Seagull walks into store and steals a bag of chips

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: MrLee
Wars go on yet there is always enough time left in the segment to tickle us with funny little stories of pretty little birds.

The News has to keep the viewers from shooting themselves somehow. What better than a shoplifting seagull.

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Very good stuff. I love how they took the time to get all of those closeups, and the shot of the seagull alone among all the pigeons, to make it look like he alone was smart enough to pull this caper off.

I smell Pixar's next CG flick. "The Great Dorrito Caper"

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: MrLee
Wars go on yet there is always enough time left in the segment to tickle us with funny little stories of pretty little birds.

Wouldn't it be great to have a world where stuff like seagulls swiping stuff from stores was the biggest story of the day? Though I guess I could still hope for things like "Experimental nuclear fusion reactor acheives positive efficiency."

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: djheater
Did you know crows have exhibited tool use and even tool making...

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:Q

That is unbelievable.

:Q Birds shouldnt be able to do that.

Seagulls stealing bags of chips, crows making hooks, this is getting scary.

I was attacked by a bird on the golf course in florida a few weeks ago. I think i'm starting to see a pattern.

I had posted a video a while back of Crows actually dropping nuts onto a street so that passing traffic would crack the nuts. They actually learned to do it over a crosswalk and THEN wait for the cross walk signal to change and walking across it with the pedestrians and stopping halfway to get their cracked open nuts.

how crazy is that? There's actually videos of them putting it all together, at first they'd try to retrieve the nuts BEFORE the signal changed and they kept almost getting hit by cars, so they observed patterns for a while then learned when the appropriate time to get the nut was.

Found the video!

 

[Acanthus]

I believe the "family" of birds crows belong to (dont beat me bio majors) are the smartest birds in the world. The raven is supposed to be the smartest of them all.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
I believe the "family" of birds crows belong to (dont beat me bio majors) are the smartest birds in the world. The raven is supposed to be the smartest of them all.

yup that they are, Ravens, Crows, Jays.

 

[Gooberlx2]

I saw a documentary about ravens' learning abilities. They place some food at the end of a string and suspended it by a wire. The 1st raven tried catching it from air, the 2nd walked the string down the wire and the 3rd stood in place and grabbed the string a length at a time. Each bird had learned from watching their neighbor's previous attempt and became more efficient.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Safeway
I thought you meant Steven Seagal. :laugh:

if I had a pet seagull, I'd name him Stephen Seagull--he'd break all the other birds' legs down at the landfill

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I saw a documentary about ravens' learning abilities. They place some food at the end of a string and suspended it by a wire. The 1st raven tried catching it from air, the 2nd walked the string down the wire and the 3rd stood in place and grabbed the string a length at a time. Each bird had learned from watching their neighbor's previous attempt and became more efficient.

Does this qualify as intelligence? I can't believe that learning from mistakes is still called instinct.

 

[ForumMaster]

hey, seagulls like chips too!

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

"Tangy Cheese"

WTF kind of flavor is that, England?

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Safeway
I thought you meant Steven Seagal. :laugh:

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
"Tangy Cheese"

WTF kind of flavor is that, England?

These questions need answering.

 

[jlee]

Tagged for later..

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I saw a documentary about ravens' learning abilities. They place some food at the end of a string and suspended it by a wire. The 1st raven tried catching it from air, the 2nd walked the string down the wire and the 3rd stood in place and grabbed the string a length at a time. Each bird had learned from watching their neighbor's previous attempt and became more efficient.

Does this qualify as intelligence? I can't believe that learning from mistakes is still called instinct.

I think of it this way: It is natural for these birds to be intelligent. Thus adapting and problem solving is instinctive.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: djheater
Did you know crows have exhibited tool use and even tool making...

Text

:Q

That is unbelievable.

:Q Birds shouldnt be able to do that.

Seagulls stealing bags of chips, crows making hooks, this is getting scary.

I was attacked by a bird on the golf course in florida a few weeks ago. I think i'm starting to see a pattern.

I had posted a video a while back of Crows actually dropping nuts onto a street so that passing traffic would crack the nuts. They actually learned to do it over a crosswalk and THEN wait for the cross walk signal to change and walking across it with the pedestrians and stopping halfway to get their cracked open nuts.

how crazy is that? There's actually videos of them putting it all together, at first they'd try to retrieve the nuts BEFORE the signal changed and they kept almost getting hit by cars, so they observed patterns for a while then learned when the appropriate time to get the nut was.

Found the video!

wow.

 

[TheNinja]

Seagulls can be real sons of Bs. I was down by the pier once eating a piece of pizza, and then with the pizza in my hand I pointed off into the distance to something and with my arm fully extended a seagull tried to swoop down and steal the pizza right out of my hand! What a bastage. I paid like $4 for that slice of pie too.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
video link

I think the ending was funny where the seagull is basically running away with the person chasing after

:laugh:

next he'll be reaching for a pack of smokes.

LMAO

 

[StevenYoo]

reminds me of one of Mitch Hedberg's bits:

I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread. A duck loves bread, but he does not have the capability to buy a loaf. That's the biggest joke on the duck ever. If I worked at a convenience store, and a duck came in and stole a loaf of bread, I would let him go. I'd say, "Come back tomorrow, bring your friends!" When I think of a duck's friends, I think of other ducks. But he could have, say, a beaver in tow.

 

[ViviTheMage]

omfg, the bird waits for the crosswalk light, that is awesome!!

 

[Daishiki]

At one of the dorms on campus there's a 3-way intersection with stop signs and flashing lights lining the crosswalk. I watched as one of the rabbits (they're everywhere) wait on the sidewalk until a car stopped before scurrying its little self to the other side with the crosswalk. Too bad the one I ran over later wasn't as cautious.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: Daishiki
At one of the dorms on campus there's a 3-way intersection with stop signs and flashing lights lining the crosswalk. I watched as one of the rabbits (they're everywhere) wait on the sidewalk until a car stopped before scurrying its little self to the other side with the crosswalk. Too bad the one I ran over later wasn't as cautious.

ouch

 

[maddogchen]

marked for later

 

[silverpig]

A friend of mine lived up in the Yukon while he was growing up. He says the ravens there are so smart that they'll land on top of the streetlamps and wrap their wings around them to trip the light sensor and turn them on. They'll then crouch down and keep their wings wrapped around the lamp to keep warm.