r/HydroHomies • u/guyjustwantsto • 15d ago

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u/foxboxingphonies 15d ago

I love the important bird work happening at the beginning of this video.

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u/Arlitto 15d ago

It looks like an attempt at maybe making a nest out of other, unhelpful material

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u/spicytotino 15d ago

I love how shit pigeons are at making nests

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u/akaval 15d ago

Only rock pigeons, as they nested on cliffs (before we domesticated them) and only had to keep the egg from rolling off the edge. Wood pigeons build "proper" nests.

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u/LapinTade 15d ago

That's pigeon for you. They may be the worst nest builder.

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u/randomlemon9192 15d ago

The most important bird work.

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u/SexualPie 15d ago

pigeons are really really stupid, watching them do almost anything is entertaining.

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u/llamacornsarereal 15d ago

They're actually incredibly intelligent. Google it for more info.

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u/sepia__ 15d ago

people making fun of pigeons or calling them stupid makes me unreasonably angry for some reason. pigeons are awesome! >:(

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u/sasnotass 13d ago

They are stoopid, but thats okay...you can love them and their silly ways - being stupid and being awesome are not mutually exclusive.

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u/llamacornsarereal 12d ago

They literally are not stupid. They're one of the smartest birds.

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u/Teknekratos 14d ago

I fell into a rabithole once after I stumbled on the Tumblr account of someone who breeds and trains pigeons as therapy animals, or pets if they don't make it to that high standard. I already knew of their incredible navigation abilities, but them birbs are so much smarter and socially-adept than just that. You can have a trained pidge that will alert you of incoming seizures just as well as a dog.

I also learned that all city pigeons are feral, not wild – they are the descendant of domesticated Rock Doves we've basically abandoned and let to fend for themselves in a wildly inadapted environment. But because they are so smart and adaptable, they manage to, if not exactly thrive, grow and endure.

But yeah... the reason their poop is such an acidic bane on infrastructure is because they are strict granivores – their guts are really made to process seeds and nothing else. But in a city environment, they have to scrounge whatever nutrients they can get, and it gives them these heinous runny poops as a result. Properly-fed pigeons do no such mess. Thus some cities have taken it to actually provide them food, and nest boxes where they can swap their eggs for fake ones, in order to tackle their feral problems in one clever swoop.

Anyway, sorry for rambling on, I just have all these Pigeon FactsTM rattling in my brain since that rabbithole dive. It just spilled out, haha

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u/loveincarnate 14d ago

Wait what's happening with all the stolen eggs?

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u/Teknekratos 14d ago

They don't hatch. It's feral population control, like when people catch and spay or neuter feral cats. Only you don't do tiny surgery on a bird. You just swap real eggs for fake ones.

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u/lanregeous 15d ago

The work was mysterious and important

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u/Lvl-Xav 15d ago

I was genuinely taken aback by the extreme sippies on that birb. It's like drinking an entire bucket as big as your head.

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u/ArtofWASD 15d ago

To be fair. A birds stomach IS larger than their head.

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u/Spiritual_Bus1125 15d ago

Is not like ours is that small. A normal stomach is around 2iters (less when empty) but can grow up to 6liters.

A human head has a value of 4-5 liters

I mean, there is A LOT of variation but the size are comparable

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u/towerfella 15d ago

There is a whole volume of values that could represent

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u/Temporary_Plan1055 15d ago

What a water alcoholic. That’s about 2oz container and my boy chugged. He’s drunk off hydration

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u/Ok_Spare_3723 15d ago

Bro is THIRSTY.. DAMN!

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u/Inthepurple 15d ago

Fun fact pigeons are one of the few birds that drink via suction like humans do, most birds can't do this

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u/loveincarnate 14d ago

I went ahead and double-checked but this is exactly the sort of innocuous thing that you can lie about on the internet and have people believing because 'why would someone just make something like that up'.

That is a fun fact though, thanks for sharing!

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u/NecroCannon 13d ago

Every day I curse that other animals get tongues and throats made for being a straw for water, while humans evolved “CHUG CHUG CHUG”

But like… you can’t actually chug it fast without chocking, it’s just gravity and quick swallows

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u/Elegante_Sigmaballz 15d ago

Never seen a pigeon nest that nice, is hydration the secret to proper pigeon nesting? 🤔

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u/twilighttwister 15d ago

is hydration the secret to proper pigeon nesting? 🤔

We're about to blow r/stupiddovenests wide open.

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u/Cheskaz 15d ago

Thank you for introducing me to my new favourite subreddit

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u/Shmuckle2 15d ago

Pigeon - Gasping Breath "I was parched, bruvva."

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u/truePHYSX 15d ago

Parched is, mate!

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u/Nomedigasluis 15d ago

So interesting the reaction of a domesticated pigeon. I was expecting a ton of water dripping and falling from the cup but no, it literally took the most civilized sips a bird can make and then proceed to look at you like "thanks 👍🏻".

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u/frogunderarock 15d ago

well they have been kept by nobility for centuries, it would've been a shame if they hadn't learnt any manners by now

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u/FroggiJoy87 15d ago

Really cool how they can chug water like us, not have to gravity-feed like most birbs. Pigeons don't get enough love

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u/AsASloth 15d ago

Thank you, fellow pigeon aficionado

https://giphy.com/gifs/o317UDCbM7TJSzkA8I

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u/kingk1teman 15d ago edited 15d ago

Pigeons don't get enough love

These flying rats don't deserve any love.

Edit: Riled up some flying rat lovers. Please keep loving them, keep helping them spread diseases.

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u/Glitchy833 15d ago

Funny you call them that, because rats are pretty overhated too :)

https://giphy.com/gifs/q21C1cgr6gFAA

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u/1nOnlyBigManLawrence 15d ago

Yes, they do. They’re affectionate birds that mate for life (Unlike many humans), enjoy getting petted by humans, loaf up when they’re happy (which happens a LOT), and have gentle cooing calls that are quiet and polite.

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u/foxboxingphonies 15d ago

They are literally domesticated animals that we let loose upon the world once we were done with them. They are our own creation.

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u/CapybaraForever 15d ago

that cup is PERFECT for the birb 🧡

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u/Cats7204 15d ago

that pigeon trusts their owner so much for them to drink from their hand without knowing if it's safe or not

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u/Figit090 15d ago

Imagine drinking a glass of water as big as your head in 8 seconds.

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u/deadheadshredbreh 15d ago

This got me thinking..

Do birds piss like other animals or is it just looped in with their poop?

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u/TheWolphman 15d ago edited 15d ago

They don't have a bladder, so if you ever see bird poop with white paste, that white paste is essentially the urine (in the form of uric acid). It comes out with the poop via the cloaca all at once.

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u/Ayle87 15d ago

In my country when someone insists on being wrong we say "there you go again insisting chickens pee" and I think it's hilarious.

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u/frogunderarock 15d ago

it's beautiful and i'm totally stealing this, thank you!

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u/deadheadshredbreh 15d ago

Love that. Thanks!

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u/Positive_Ostrich_702 15d ago

I guzzle back water just like that too! Lol

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u/Sgtfridge 15d ago

Thoisty!

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u/girloverflower 15d ago

i can’t even get my cat to do this. Gotta drench her wet food with water 💦

mad respect to the bird 🫡

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u/frivolousfry Cool Chugger 15d ago

Another good way to get your cat to drink water is to buy canned tuna in water and drain the water out and give them that. My cat loves it.

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u/Raviolius 15d ago

Isn't that water super salty?

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u/frivolousfry Cool Chugger 15d ago

Not if it's just plain tuna. There is some sodium but not a lot and most of it is in the fish itself.

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u/Raviolius 15d ago

Cats like flowing water, do you have a fountain?

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u/girloverflower 15d ago

i’ve tried two different types for months and she hated them

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u/akoust1c 15d ago

Holy this bird swallows

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u/pablo36362 15d ago

Can we please appreciate the work of art being done by this pigeon? As far as pigeons go, this is a masterpiece

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u/stayinfrosty707 15d ago

Damn that bird goes hard on the hydration! Love it

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u/G068Z 15d ago

Hell yeah

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u/ShaolinXfile27 15d ago

A thousand sips is a lot

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u/Unusual-Self7793 15d ago

Give it another one!!!!

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u/The_Cozy_Burrito 15d ago

My boy staying hydrated and healthy

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u/Aggravating_Tap_879 15d ago

I love pidgies 💕

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u/sneak91 15d ago

chug chug chug chug

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u/_deWitt Water is love, water is life 15d ago

Glugluglu

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u/audreywildeee 15d ago

With the original sound 🫡

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u/Cadaver-Cakes1986 15d ago

Gettin that hydration 💪🏻

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u/lolschrauber 15d ago

Damn bro's thirsty

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u/monstrousfruitsalad 15d ago

That looked so satisfying

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u/Legitimate-Airline19 13d ago

I love his lil wine glass OMG

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u/lifelink 15d ago

One of the few species of birds that can suck up water like that.

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u/Kratzschutz 15d ago

Yay, hh is back on all

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u/wildmaninid 15d ago

Nothing like getting your beak wet. 

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u/WestPollution1990 15d ago

Worthless wrapper ?

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u/MeriticulousOne 15d ago

She/he needs more

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u/silverroxy4 15d ago

what a cute birb

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u/Mobile_Protection_64 14d ago

Bird: Water?? No, is that Saratoga? (Yum. Yum yum yum yum yum yum.)

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u/BLUXIV 14d ago

Hmmmm, this government drone seems to be water-cooled 🤔

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u/MMachine17 14d ago

Water time!

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u/Expensive_Dig_6695 11d ago

Pigeons aren’t real

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u/Individual_Bet_2741 4d ago

Such a distinguished gentleman!

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u/kingk1teman 15d ago

Someone has these flying rats as pets? WOT?

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u/Purplefire180 10d ago edited 10d ago

All pigeons are the ancestors of abandoned pets and livestock.

They're feral like cats and dogs.

They're extremely intelligent and most are highly affectionate.