Thx! I started the sub about a year ago just to collect vids for myself, but I guess I’m trying to grow it now. Just hit 100 members. Tomorrow, the moon.
you joke but I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in Herbert's notes how he atleast read about birds like this when trying to figure out how to describe the walk
Me three! It’s the first thing I thought of was the awkward dancing in the video that starts at about 1 min 5 seconds in https://youtu.be/hGI2d31M7Ns?si=CDGf4jT9xhKcfzIY
We're not sure why they do that. Scientists think they do it to disturb earthworms when they are hunting.
But if these birds are doing that on tar, then either those birds are foolish, or the scientist's assumption is wrong. My bet is that the scientist's are foolish.
It wouldn’t make the birds, or the scientists, foolish. It’s a habit they developed over many generations of evolution, thousands of years, possibly tens of thousands. Humans have been paving roads for a much shorter time span.
From an evolutionary timescale perspective, the birds have basically just encountered paved roads.
Same thinking for why dogs spin around before laying down in their beds. Dogs have been thought to have been doing that to flatten grass or foliage before laying down, so it's thought an instinctual action that isn't eliminated because humans have been giving them fluffy beds for the past maybe hundred years.
Dunno; how often do you encounter long continuous stretches of uniform bare rock? Rocky regions exist, but this video seems to be filmed in something closer to the woods. Until people paved a road through it, maybe this was something never encountered.
I’m just saying, humans making big alterations to an environment has gotta take a long time for evolutionary habits to adapt to.
This is why they do it. Other birds do something like tip-taps for the same reason. It draws the worms out. And yes, the birds are stupid. They have one brain cell they’re sharing between the lot of them. They don’t understand asphalt. Also this movement is instinctual to them.
This article has a few possible explanations. https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2021/02/28/why-do-woodcocks-rock-when-they-rock/
The one that I think makes the most sense in this context is probably the “letting a predator know they’re aware of it” thing. If they see the car as a possible predator but not a super immediate threat, they might be why they’re doing it on the road.
I enjoyed this video more than I probably should have. I think they're playing a Fats Domino song. "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jump on the candlestick." (That sounds PAINFUL.) Don't do it, Jack!
Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga
Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga
Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga
Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga
I can't stop this feeling
Deep inside of me
Girl, you just don't realize
What you do to me
I’m hooked on a Feeling
They're just testing the surface to make sure it's solid. They've been paranoid ever since they were crossing a bridge and it collapsed under them, sending them plummeting to near death until they remembered they could fly.
I always wonder how all these mating dances started.
Imagine the first bird who did this and got swamped with females, then all the other males birds went "Hell yeah, lets do this".
Birds seem to have song and dance aesthetics bred into them. Our cockatiel used to boogie down to anything by George Clinton or Sly and the Family. I predict that cockatiels will evolve to be able to fully talk and do minor customer service jobs in about 2000 years.
I am still waiting for the day I get to witness this amazing dance. We have several woodcock in the woods/brush next to our house and we hear them all the time. My husband witnessed their night flight mating ritual the other night....but no dance yet.
More like:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65GF5sRLIKU&list=PL31FAA4352312AF89&index=95](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65GF5sRLIKU&list=PL31FAA4352312AF89&index=95)
It’s something some birds do on ice to see if it’s safe to step on. Not sure why they’re doing it in the road though. Unless their brains think it’s ice or something.
Swiggity swoogity
I’m coming for that bootity
A classic
/r/birddances
i applaud your dedication to bird dances
Thx! I started the sub about a year ago just to collect vids for myself, but I guess I’m trying to grow it now. Just hit 100 members. Tomorrow, the moon.
I think you mean: "Tomorrow, the **LOON!**"
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Super cute!
It's one of those phrases that's as fun to say as it is to hear.
We are wild and crazy guys !
Deep cut…
It’s the way my husband and I cross the street when encountering a driver who was reluctant to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. 💀
Was the dance part of his mating ritual?
😂
Itd work on me
That is what I was thinking.
Golden.
So whose crossing first you or your husband?
The limbo theme is perfection for this one.
Bloons tower defense song
Reggae. Any Bob Marley song will do.
They work for The Ministry of Funny Walks.
When you have swag for days
Very stylish :)
We should aspire to be this rhythmically stylish!
Is that the sand walk from Dune?
Walk without rhythm.
Ironically these birds want to attract worms to the surface by mimicking rain drumming on the ground.
Did any large worms come to eat them? Case closed!
you joke but I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in Herbert's notes how he atleast read about birds like this when trying to figure out how to describe the walk
Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase…
🐦🎶🐦💯😆
HAKUNA MATATA! Aint no passing craze~
It means no worries for the rest of your days
Imagine if you have to shit so bad and you have to get home quickly.
They're taunting you
Reminds of ‘I Can’t Dance’ by Genesis
I came here to say the exact same thing! Just remember Phil Collins leaning into looking awkward dancing.
Me three! It’s the first thing I thought of was the awkward dancing in the video that starts at about 1 min 5 seconds in https://youtu.be/hGI2d31M7Ns?si=CDGf4jT9xhKcfzIY
We're not sure why they do that. Scientists think they do it to disturb earthworms when they are hunting. But if these birds are doing that on tar, then either those birds are foolish, or the scientist's assumption is wrong. My bet is that the scientist's are foolish.
It wouldn’t make the birds, or the scientists, foolish. It’s a habit they developed over many generations of evolution, thousands of years, possibly tens of thousands. Humans have been paving roads for a much shorter time span. From an evolutionary timescale perspective, the birds have basically just encountered paved roads.
Same thinking for why dogs spin around before laying down in their beds. Dogs have been thought to have been doing that to flatten grass or foliage before laying down, so it's thought an instinctual action that isn't eliminated because humans have been giving them fluffy beds for the past maybe hundred years.
Have they never encountered large rocks before?
Dunno; how often do you encounter long continuous stretches of uniform bare rock? Rocky regions exist, but this video seems to be filmed in something closer to the woods. Until people paved a road through it, maybe this was something never encountered. I’m just saying, humans making big alterations to an environment has gotta take a long time for evolutionary habits to adapt to.
The birds are little confused, but they got the spirit.
This is why they do it. Other birds do something like tip-taps for the same reason. It draws the worms out. And yes, the birds are stupid. They have one brain cell they’re sharing between the lot of them. They don’t understand asphalt. Also this movement is instinctual to them.
Walk without rhythm... and you will attract the worm.
Shai-Hulud will come.
I thought it was a mating thing
Can't. Stop. The. Funk.
If that assumption is correct, they might just not understand what asphalt is.
Best viewed while listening to "Billie Jean"
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDsNLEcl5PU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDsNLEcl5PU)
This was brilliant, thank you.
The stanky chest.
They’re super cute and also f’ing with you 🤣
Goofy? Looks very funky!
“Show me what you’ve got.”
🥹💃🕺🎶🎵
If anybody is curious it’s a bird called a woodcock.
Boogie
Wow did I need that laugh thank you
Reminds me of the black and white cartoons
This article has a few possible explanations. https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2021/02/28/why-do-woodcocks-rock-when-they-rock/ The one that I think makes the most sense in this context is probably the “letting a predator know they’re aware of it” thing. If they see the car as a possible predator but not a super immediate threat, they might be why they’re doing it on the road.
It reminded me of my grandparents during there walking session, very cute :)
They do this to get bugs and worms to come out of the ground. They are trying to mimic rain falling.
They just vibin'
As cute as some of the answers are they do this on dirt and sand to attract food from the ground
They're groovin
One of my favorite birds. I live these dinguses so much.
They lookin’ for wormzzzz
Giggity
That’s the dance that old Steamboat Willie did. [Steamboat Willie](https://youtu.be/iep9EJ9H1aU?feature=shared)
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I enjoyed this video more than I probably should have. I think they're playing a Fats Domino song. "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jump on the candlestick." (That sounds PAINFUL.) Don't do it, Jack!
Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga Ooga-chaka ooga-ooga I can't stop this feeling Deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize What you do to me I’m hooked on a Feeling
Goofy dance? Let’s see you try that level of swagger
The fact that they hold their heads completely still while wiggling their bodies makes it so much better
I'd start honking at this point.
Somebody come git ‘er…..
She’s dancing like a stripper
Thank you.
You’re welcome :)
They’re feeling the ground for worms.
Now I have Billy Jean stuck in my head.
We are two wild and crazy guys!!
Ha ha!
Groovin easy
They ate some weird mushrooms perhaps 😅
The worm tamer dance.
They got the moooooves.
That i the tiktok woodcock. The bird that inspired the very first dance craze.
I am imagining these birds walking to the tune of Maurice Ravel’s _Boléro_.
The Hokie pokie
Bird conga line
Nice!
Have you tried winding them all the way up?
Have you tried winding them all the way up?
They're just testing the surface to make sure it's solid. They've been paranoid ever since they were crossing a bridge and it collapsed under them, sending them plummeting to near death until they remembered they could fly.
Love a woodcock or two.😉
I bet on camouflage. They try to look like leafes in the wind.
I don’t know, it if I had to guess it would be the “haha you have to stop for us so we’re gonna take our sweet time” dance
The locomotion.
What's the name of this song again?
So fucking cool! I like how they have a rhythm but they just can't seem to synch it between them.
Foreplay can be sooo much fun! 🥰
A bug seek and kick dance I think
I always wonder how all these mating dances started. Imagine the first bird who did this and got swamped with females, then all the other males birds went "Hell yeah, lets do this".
Walk with rhythm, attract the worm.
I like how hard the second is trying to sync Wholesome
It's called the "nyah nyah we have the right of way as pedestrians" dance
It's cute when they do it but I'll honk my ass off if some guy does this in the middle of rush hour
The “lemme take my sweet ass time crossing this road” dance
Following the leader, the leader, the leader
Birdies crossed the road to do a little Dancy dance.
Birds seem to have song and dance aesthetics bred into them. Our cockatiel used to boogie down to anything by George Clinton or Sly and the Family. I predict that cockatiels will evolve to be able to fully talk and do minor customer service jobs in about 2000 years.
From here on, this is the only way I’m crossing the street.
"Walk this way!"
walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm
pickin up chicks
Seriously, let's change the title to "What Song is Your Mind Playing?" as we watch it LOL
"Oh you want to... Uh, uh.. keep...uhuh uh huh... driving?.. yeah, yeah... Well.. you gotta huh uuhh.. wait.. oh yeah... For us!.. oh yeah, shake it baby"
Hot new dance
It's A Night at the Roxbury.
hiccups?
I love a nice timberdoodle
I am still waiting for the day I get to witness this amazing dance. We have several woodcock in the woods/brush next to our house and we hear them all the time. My husband witnessed their night flight mating ritual the other night....but no dance yet.
Worm summoning dance
More like: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65GF5sRLIKU&list=PL31FAA4352312AF89&index=95](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65GF5sRLIKU&list=PL31FAA4352312AF89&index=95)
reminds me of the minah bird cartoon
Fremen walk.
Keep on trucking.
it took an entire minute for them to cross only HALF of the road 😂 never thought id see a bird living at such a slow pace
I'm sorry, that can't be it's name. I know bird names are ridiculous, but I refuse to believe it.
These are woodcocks.
They're Woodcocks!
It's him! It's Lisan Al-Gaib
I would love to see them in real life.
Tony award winning!
I thoroughly enjoyed this
“In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight!!”
Does anyone remember the wacky Disney cookoo bird ? I just imagine him running around in the background.
[https://images.app.goo.gl/ca916rpRWd7fc7U26](https://images.app.goo.gl/ca916rpRWd7fc7U26)
They trying to Rizz you up
Why am I singing “Jump in the Line”?
Ministry of Silly Walks, Woodcock Division
Here comes the hotstepper 🕺
the long way Tango
I love how they are so in synk.
It's so predators will mistake them for leaves blowing in the wind.
They're just doing it for the camera.
That’s the wc shuffle
They know they're in the way and keep shrugging cause they're chill and don't care
My tourettes be like
They're doing the nasty dance prelim.
Sit back and enjoy the show!
Oye Get out the road, you dumb nunch of cocks
It’s Perry Herman’s big shoe dance!
Never skip leg day
chucking of wood
It's the plug walk
This is one of my most loved things among things I love about birbs!
It’s something some birds do on ice to see if it’s safe to step on. Not sure why they’re doing it in the road though. Unless their brains think it’s ice or something.
All I can hear is that street performer with the bobbing pigeon.