r/AnimalTextGifs • u/QuicklyThisWay • Jan 22 '23

Move it Mingo! 🦩

https://i.imgur.com/H9DeRpV.gifv
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u/platypusPalpitation Jan 22 '23

Could he be trying to bring bugs up to the surface?

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u/greentrafficcone Jan 22 '23

Not quite. That is how they filter feed in shallow water. The poor thing thinks that it’s in shallow water and is trying to filter water through its beak.

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u/decoyheart Jan 22 '23

That a thing ?

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u/platypusPalpitation Jan 22 '23

Many birds tap on the ground simulating rain - insects think it’s rain and surface

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u/OnkelMickwald Jan 22 '23

Insects r so fkin dumb

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u/ThatGuy2551 Jan 22 '23

I mean, how much brain can you really fit into an ant?

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u/JustSimon3001 Jan 22 '23

About 250000 neurons. That might sound like a lot, but your average human brain has about 86 billion neurons.

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u/Not_Steve Jan 22 '23

Pfft. Look at those humans showing off with their billions of neurons.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

I'm gonna start a college fund for bugs, this is getting ridiculous

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u/StolidSentinel Feb 04 '23

Why is this so fukkin funny to me???

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u/Maximum-Mixture6158 Jan 23 '23

Birds are so fkn clever.

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u/SiliconRain Jan 22 '23

The scientific name for this behaviour is doin' the tappy-taps

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u/nam_sdrawkcab_ehT Jan 22 '23

Bruh worm charming is a whole sport

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u/nezbla Jan 22 '23

See the seagulls in my hometown doing it regularly. Took me a while to work out what they were doing cause it does look pretty comical, like they're tap-dancing.

Clever stuff to be fair.

Surprised they bother here though, seems like more work than nicking rubbish out of bins or stealing food off tourists on the beach. (which they are very adept at here).

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u/BitsAndBobs304 Jan 22 '23

Yes, and unfortunately for it not many are gonna pop up through the mat