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Imagine being a dude in Africa. You work so hard making your arrows nice and straight. Eventually you end up with maybe 5-10 in your quiver. You patiently craw
by FredPret 3y ago
Imagine being a dude in Africa. You work so hard making your arrows nice and straight.
Eventually you end up with maybe 5-10 in your quiver. You patiently crawl up to some birds, take aim, and BAM - perfect shot right through the throat.
And then the bloody bird flies away with your arrow.
Edit: I also want to add - poor bird. Must take unreal determination to fly that far with a near-mortal injury and a literal weight around your neck
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- klyrs 3y agoI was imagining the bird fighting back with your own spear... But truly, the thing that sticks out to me is that the spear is rather balanced in the bird's neck. I imagine that if it had pierced a bit less, or a bit more, it could have thrown off the bird's center of gravity too much to achieve stable flight.
- eichin 3y agoThis is exactly classic survivorship bias, right? It's the kind of thing that usually works for the hunter (or they'd have learned not to do it), and the bird surviving to be observed far away is a combination of rare circumstances...
- HPsquared 3y agoIt makes you think of what must have happened to all the others. Must have been thousands / millions of bird-spear interactions per Pfeilstorch.
- rob74 3y ago> Must take unreal determination to fly that far with a near-mortal injury and a literal weight around your neck And imagine the irony of then being shot by a hunter after you make it to your destination. But hey, at least it became one of the most famous storks in history...
- pvillano 3y agoThe stork's last thought being "again???"