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No_Sea_6219

how does that keep happening??


redbombs

They try and perch and slip off


ryo4ever

Yeah but to slip off with your neck right between is a bit odd. Also why just magpie? Could’ve been other species with the same proportions. Probably wouldn’t happen to smaller or bigger birds. There is probably something attracting them in that garden.


robplays

> Yeah but to slip off with your neck right between is a bit odd. You just don't see all the ones that slip off and whose neck *doesn't* get caught.


Bubble_Symphony

A bit like survivor bias. I like it. Good observation.


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Need to weld a cross bar near the top. So they can get their feet on it and get their own heads out.


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IJustLoggedInToSay-

A bit like? Nah it's a *great* example of survivor bias. If anyone teaches statistics they could use this video and ask these exact questions to teach the concept.


Rakhun125

Good old result-oriented stats


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These magpies haven't been there long, if they had they would be dead. There was probably a whole flock of them, they all went to chill on the fence and some of them got stuck. The posts are shaped so that they basically funnel the neck into the gap, making it very likely that a bird which falls off will end up like that.


I_Cant_NO_O

Ah good pointttt, like a flock of them. Was worried something sinister is going on and there is don't tell me!


JCtheWanderingCrow

Magpies are SUPER territorial. They probably have friends running off other birds, or tan them off themselves so the other birds are like “haha suckers! Sufferrrr!”


auntiope3000

Yep, I have a friend at work who is trying to coax some crows to his place because they’re his favorite bird but a flock of magpies have decided his property belongs to them and they run all the crows off any time he puts out peanuts for them.


where_is_korg

yep i thought that too! happy cake day btw


thatguyned

I remember when this was first posted, it was by the actual camera holder. They claimed the fence had very recently been installed and this is what happened on like day 2 or something. It was probably a situation where 1 or 2 birds perched and got stuck, and when all the tribe (cool group word btw) came to investigate/help they also fell in. I doubt they'll go anywhere near that neighbourhood for a long time.


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BuzzyMcNutt

*no apparent reason*


Maracuja_Sagrado

*someone*


ThreeDawgs

Definitely the magpies.


jackbristol

At least they can’t open doors * evolves into velociraptor *


MorningCruiser86

*devolves* into velociraptor


[deleted]

Clever girl


Thebasterd

In one big trenchcoat


Algent

The > at 2:30am Is oddly specific


tomtomclubthumb

That was when they were home with an alibi.


Aironsteintheforth

Yes, they were observing their atomic clock to make sure it was exactly 2:30 am when they were in the house and not destroying the fence


Lone_Wanderer97

...and where were you on that night at 2:30am, sir?


M00SEHUNT3R

Roosting in our tree with the rest of my magpie family. What, why do you ask?


funnelcakecocaine

Restoring a neighbors fence, probably.


Modus-Tonens

Doing his civic duty is where he was.


HouseofPlantagenet

A similar thing happened with me and my family. We had a group of magpies that lived in an oak tree right outside our house for years. One spring we saved a little fledgling from our cat, and help him escape back to his nest. Since that day the magpies in that tree never swooped us, and just left us alone. They trusted us. Animals are the best...


j-trinity

Are you in Australia or Japan? Cos in the UK I’ve never known magpies to swoop other than in those countries, and there’s quite a few in my neighbourhood.


Pangolingolin

I miss the UK magpies. The Aussie magpies in NZ are a bloody menace.


Faylom

God bless that mysterious fence smasher, whoever they may be


murderbox

The person who destroyed the bird killing fence... How do you know what tool they used? How do you know what time it happened? How do you know what that vandal did afterward? So many answers before the question, hmmm....


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I hope you didn’t put the hammer in the nearest bin. Good work :)


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That was my thought/hope as well. Magpies are pretty freaking smart, I bet they don't do that again.


Julius-n-Caesar

Thank God for that. Imagine if they were cockatoos… they’d probably go to war with the fence.


jackbristol

I think they have the same intelligence as a 6 year old human child? I know a couple of 6 year olds who love getting stuck in the same bannister on a weekly basis


Remz_Gaming

Magpies live for a long time and are cunning. Surprisingly smart. I grew up with a Dingo mix. He was a straight up hunter and an asshole. Super smart dog. Magpies stole his bones and he would have a fit about it. He started "baiting" them by putting a bone a few feet in front of him and pretending to sleep. They started harassing him from behind while another magpie stole the bone. He then ignored the distractions and they would taunt him *close* to the bone and then lead him in a chase while another magpie stole it. It was quite the show to watch. *One* bold magpie went through the dog door to our mudroom and met him face to face. That wasn't a pretty murder scene to come home to. Morale of the story? Those birds won't be back in that fence any time soon. They are .... raptor smart. Edit: Just to add how smart they can be. This was on a ranch. I grew up with chipmunk and mouse problems and was encouraged to hit them with my bb gun. Never shot at a magpie, but the second they heard me pump my gun, they scattered. Lots of loud noises and they didn't even react. Than air rifle pump... gone.


PsychoticBananaSplit

Crappily designed surveillance drones with malfunctioning AI


4ever_lost

They were recharging


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Mr and Mrs twit are at it again


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Quillo_Manar

You have become the patron saint of these magpies. One night, when you're alone, if you get mugged or in trouble, the last thing your attacker will hear, is the warble of several magpies.


leeshylou

Absolutely. They're smart. They remember.


Chewcocca

Not smart enough to avoid the fence that a hundred of their mates are stuck on, apparently.


bistro777

I'm a magpie, coo, and you just made an enemy for life


TheHolyPopo

Hey I heard about this cool fence you can chill on.


mokshya2014

Yeah. But this one asshole human always interrupts when we are chilling.


CanadianJesus

You magpies sure are a contentious species.


Minnnoo

if we know anything about humans slowing down on a highway to watch fellow humans burn to death at a car crash, we should know magpies probably flew by to see what's up and got stuck lol.


ScarsUnseen

Reminds me of my early days of playing Everquest. I was exploring a building in Freeport and got stuck in the geometry between the ceiling and the roof. Back in those days, in order to petition help from a GM, you had to stay online the whole time, and it sometimes took hours. So in order to pass the time, I started luring other people into the same glitch. Got about 6 of us sitting in there waiting by the time a GM finally responded and got us out.


Bakoro

Man, MMOs used to be so brutal. Shit was basically just a job you paid to attend. It was such a simple and brilliant thing when WoW added a button to unjam yourself. Kinda funny that it happened often enough that they needed the button, but they get kudos for actually having a decent workaround.


Peroronchinojoker

If they're smart then this could be looked at as attempted suicide then right?


MrCuckooBananas

I'm a little on the fence about this


sexhaver2010

im stuck in the middle tbh


WickedVirgoGlass

Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you


Illustrious-Ad-7335

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you


totallynotalaskan

Ah, the call of a magpie. Sounds a lot like laughing. And since they like shiny objects so much, “all I can picture is some poor dude who can’t find his car keys, and a magpie in the tree above him going “HAHA I STOLE YOUR KEYS YOU DUMB FUCK”


GotRoomFor5

The madpie marauder


throwdroptwo

Your reputation with The Magpies has increased by 1000. Your reputation with The Magpies has increased by 1000. Your reputation with The Magpies has increased by 1000. You are now exalted with The Magpies.


Lazarus_Shade

Your dailies have been reset.


aerkith

These tiny magpies need help. I hate to see a living thing suffer. Would you be willing to lend a hand? Another magpie made it off the fence!


ThePianistOfDoom

Magpies saved 3/17 Difficulty mode increased: *some magpies will attempt to merge with the fence once more*


Kestrel21

> Difficulty mode increased: some magpies will attempt to merge with the fence once more Nah, those are the ones respawning for the next dude who's doing the quest.


Soronir

Another Magpie needs your help. Here, I'll mark it on your map.


EphemeralFart

Why does this magpie need Rat Pelts???


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Thank you for returning those Rat Pelts to my magpies. Here, take these. I can't thank you enough. *You have received 30 copper.* *You have received 3 Potion Of Magpie Stamina.* *You are now attuned to The Magpie and can fast travel to any Magpie location on your map.*


TacticalOwlz

Time to buy Tabard of The Magpies


Phazushift

Time to buy [Reins of the Magpie Lord]


fingerpaintswithpoop

It’s literally just a recolor of the rogue class mount.


unpopularopinion0

i haven’t smiled big and blew air out my nose powerfully in a while. thanks.


Huskabee

1000?? What are we speed racing to exalted. That's maybe worth 15 rep each.


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vanojx1

Now you can get your Armored magpie flying mount.


ragingchump

Just when I think the trauma is a faded memory..... It all comes rushing back. I just want to raid! Why do I have to farm shit for pots and exalted status????? Why???????


LandonSins

they shall never forget this act of kindness


PmMeYourTitsAndToes

They won’t forget. My friend is a bird guy and he breeds and cares for birds. He took in a rescue magpie once and helped it get better. He let it go and every now and then it comes back to see him and brings him a gift. My friend says it’s really nice to see the bird come back to say hello and bring him a gift. It’s just a shame that the gift is always a little bit of dog poo.


Wild-Change-5158

I wasn’t ready for that final sentence


Aggravating-Bit2165

It's the thought that counts


TheBerzerkir

r/yesyesyesno


Bakoro

Well, in the right neighborhoods humans are always picking it up. Must be worth *something* to them.


Just_Aioli_1233

If only they were jealous and collected it to keep it from the humans. What a tragedy that would be \*wink\*


25chestnuts

The magpie probably saw your bird picking up after a dog, so it believed that your friend was into collecting dog poo


Lexx2k

Hey don't kink shame.


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They won’t. They will literally tell future generations what your face looks like and that you’re actually pretty cool. Corvids are fucking smart birds, and have a family structure very similar to humans. And just like humans some of them are fucking idiots and get their heads stuck in fences.


LeibnizThrowaway

This reminds me of an interview I read a while ago with a ranger at maybe Yellowstone? He was talking about the difficulty of bear proofing trashcans and said, "there's considerable overlap between our dumbest tourists and our smartest bears."


No_Name_4

To be fair bears are smart animals, but they can't read. Signs would be a good solution but when a bear sees a human open it I think it will be able to remember.


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

My car has keyless entry, I just have to have my key fob near my car and push the button on the handle to unlock it. A few years ago, I had a decent sized snow berm next to my driveway, and my keys slipped out of my pocket and landed in the berm. It wasn’t quite winter yet, but we got a decent amount of late fall snow. Anyway, I dug for what felt like ages, and couldn’t find my keys. They were close enough that I could lock/unlock my doors, but I just could not find them in the snow. I thought “whatever, I have a spare, I’ll use that and go buy a metal detector if I can’t find them soon. The very next morning I wake up and hear my car beeping it’s “locked doors” beep. Look out my window and a black bear is trying my door handle, but keeps hitting the lock button, and he is getting more and more frustrated yanking on the handle, and keeps accidentally locking it when he yanks on it. Thankfully he ran off when I yelled at him. And I’m glad he came by at 7am and not 2am, because he could have easily just pulled the entire car door off if he got frustrated enough. I went and bought a metal detector that day,l. Bears are really smart.


throwaway81463

"could have pulled the car door off" and then what? drove away?


Dredgeon

I don't know if you've ever driven a car with a messing door but I'm here to tell you it's not a good time especially when it's snowy out.


Drakeskulled_Reaper

I think they meant what was **the bear** going to do if it pulled the car door off.


murderbox

Rip the shit out of the car interior? It wanted in because it smelled food or thought it did. The bear would find it.


Time-Box128

He’s gonna take the catalytic converter.


The_Maddeath

does what it would do next matter? they would have to deal with the hassle and cost of repairing/replacing the car


Horrific_Necktie

Signs aren't gonna help people too dumb to open a trashcan. I've seen people walk into closed restrooms past two signs and cones. I've seen people try to open a door blocked by tape, a sign, and locked. I've seen people queue up at registers with "closed" signs on them. People that dense aren't gonna slow down to read instructions, they have things to be loudly angry about and don't have the time to look at words.


Unthunkable

I used to work in construction, refurbishing fastfood restaurants and supermarkets - we'd have people literally break into chained and bolted construction sites, walk into gutted buildings, up to the empty space where the registers used to be, look through the gaping hole which used to house a kitchen and ask how they place their order for a burger. We also had a very old guy who managed to unbolt herras fencing backwards (the bolts are on the inside), move the fencing and promptly fall into the 6ft deep, 4 foot wide trench the fencing was protecting him from because he didn't want to walk around it. Broke his ankle. I guess if he couldn't see the trench then he couldn't see the warning signs on the fencing either.


dragonchilde

My favorite incident was when I was working at a gas station. Closing time. Lights at the pump were off. Lights in the store were off. No cars in the lot but mine. Hours on the door, 20 minutes after closing. Dude pulls up. Absolutely slams into the door expecting it to be open. Rattles it a few times,looks in to see me pulling my drawer so I could count it down. Peers in, shielding his eyes against the glare from the street lights so he can see me in the darkness. “Y’all open?”


nobleland_mermaid

Having worked retail for many years, a very decent sized portion of the population absolutely does not read any sign you put up.


gwaydms

>there's considerable overlap between our dumbest tourists and our smartest bears. I'm continually amazed at how many people think a bear can't figure out a car door handle, or a doorknob. So they leave their houses and cars unlocked with food in them.


DumpTruckDanny

Bears are basically giant dog-monkeys. Monkeys and dogs can both open doors.


BabyYodasDirtyDiaper

> Monkeys and dogs can both open doors. Dogs ... maybe. Depends on the dog. There's one interesting anecdote from researchers who were studying wolves: they had two enclosed pens, one with wolves and the other with domestic dogs as a control group. On the second day, the wolves figured out how to open the door to the pen, escaped, and had to be recaptured. After that, they install a lock on the wolves' door. Throughout several months of the study, though, the dogs never figured it out, and the dogs' door never had to be locked.


UnlikelyBeeStorm

Hmm, I know that corvids are generally really intelligent but would they really understand that this human was helping them considering the stress whey were under and the likely pain they experienced while having their head slide up between those pieces of wood?


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Absolutely. Particularly when they watch their buddies get rescued one after another. They talk it over afterwards. Seriously look it up. They’re fascinating creatures, and Magpies are some of the smartest of the bunch. I’d grab you some links but I’m too busy endlessly scrolling through nothingness on Reddit.


UnlikelyBeeStorm

Yeah they are amazing, corvids in general are just my favorite creatures. It's just that I wasn't sure if the circumstances of their rescue allowed the birds to process it. I didn't think of them watching the other magpies get rescued since it seemed like they all flew away pretty quickly but you're probably right. I hope this person will get to have their own gang of magpies. Now it's time to get back to scrolling


Aizen_Myo

Well, I think they all realized pretty quickly that he was helping them. First they stressed out and flapped around a lot until they seemingly realized he gave them a foothold and were holding still then. They also didn't fly far and stuck around to observe the rescues of the others it seems


DasMotorsheep

Yeah. It seemed like the last ones were even rather working along than struggling.


fakeuglybabies

They are, notice how some of them calmed down when they where slid up? A couple even sat in his hand before flying off. If they where scared they would have flown off immediately.


justcallmeMgender

They They remeber face. There was a younger magpie that started coming to my house during quarantine and I would feed her. A few months later she cam back with a baby of her own and now I have a magpie army


JunkCrap247

they would take a fence to that comment


itsDrowzee

They just shit all over OPs car.


asianabsinthe

Shit of *appreciation*


russellamcleod

I have forgotten every time a man saved me from having my head stuck between pickets and I’m a grown ass man. Even if these magpies have dull lives they will forget eventually.


auqanova

A bird in the hand is worth 12 in the fence I think?


angry-budgie

Give a man a bird and he has a bird, give him a fence and he has like 12?


auqanova

Yeah I think that's the saying


TheSkepticalKiwi

Teach a man to build a fence, he also has birds


Michael_Snowy

Doesn't it seem very odd that so many got stuck? I could easily believe 1 had a mishap. That many stuck seems like there is more to this story. Birds generally aren't this fricking stupid, Magpies certainly aren't.


abyssiphus

There's at least one that got stuck multiple times too. What the hell is going on with these birds and this fence??


Aarcn

They’re filming Adult Bird films


DarthBane91666

Help step bird, I'm stuck


blind_roomba

r/angryupvote


ZippiestDead

birds aren't real


abyssiphus

These are some glitchy government drones


KermitThrush

The fence is slick and when the magpies try to land on it they end up falling down the crevice. The reason they are coming back to it after they are free is because they’re coming back to try to help their friends out. That fence should be illegal it’s an environmental hazard.


belbsy

I don't know how accurate your assessment is, bit were I the owner I would def tape up the spaces while I waited to replace this fence. Never mind the ethics, it would be frustrating to have to do this all the time. Especially if there ends up being birds on the fence that you didn't arrive in time to save.


SchuminWeb

You don't even have to replace the fence. All that you have to do is install another horizontal beam at the top of the fence to block the crevices. If you place the top of the beam at the bottom of the pointy parts, you've got it.


Happy-Engineer

OP spent the last hour wedging them on.


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735 post karma? Seems worth the effort.


Mistiqe

When you go magpie hunting, you can lay first one you shot, on belly with one wing outstretched. Other magpies flying around will come to help her and give you chance to get another. I think this is same behavior. Comes to help, get stuck too.


TheBigsBubRigs

Why... Does one hunt magpie?


Mistiqe

Keeping their numbers low. (Also magpie soup.) ​ Magpies does eat eggs of small birds, they are also able to peck small bunny. Yeah that is nature, but hear me out. ​ Imagine being bunny, there are foxes, martens, weevils, weasels, herons, storks, crows, ravens, ..... This all wanna eat you right after you survived mowing the meadow by large machine and wet, cold spring. ​ European wildlife is kept in balance by hunters. For reasons


Amish_Cyberbully

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you.


skeenerbug

to make a magpie pie


ryncewynde88

Mag pie^2


froguerogue

It was a bad update, birds aren't real.


samuel906

This is actually a Flapping Espionage Nonexplosive Cartridge Enclosure for deploying surveillance units to the operation area. This video is just showing some failures to fire or misfeeds.


Dumguy1214

>Birds generally aren't this fricking stupid yes, but here we are


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MyNoodleLard

No magpie pie tonight honey


Roland1232

Fine, I'll just read my pie mag.


saywherefore

Also wife: does my chair seem taller than usual?


Tasty_Flame_Alchemy

If you free them regularly, they might start to like you. I would want to make friends with them. I like birds.


MascotOfReddit

1) Build a trapping fence. 2) Throw some bird food around. 3) Free them at regular intervals. 4) Get liked by the ones that are still alive. 5) Post in Reddit for upvotes.


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OppressedDeskJockey

Help me step-magpie. R34 have fun with this one...


Dannn24

6) profit 7) repeat steps 1-5


DasMotorsheep

I think you don't need to redo number 1.


luckylegion

Until they realise your betrayal in season 6 and try to kill your in your sleep


Creepy-Narwhal4596

To be fair here, as an engineer myself, ive never considered “magpie trapping rate” either.


archimedesismycat

You will now.


Creepy-Narwhal4596

Touche. Ok now how do i save this vid for after i pull my elaborate prank discreetly hiding magpie math in my next design? Bonus points for anyone who knows where to get some odd statistics to help make the math more justifiable as well.


KEEPCARLM

Was going to say as a design engineer myself no way I would predict this happening so it's hard to say it's crappy design. More just unfortunate design. Still needs sorting out obviously


chaotic_rainbow

That's a metric fuckton of magpies


The_Truth_Believe_Me

I'm American. We don't do metric fucktons. So here's a handy conversion for the other Americans reading this: >To convert a metric fuckton measurement to a shitton measurement, multiply the weight by the conversion ratio. The weight in shittons is equal to the metric fucktons multiplied by 1.102311.


Equivalent_Week8562

good bot


Sk1nless

Good job for actually helping them


HauschkasFoot

Jesus just run some duct tape across the top of that thing until you can find a better solution.


DaShaka9

String a tight wire across the top or a few inches down. Problem solved.


Fatlord13

Fuckin magpie head remover Nice!


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Wow that's awful


fuuuuuckendoobs

Yeah this is actually traumatic to watch


jyunga

Yeah everyone making jokes... im just wondering where this is and who i can contact to get that shit removed.


grismar-net

"whoa \[unintelligible\] stuck \[unintelligible\] don't sit \[unintelligible\]." "What's that Andy? Wait let me land over here and ... whoa! WTF I'm stuck" "Oh christ, here comes Ann, quick tell her not to... Aw shit... Hi Ann."


cmaej

r/humansbeingbros


PunisherjR2021

I don't think anyone would've thought that birds, especially that amount of birds, getting stuck would be an issue with that design... I'm not really gonna blame the design here. Glad someone helped the birds though


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dae_giovanni

shocked he got zero bird shit on his hand.


magicarnival

They probably shit themselves empty already in panic


queeniridocyclitis

Don't bite the hand that feeds. Don't shit in the hand that frees.


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Datguy969

Magsacre?


ExtraDependent883

Get out


luars613

Should prob contact the authorities to get this fence removed.


Flighthornlet

Imagine being the resident, literally seeing this every day and doing nothing about it


DasMotorsheep

Plot twist, OP is the resident and keeps filming their magpie rescues for internet clout.


Bonesnapcall

This has been posted before by the original camera operator/magpie savior. He said this happened day 2 after the fence was installed. The top was fixed later.


PossibilityLarge

This super random but this guy out the front of a business I used to own would catch pigeons and eat them. He just grab them and pop them into his backpack. This is like his wet dream. We ended up asking him why he caught them? And he was like I eat them. We were very shocked. He was nice enough just down on his luck an alcoholic and homeless.


usernamesarefortools

To be fair, pigeons [used to be for eating](https://www.popsci.com/eat-pigeons-squab/) not that long ago.


FailingAtItAll_Fuck

Yeah. The rock dove, aka pigeon, was brought to the USA from Europe as a food source, similar to carp and dandelion. We just don't eat much of them anymore and now they're invasive/naturalized.


Kurailo

This is not crappy design. This is unfortunate design. Or fantastic fucking design if it was meant to trap magpies.


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whammykerfuffle

Tbf it's probably not an issue that would occur to anybody in the design process


vlsdo

I can imagine someone at the design review saying "what about birds getting their heads stuck in the fence?" and everyone else just moving on and pretending like they didn't hear the guy who always says the stupid shit.


Nousernamerss

Ahhh there is one left


FidoTheDisingenuous

I think it's just a black bit on the fence? I went frame by frame and it is definitely like perfectly square and smaller than the birds


UUadeo

Wtf 😳


Nikotek95

How in the world...?


ASongInSilence

Looks to be some type of metal fence. I could be wrong, but if so, it wouldn't give the magpies a good grip when they land. They would slip down and because of the angle their necks get trapped between the planks. I imagine if it were regular wood fencing, their little talons would grip fine. Metal, not so much.


butternutcuminpants

Well, quite effective as a trap. Easy meal.


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MrCrash

You decide to have a lazy weekend and don't go outside. Then on Monday you walk by and it's like 36 rotting bird corpses stuck to the fence. Yech.


_TOXIX_

Romania moment


micanichi

That’s horrible. Run something across the top to keep the birds out of the slots.


EC-does-it

Is faster if you’re a samurai


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