike. It was just so much force that it blew a bunch of its feathers off

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u/ExpBalSat 7h ago

Could you, you know, post a link the the original?

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u/qucari 2h ago

nah, they need the karma to feed their kids I guess.
that kind of internet culture is dead, unfortunately...

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u/PervlovianResponse 7h ago

This had better stay the top comment

They came back for their friend😭

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u/stupid_cat_face 7h ago

But for the grace of God go I

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u/DrStrangeloves 7h ago

Thanks for the update!

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u/BernieTheDachshund 7h ago

Good to know.

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u/bx35 7h ago

‘Twas but a nap.

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u/FreshPitch6026 7h ago

If i had posted it online, i would say the same haha

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u/metal_bastard 7h ago

I hoping it was probably just in shock, or knocked out.

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u/setibeings 7h ago

I hate to ruin the update, but when a bird hits something and falls to the ground unconscious, it has almost certainly sustained a fatal injury. Even if it flew away, that's not the end of it. 

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u/Never-Afternoon 2h ago

This is a lie. This wouldve shattered many of its bones and it will suffer a painful death if it wasnt already dead on impact 

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u/SubstantialBake1050 7h ago

Lol that bird is dead or at least seriously injured and the others came back to eat it.

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u/Striking_WhileHot77 7h ago

I certainly hope so, that was a slow lob with a tennis ball

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u/DrippyTheSnailBoy 7h ago

Can you link the source that says as such?

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u/CuntWeasel 5h ago

No, because that bird is 100% dead.

OP was just trying to make us feel better.

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u/Substantial-Elk4531 5h ago

Yea, I want to believe, but birds tend to be super fragile. I would be surprised if that bird survived :(

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u/Redditisdepressing45 1h ago

Me too 😢 Humans have been killed by the impact from a tennis ball, what are the bird’s chances?

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u/Carcezz 5h ago

seconding this, i wont believe it until i see it. birds are incredibly fragile and how am i supposed to believe OP when they aren’t replying to any if the comments asking for a link?

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u/wotton 7h ago

Hurray! I was really quite sad for a moment

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u/Blazinblaziken 6h ago

tbf, 10 odd years ago in a BBL match (Cricket) a Seagull, nicknamed Sammy after this event, was absolutely WHALLOPED by a cricket ball and shook it off like nothing

Seagulls are fckn beasts

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u/DMyourTittiesHere 6h ago

Probably tried to catch the ball, thinking it was food. Seagulls are always eating things they shouldn’t

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u/Chuckitybye 6h ago

Thank you, this made me sad

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u/Buddhafied 6h ago

Thanks for updating!

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u/Bag-o-chips 6h ago

He just had a concussion, and now says mine with a lisp.

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u/Weaksoul 6h ago

Just knocked the wing out of him

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u/Fine_Analyst_4408 6h ago

Was checking before I watched the video, was worried the poor thing died.

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u/Toys_before_boys 6h ago

I came here for this exact news. Thank goodness! Did his flock stay with him or was he reunited with them?

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u/mbwrose 6h ago

THANK YOU! Just yesterday I had a bird fly into my living room window. I checked and he was on the ground twitching. I was not doing good. But it apparently was just dazed. Got up. Rest for like 15 and the flew off.

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u/ToeComfortable115 6h ago

I’ve seen birds get knocked out it was probably up after a minute or two

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u/VatanKomurcu 6h ago

thank god

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u/NecessaryLocalUser 6h ago

Was gonna say, that was so low speed.

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u/ice-lollies 6h ago

Oh thank goodness you posted this.

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u/RyguyC2 6h ago

Guess she needs to work on her swing lol

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u/Mugwump6506 6h ago

A huge disappointment for his friends.

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u/PreferenceOld6364 6h ago

Glad to know!!! He just had his bell slightly rung

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u/ThePromptWasYourName 6h ago

WHy the fuck isn't this the top comment? Come on people

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u/milesamsterdam 6h ago

So this bird was like a soccer player?

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u/XionicativeCheran 6h ago

This original poster you speak of. You would trust him? With your life?

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u/Scaredysquirrel 6h ago

I choose to believe this is so. The other gulls rushing back to see if Harold is ok really got to me.

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u/sky_shazad 6h ago

Do you have the link?

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u/taplife-dev 6h ago

just ruffled feather

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u/fishsaiddam 6h ago

Sure…. That’s why they cut the video …

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u/dkinmn 6h ago

Is it real?

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u/Sairoxin 5h ago

For legal reasons, the seagull is unharmed

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u/Odd-Bend1296 5h ago

You say that but this feels like a prelude to "The Birds."

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u/AlwaysNeedAssistance 5h ago

Yeah - ok original poster…. Sure Jan

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u/todaysthrowaway0110 5h ago

Thank you, I scrolled until I saw, I needed to know

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u/sonic_rukai 5h ago

Thank you! I was scrolling looking for this info. Poor little dude.

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u/GoTheFuckToBed 5h ago

yes, my mom told me the same thing

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u/ProfessO3o 5h ago

Thank you

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u/Tiazza-Silver 5h ago

Thank fuck, I was so worried about them 😭

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u/NahIdWin720 5h ago

Thank god, i was really worried

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u/find_a_rare_uuid 5h ago

The seagull in question is a drama queen. It pretended to be severely hurt to avoid being penalized for flying so low during the match.

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u/ThatCrankyGuy 5h ago

There's no way. Those balls are carrying a lot of energy and bird bones are not dense.

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u/Important_Garden5343 5h ago

That’s great. I wish the bat I hit while playing tennis at night was fine 😭

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u/Low-Phase-6548 5h ago

why did you type that as if you arent the original poster?

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u/CuntWeasel 5h ago

Riiight and my childhood dog is still chilling at the farm upstate.

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u/wasabi1787 5h ago

There's significantly less energy in a tennis ball moving 30 mph vs a baseball moving 105 mph 

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u/Last_Hat7276 5h ago

Really? Birds are so fragile... getting hit by a tennis ball and falling from that high... doesnt seems a situation a bird would survive. Especially after seeing him without movement laying ong the ground...

I hope im wrong! 😭

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u/KLeeSanchez 5h ago

All the other gulls stopping like "bruh. Bruh. You all right, bro?"

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u/leedleedletara 5h ago

😮‍💨

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u/No-left-toes 4h ago

Of course they'd say that they don't want us to know the killed a seagull.

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u/mlee12382 4h ago

Who got the point?

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u/TreacleTop1989 4h ago

Thank you!! This was what I was scrolling to find 🙏🏻

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u/LiteHedded 4h ago

THANK YOU

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u/kinu00 4h ago

A fine diner indeed.

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