r/interesting • u/I-T-Y • Jul 14 '26

NATURE Pigeon walks into falcon's nest

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u/64590949354397548569 Jul 14 '26

The male falcon comes home and he would never believe her.

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u/EddieLobster Jul 14 '26

Yeah he would, there is a pigeon corpse right outside.

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u/SatiesUmbrellaCloset Jul 14 '26

apparently there is a longer edit of this video and the pigeon later got away, though not without losing quite a few feathers: https://www.reddit.com/r/HardcoreNature/comments/16qtbdp/pigeon_thought_it_could_just_cosy_up_to_a_falcon/

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u/Copper_Nanotubes Jul 14 '26

Well thats just embarrassing for everyone involved.

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u/ExerciseOnly122 Jul 14 '26

Tbf to the falcon, they hunt by dive-bombing their prey and knocking it out or outright killing it through pure kinetic energy. they don't really know how to deal with a perfectly healthy pigeon that is actively trying to escape.

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u/Ghostbrain77 Jul 15 '26

That explains the look of “Okay well what the fuck do I do now?” While the pigeon is flapping over the edge by a claw

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u/CaptainTripps82 Jul 17 '26

Well this is embarrassing

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u/alleecmo Jul 15 '26

"I pluck them when they're dead. I guess I'll pluck this one while it's alive."

Also, "I said GET OUT. And STAY gone."

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u/Nekochan26 Jul 15 '26

This comment wins the day. 😂

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u/AdJust6959 Jul 15 '26

That pigeon’s wife will ask, say that again were you drunk or something?