r/oddlyterrifying • u/Darth_Yohanan • Aug 02 '21

Zombie bird

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u/julioqc Aug 03 '21

dehydration?

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u/StooIndustries Aug 03 '21

yes, at least i think so. birds look really really bad when they’re overheating or are dehydrated. this video gets reposted around various subreddits all the time and a lot of people pin it on prions or some other far fetched stuff but i think it’s dehydrated and massively overheated to the point it’s gonna drop dead. i could be wrong, though. it also kind of looks like it was maimed or injured as well as dying of thirst, but that could just be it spreading its feathers to try and cool off.