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If you threw a bird in a birdcage off the roof of a building, would the bird live or die?

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It dies

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09-27-2020 , 06:55 PM

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bundy5

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It would probably live but be so badly injured that it would be too inhumane to keep it alive.

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09-28-2020 , 12:50 AM

#27

Alobar

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Originally Posted by RoundGuy

A small flying bird should be able to maintain a relative position in a falling cage, and survive. It's not like 5 falling people in an elevator.

But yes, if the cage crushes into a pulp upon impact, then so will the bird.

off a 3 story building the bird is going like 30mph when the cage hits the ground, sorry, but it aint doing anything but hitting the ground and dying

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09-28-2020 , 01:09 AM

#28

RoundGuy

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Meet me in the containment thread please, Alobar. And look up how fast a hummingbird can fly.

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09-28-2020 , 01:40 AM

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txdome

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Pretty sure you can't legally keep hummingbirds in a cage.imo.

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09-28-2020 , 02:19 AM

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KPowers

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That's just because birdlaw in this country isn't governed by reason. Not saying I agree.

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09-28-2020 , 08:54 AM

#31

1BigOT

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Originally Posted by CBorders

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09-28-2020 , 02:08 PM

#32

BilldaCat

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can you throw off 90/100 birds safely in one session? you have to retrieve the bird cage yourself.

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09-28-2020 , 02:19 PM

#33

Alobar

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Meet me in the containment thread please, Alobar. And look up how fast a hummingbird can fly.

So all the humming bird needs to do is go from going 30 mph downward to 0 mph upward in the span of about 12 inches or a couple hundredths of a second, (this is with the lol assumption that the bird orientates itself no problem in a tumbling accelerating cage, and we'll also ignore the fact the cage is going to bounce, so he better not quit at 0mph), which works out to pulling over 50 g's....the bird is dead.

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09-28-2020 , 02:19 PM

#34

Alobar

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Originally Posted by KPowers

That's just because birdlaw in this country isn't governed by reason. Not saying I agree.

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09-28-2020 , 04:25 PM

#35

txdome

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is the bird singing? and if so, why is the bird singing?

I know why.

Spoiler:

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09-28-2020 , 04:29 PM

#36

27offsuit

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RoundBird flying free from the cage of Containment?

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09-28-2020 , 04:53 PM

#37

JinX11

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Originally Posted by jmill

Can the bird take down 12 bodybuilders?
How many 5 year olds can the bird take down at once?

Need to know that before I can answer this accurately.

So many folks don't get this...and it's so sad.

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09-28-2020 , 05:07 PM

#38

offTopic

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Can the bird take down 12 bodybuilders?
How many 5 year olds can the bird take down at once?

Need to know that before I can answer this accurately.

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Originally Posted by lagdonk

Proposed solution:

1) A single fighter crawls submissively towards the Silverback, begins nuzzling its hindquarters, transitions into fellatio.
2) A second fighter approaches, also on all fours, to work the nutsack.
3) In twos and threes, the remaining fighters drift in, low to the ground, unthreatening.
4) They begin pawing, grooming, caressing the now-quiescent gorilla, positioning themselves all the while.
5) At a prearranged signal by the team leader, each fighter springs into action.
6) The gorilla returns to alertness only to discover that each of his limbs is pinioned between two fighters who've locked themselves around it. Then someone bites off his penis.
7) The rest is purely medical and doesn't require elaboration.

I mean, this wasn't on par with Commodus reacting to the "rate my GF" pic (but really, what is?) though I still remember LOLing IRL

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09-28-2020 , 05:59 PM

#39

O.A.F.K.1.1

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Originally Posted by Alobar

so much wrong here, the biggest of which is no "bustard" option.

FYP

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09-28-2020 , 09:19 PM

#40

KPowers

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Why is everyone saying hummingbird it was a turkey

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09-28-2020 , 09:45 PM

#41

de captain

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In that case, goal achieved. Excellent tenderization.

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09-30-2020 , 08:25 AM

#42

LektorAJ

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In some cases it would neither live nor die.

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09-30-2020 , 09:07 AM

#43

Garick

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Schrodinger's bird?

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09-30-2020 , 09:47 AM

#44

BDHarrison

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This thread is worthless without Youtube videos of people throwing birdcages off of roofs.

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09-30-2020 , 01:18 PM

#45

LektorAJ

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Originally Posted by Garick

Schrodinger's bird?

More simple.

If the bird was already dead when the cage was thrown off the roof then it wouldn't die again, and it wouldn't live either.

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09-30-2020 , 05:25 PM

#46

txdome

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Letterman retired too early. Someone tweet him and see if he'll do it.

I guess nsfw, but sound is needed.

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09-30-2020 , 06:36 PM

#47

smartDFS

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10-02-2020 , 05:41 PM

#48

W0X0F

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Depends on the size of the bird, the size of the birdcage, and the height of the building.

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10-02-2020 , 07:20 PM

#49

Garick

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Originally Posted by Garick

And mythbusters has done both.

Obv depends on size of bird, size of cage, and height of roof, but generally it dies.

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

Depends on the size of the bird, the size of the birdcage, and the height of the building.

And the speed of your pony.

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10-03-2020 , 02:17 PM

#50

abysmal01

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This is the logic I used when I was 9 and 9/11 happened and my solution to surviving was jumping with a chair then jumping off before it hit the ground.

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