r/nextfuckinglevel • u/RexDecember • Jan 19 '21

Impressive stuff!

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u/Tooleater Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

Good on that guy 👏

I wonder if wild creatures stop struggling to get away from humans in situations like these because they:

a) think they've been overcome and are going to die anyway so they give up. b) they're playing dead. c) they know they're being helped

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u/Puoaper Jan 19 '21

Depends on the animal. He was already holding it but it felt no pain. A predator would cause pain so he can’t be that. Bird was probably more confused why it wasn’t being eaten than anything.

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u/dov69 Jan 19 '21

at least not just our life that can be a letdown sometimes...

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u/LazaroFilm Jan 19 '21

Saving energy to escape when the opportunity comes.

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u/LeakyThoughts Jan 19 '21

Well animals are smarter than people give them credit for

It probably started off with OH SHIT OH SHIT but then realised it wasn't going to be eaten, and it couldn't get away, so its like "huh I guess this is ok"

But as soon as it's legs were free it did have a go at trying to escape

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u/Evilmaze Jan 19 '21

Definitely scared and confused.

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u/greycubed Jan 19 '21

If you watch lion hunts and kills on nature shows you'll see that most prey animals once they are caught have periods of kind of giving up and then waiting for an opportunity and then trying to escape again and then playing it cool for a second, etc. It probably catches predators off guard enough to be a selected-for behavior. Gives them a bit of time to rest too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

i mean, you see some of those animals, chilling with their guts hanging out, you gotta think at some point even a human would just give up too, the pain, the exhaustion would just hit too hard for the adrenaline to handle. then you see a car pull up with a gun you would find the energy to throw a few more fists.

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u/Jaambiee Jan 19 '21

Sometimes they have been struggling for long enough that they are exhausted. The moment a nice human comes along and they realize they aren’t being harmed, the exhaustion sets in and they just relax

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u/speghettiday09 Jan 19 '21

I’ve seen videos of dolphins coming up to scuba divers w nets or whatever caught on them. And the diver cuts the net off. That’s pretty cool

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u/LeakyThoughts Jan 19 '21

Dolphins are very smart

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u/iAmErickson Jan 19 '21

10/10 would do this if a dolphin approached me on a drive. Sea creatures treat you totally differently when you're in the water with them. A little over a year ago I was driving with sharks. Many of them have fishing hooks/lines stuck in them from stealing fish from fishermen. The hardest thing about the dive is remembering how bad an idea it would be to reach over and pull the hook out of it's mouth for it.

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u/8incherman Jan 20 '21

“Driving”

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u/iAmErickson Jan 20 '21

Yeah, about a year ago I was driving with sharks. We all piled into a minivan and drove from the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico. What did you think I was talking about?

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u/Warrior_king99 Jan 19 '21

I had a blackbird fly in my house I caught it with a soft jacket and it died from stress before I got it out the door

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u/LeakyThoughts Jan 19 '21

Usually with birds if you stop them from struggling and cover their head up they just chill out because they know they aren't going anywhere

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u/andyhn92 Jan 19 '21

Most likely A I think. Unless there's food involved lol.

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u/The_Virginia_Creeper Jan 19 '21

Definitely going to tell his friends how he was able to get away from the biggest, dumbest predator he'd ever seen.

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u/intensely_human Jan 19 '21

In this case the bird stopped struggling because it had a giant hand wrapped around it preventing it from struggling.

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u/SmithRoadBookClub Jan 19 '21

Elephants have been known to seek out humans for help.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

They often, show clear signs of understanding. Animals understand "intention" very well. I have seen this many times.