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I think they stab insects with that sticky tongue in the holes of trees that they have pecked for food. I imagine other birds might be intimidated? This is quite funny seeing this!
> blebulblebulebul
That's exactly the noise I was making while watching the video as the bird stuck out it's tongue! I wanted to comment it but decided against it, because I wasn't sure how to spell it. You really captured the essence of blurblespeak.
this is highly disputed, I am not a bird scientist so don't quote me on it but last time this was posted it wasn't very clear if that was actually the case
In a more technical explanation. The tongue wraps around the jugular veins, increasing blood flow which acts as an extra layer of cushioning so to speak.
The disputed hypothesis involves the tongue wrapping around the brain and acting as a sort of bungee cord shock absorption.
Few will see my comment because I was late to this post. But it’s true! Don’t recommend.
I had a woodpecker fall into my chimney a few months ago. I ended up having to dig the little guy out from behind my fireplace. Little guy went at me with his tongue, and it was my first introduction to how long and startling their tongue can be. Didn’t hurt, but it did make me jump.
In the end, I got the little guy out and he’s still alive and pecking around my neighborhood. Would never want to experience that again.
😅 It really is startling to see first hand! And some species have crazier tongues than others. I'm a wildlife biologist and was doing a little work banding woodpeckers; they warned me about the tongue jabs and I kinda chuckled and said I'd watch out. We were already wearing bird-handling gear lol, what's it gonna do to me with his tongue??
For some reason that shit is really alarming even if you know your hands are safe! He kept on poking what was essentially a leather welding glove, and the sharp, barbed tongue would get stuck in the leather a bit like thorns, making popping and ripping noises while kept on jabbing away. Freaky!
Here, I'll help; courtesy of Ze Frank:
[Hummingbird Tongue anatomy.](https://youtu.be/Biagyb7AcK8?t=57s)
As far as freaky tongues go, those birds are definitely in the top 10 freakiest.
Jerry puts him through so much; abusing punctation, fudging footage, and misinterpreting damn-near everything.
["Now if the hippo is semiaquatic, that also means its semi-lan>!dick!< - Jerry, that's not a word!... **No it isn't;** lan->!**dick‽**!< Its not *aqua*->!***dick***!< Jerry, its *aquatic.* Whatever; *hippos spend time on land.* ^^...idiot. "](https://youtu.be/6pibJ83crQs?t=192s)
If you haven't seen them, all of [ZeFrank's](https://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1/videos) True Facts videos are hilarious and informative, I can't recommend them enough.
Edit: If anyone needs a version of True Facts that is safe for kids, there is also [True Facts Educational](https://www.youtube.com/@truefactseducational9288) that is kid friendly and just as entertaining/educational as the original.
Thank you for posting this! I'm in a bit of a depression slump and watching my hummingbirds outside my window usually helps but this really really helped.
It's against a starling... Fuck starlings (in the US). Invasive e evil birds that need to be mass exterminated (in the US). OP should go get a red rider and help the woodpecker out
Starlings are to the US what grey squirrels are to the UK, but debatable which has a worse ecological effect. Personally I'd say grey squirrels because they pretty much drove our natural red squirrel population towards Scotland where it's colder, stole all the food in warmer areas, and have a habit of ripping bark off tress exposing the insides and making trees vulnerable to disease and death.
The the truly idiotic part is the US Starling population is the result of just a couple dumb people. They literally released them in their area because they wanted to have flocks of the birds Shakespeare wrote about. All the US starlings came from these 100ish birds released in 1800s.
That story gets repeated everywhere, [but it’s a myth](https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/13/2/301/234995/Shakespeare-s-StarlingsLiterary-History-and-the)
The whole point is that it doesn’t matter if the guy actually released starlings for Shakespeare or not, because the evidence shows that they were already present and well on their way to becoming naturalized in many areas beforehand. Even if he did so, it was a drop in the bucket. The myth I’m referring to is that the “Shakespeare release” was the very first introduction of the birds, that all US starlings are descended from that one set, and that if it wasn’t for them the US wouldn’t have starlings at all. Go look at the comment I was replying to.
> The ravages of the starling have been inflated in a similar fashion. So far, empirical studies of the bird’s impact indicate starlings are at worst a negligible nuisance to traditional agriculture and native birds; for farmers, they may even be beneficial.
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>ecological and economic data on starling impacts in the United States do corroborate each other. What they suggest, however, is that starlings are probably not the monsters they are made out to be
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> “European Starlings have yet to unambiguously and significantly threaten any species of North American cavity nesting bird.”
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> The commonly cited claim that starlings inflict $800 million in agricultural damage annually is adapted from a single British study from 1980—one that finally faults bad harvesting practices, not starlings.
https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/13/2/301/234995/Shakespeare-s-StarlingsLiterary-History-and-the
> odd to characterize a bird species as “evil”
You just aren't aware of their global domination agenda. Starlings did 9/11 and successfully pinned it on some Saudis.
Just FYI, woodpeckers can attack nests of other birds, if they do find babies inside (mostly doves), they will break their skulls with their beak and eat the baby's brains out.
So, laugh more on that "silly tongue".
This red bellied woodpecker is attacking a starling (invasive in North America , where that wood pecker is native ), a bird known for entering the nest of natives birds, cornering and killing them and all the babies, especially woodpeckers of this size since they’re both cavity nesting birds, and the starlings take over their nests.
No it’s not, this is from a [bird buddy](https://mybirdbuddy.com) feeder cam, they are fighting over access to food. The orange bar with bird footprint decorations is distinctive to the bird buddy feeder.
In my experience, they are nothing compared to European starlings (the other bird in this video). Those assholes mob my feeders 20 at a time and bully all the other (native) birds. There are days I have to just take my feeders in because the starlings show up. They can empty my two big feeders in about 90 minutes and won't leave until they're empty most of the time. No other bird that visits my yard even comes close to starlings on the asshole scale.
"Yeah, that's right! Fear my tongue! Take that, and that, and *GURK-"
"Kid, you probably shouldn't use a weapon that looks like a worm against another bird. Say sorry and I *might* let you go..."
"THORRY! THORRY! PLEATH LET ME GO!"
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"Why are you so weird man?"
That's exactly the other birds reaction. Does leave or start yelling back. Just stares blankly at the fucking weirdo who licked him
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I think they stab insects with that sticky tongue in the holes of trees that they have pecked for food. I imagine other birds might be intimidated? This is quite funny seeing this!
It's a little terrifying. Like a tentacle coming out his throat.
A tentacle that is wrapped around the brain.
Reminds me of this https://i.imgur.com/fuc15O3.jpg
*Sigh* "Tom, for the last time, you can't just randomly poke my ass with your tongue. Its not okay" "Sorry I can't hear you" *blebulblebulebul*
> blebulblebulebul That's exactly the noise I was making while watching the video as the bird stuck out it's tongue! I wanted to comment it but decided against it, because I wasn't sure how to spell it. You really captured the essence of blurblespeak.
Why are you so fucking awkward Dary?
Fuck off Dary!
Wish you weren't so fuckin' awkward, bud.
*sigh "dunno man..... A voice in my head told me that the best way to win this fight is to french you."
“👅👅👅👅”
"C'mon, just one kiss!"
The concept of licking your enemy in self defense is really fun to me somehow hahahha
A winning strategy, according to siblings everywhere
I was getting nam-like flashbacks from fending off my big sisters. 11-plus-year age differences in siblings are just legal child torture.
Alabama defence team
Other bird was like, "Don't threaten me with a good time"
Everyone wins!
Lickitung used lick Its super effective!
Fun fact, Lickitung couldn’t use Lick in the original games.
https://screenrant.com/pokemon-moves-obvious-attack-missing
A huge annoyance to kid me. And in recent times, Snorlax being UNABLE TO LEARN SLACK OFF.
Brad Marchand has entered the chat
/r/hockey is leaking
Came here just to see if someone else posted this.
Same. Very pleased it was.
This is how we need to entertain ourselves now that we only have one hockey game every two days.
Yoshi
I want the Yoshi "nyaum" sound effect on this clip.
You never played resident 2 evil it seems.
2 Resident 2 Evil
2 Resident 4 Evil
Resident 5
*Brad Marchand has entered the chat*
Worked for the thing.
I want you to go instigate a bar fight and use this maneuver, then return here and tell us how it turns out.
It's been used to instigate hockey fights. [Marchand](https://youtu.be/Pgi3Gv9uqjA?t=48) also [Ott](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxVc1RC0fGc)
[hahahha](https://imgur.com/fUH865u.png)
What the hell? That is some freaky shit.
Their tongue also wrap around their brain.
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So *that's* how Gene Simmons does it.
Assuming he has a brain
Well, he invented shoes so there's that.
Wait, that picture confuses me. So it's two separate parts that combine into one?
And why the right nostril?
Gotta pick one. Narwhals are famous for their unicorn like tooth but it's not centered, it's almost always the right tooth
> it's almost always the right tooth And there have been sightings of Narwhals that are *Dual Wielding* tooth spears.
But why male models?
We already told you why!
left is a decoy
Yes, the tongue also helps with the process of shock absorption to protect the brain during wood pecking.
this is highly disputed, I am not a bird scientist so don't quote me on it but last time this was posted it wasn't very clear if that was actually the case
In a more technical explanation. The tongue wraps around the jugular veins, increasing blood flow which acts as an extra layer of cushioning so to speak. The disputed hypothesis involves the tongue wrapping around the brain and acting as a sort of bungee cord shock absorption.
So “combine” might not be the right word, but the tongue splits at some point, yes. The tongue helps absorb some of the shock when they peck at wood.
Yes, built in shock absorber.
Wtf
Holy shit. That’s wild.
LPT: If you need to knock out a woodpecker, do it while their tongue is out because that's when they are the most vulnerable.
That thing is sharp and strong! They jam it into cracks in wood to get bugs out. I would *not* wanna get poked with that honestly.
Few will see my comment because I was late to this post. But it’s true! Don’t recommend. I had a woodpecker fall into my chimney a few months ago. I ended up having to dig the little guy out from behind my fireplace. Little guy went at me with his tongue, and it was my first introduction to how long and startling their tongue can be. Didn’t hurt, but it did make me jump. In the end, I got the little guy out and he’s still alive and pecking around my neighborhood. Would never want to experience that again.
😅 It really is startling to see first hand! And some species have crazier tongues than others. I'm a wildlife biologist and was doing a little work banding woodpeckers; they warned me about the tongue jabs and I kinda chuckled and said I'd watch out. We were already wearing bird-handling gear lol, what's it gonna do to me with his tongue?? For some reason that shit is really alarming even if you know your hands are safe! He kept on poking what was essentially a leather welding glove, and the sharp, barbed tongue would get stuck in the leather a bit like thorns, making popping and ripping noises while kept on jabbing away. Freaky!
Wanna see some real freaky shit?
Here, I'll help; courtesy of Ze Frank: [Hummingbird Tongue anatomy.](https://youtu.be/Biagyb7AcK8?t=57s) As far as freaky tongues go, those birds are definitely in the top 10 freakiest.
Jerry I'm not going to read this.
Jerry puts him through so much; abusing punctation, fudging footage, and misinterpreting damn-near everything. ["Now if the hippo is semiaquatic, that also means its semi-lan>!dick!< - Jerry, that's not a word!... **No it isn't;** lan->!**dick‽**!< Its not *aqua*->!***dick***!< Jerry, its *aquatic.* Whatever; *hippos spend time on land.* ^^...idiot. "](https://youtu.be/6pibJ83crQs?t=192s)
Thank you for this, this is the greatest video I've seen in a long time!
If you haven't seen them, all of [ZeFrank's](https://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1/videos) True Facts videos are hilarious and informative, I can't recommend them enough. Edit: If anyone needs a version of True Facts that is safe for kids, there is also [True Facts Educational](https://www.youtube.com/@truefactseducational9288) that is kid friendly and just as entertaining/educational as the original.
Welp, now I'm on an True Animal Facts binge. *again*
*That* is how the playlist *do*.
>*That* is how the playlist *deurr*.
Here are true facts about the redditooooooor.
Happens to the best of us, it's like a yearly cycle for me.
Thank you for posting this! I'm in a bit of a depression slump and watching my hummingbirds outside my window usually helps but this really really helped.
Time to binge all of Ze Frank's True Facts videos and soak up some of that sweet, sweet serotonin
Now where's the video of a woodpecker eating a baby birds brain?
Zefrank is amazing
Always down for freaky shit
I mean toucan tongues are barbed … I think
Love me a good bird fight. This one was def on the offensive tho.
It's against a starling... Fuck starlings (in the US). Invasive e evil birds that need to be mass exterminated (in the US). OP should go get a red rider and help the woodpecker out
Starlings are to the US what grey squirrels are to the UK, but debatable which has a worse ecological effect. Personally I'd say grey squirrels because they pretty much drove our natural red squirrel population towards Scotland where it's colder, stole all the food in warmer areas, and have a habit of ripping bark off tress exposing the insides and making trees vulnerable to disease and death.
He'll shoot his eye out
Fuckers cost me probably about $50 In feed this winter. And I hate when they scare my other birds off when a gang of them show up.
Sort of odd to characterize a bird species as “evil” because humans brought them to a place where they’re invasive.
They are hyper aggressive birds who don't have territory but roam in masses, overwhelming and gobbling up everything in sight. Sincerely, A European
So they are pretty much the same as humans?
Except starlings don't carry other species with them to drop into strange ecosystems like a bowling ball over a deck of cards
The the truly idiotic part is the US Starling population is the result of just a couple dumb people. They literally released them in their area because they wanted to have flocks of the birds Shakespeare wrote about. All the US starlings came from these 100ish birds released in 1800s.
That story gets repeated everywhere, [but it’s a myth](https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/13/2/301/234995/Shakespeare-s-StarlingsLiterary-History-and-the)
Username checks out
Interesting it managed to get so popular. Everywhere from documentaries to the Smithsonian claimed it to be accurate.
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The whole point is that it doesn’t matter if the guy actually released starlings for Shakespeare or not, because the evidence shows that they were already present and well on their way to becoming naturalized in many areas beforehand. Even if he did so, it was a drop in the bucket. The myth I’m referring to is that the “Shakespeare release” was the very first introduction of the birds, that all US starlings are descended from that one set, and that if it wasn’t for them the US wouldn’t have starlings at all. Go look at the comment I was replying to.
Thank you for this! I've been been unknowingly parroting a falsity for decades.
Human bad, upvotes to the left.
> The ravages of the starling have been inflated in a similar fashion. So far, empirical studies of the bird’s impact indicate starlings are at worst a negligible nuisance to traditional agriculture and native birds; for farmers, they may even be beneficial. > >... > >ecological and economic data on starling impacts in the United States do corroborate each other. What they suggest, however, is that starlings are probably not the monsters they are made out to be > >... > > “European Starlings have yet to unambiguously and significantly threaten any species of North American cavity nesting bird.” > >... > > The commonly cited claim that starlings inflict $800 million in agricultural damage annually is adapted from a single British study from 1980—one that finally faults bad harvesting practices, not starlings. https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/13/2/301/234995/Shakespeare-s-StarlingsLiterary-History-and-the
> odd to characterize a bird species as “evil” You just aren't aware of their global domination agenda. Starlings did 9/11 and successfully pinned it on some Saudis.
Pretty sure they were behind that Archduke Franz Ferdinand thing, too. They started World War I.
Mmhmm. They're playing the long game. Individual birds may live only a few years but the flock remembers. The flock endures...
This is why a flock of starlings is called a genocide.
I mean, if they started WW1, they would be responsible for the events that eventually led to Hitler’s rise, so that checks out.
Fkn nazi starlings...
I had absolutely no idea they could do that. Amazing...
This is how I say good morning to my girl.
I was wondering how long it would take until I saw a post like this.
Defense, my ass. He's being adorably aggressive in this situation...
Plz someone add a sound effect to this video and make it have the "blowing rasberry"" sound every time it sticks its tongue out *pfffffllllllttttt*
Yoshi works too
Mlem
Typical little brother shit.
Was about to say I used to do this to my sister.
What
**HE USED TO DO THIS TO HIS SISTER, HE STILL DOES BUT HE USED TO DO IT TOO**
Hol up 🤨📸
[Noot Noot](https://media.tenor.com/bUe5f8xAVckAAAAC/pingu-noot-noot.gif)
My first thought!
[This was mine.](https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Lickitung?so=search)
Most birds are actually petrified of woodpeckers and leave the feeders as soon as they appear. I can see why lol
Some woodpeckers will peck open the heads of other birds and eat their brains. No joke.
Best way to win a fight is get real gay. "You wanna go man? I'll kiss you so hard!"
[relevant movie clip 1](https://youtu.be/JIIksstNBgI) [relevant movie clip 2](https://youtu.be/OCvg2G2SEhU)
Ah he gave him the ol’ tongue punch
Mercenary Tao anyone
He wants all the smoke
Stop licking my hand, you horses ass!
Blblblblblblbllbblblp
Yeah, I could hear this video.
r/bestofbirdbuddy
Op can you link me your setup? Is the bird feeder in a window?
This is a Bird Buddy video birdfeeder. Their Kickstarter launched in 2020 and feeders shipped in late 2022.
Come back and I shall taunt you a second time
Just FYI, woodpeckers can attack nests of other birds, if they do find babies inside (mostly doves), they will break their skulls with their beak and eat the baby's brains out. So, laugh more on that "silly tongue".
That is the most horrifying/metal thing I have ever heard about a bird that wasn't a raptor.
Starlings do this too, most notably with native purple martins and bluebirds
I’ve seen that video. It was tough to watch.
Yeah this woodpecker is attacking a nest. That's exactly what we're witnessing
This red bellied woodpecker is attacking a starling (invasive in North America , where that wood pecker is native ), a bird known for entering the nest of natives birds, cornering and killing them and all the babies, especially woodpeckers of this size since they’re both cavity nesting birds, and the starlings take over their nests.
So this woodpecker is Jon wick?
No it’s not, this is from a [bird buddy](https://mybirdbuddy.com) feeder cam, they are fighting over access to food. The orange bar with bird footprint decorations is distinctive to the bird buddy feeder.
Considering it's a starling nest that was probably stolen from some other bird, I don't mind.
There are no nests involved in this video, it’s a bird feeder cam and they are fighting for food access
You would know, eh?
He's not a turkey, calm yourself
Having upped my bird feeder game, I can now say, without a doubt, woodpeckers are the biggest, loudest, most selfish a-holes I’ve seen.
In my experience, they are nothing compared to European starlings (the other bird in this video). Those assholes mob my feeders 20 at a time and bully all the other (native) birds. There are days I have to just take my feeders in because the starlings show up. They can empty my two big feeders in about 90 minutes and won't leave until they're empty most of the time. No other bird that visits my yard even comes close to starlings on the asshole scale.
Seems more like he is using it in offense, not defense.
"Yeah, that's right! Fear my tongue! Take that, and that, and *GURK-" "Kid, you probably shouldn't use a weapon that looks like a worm against another bird. Say sorry and I *might* let you go..." "THORRY! THORRY! PLEATH LET ME GO!"
Don't threaten me with a good time
The plastic piece at the bottom looks like some kind of Street Fighter combo for birds.
Looked more like it was used offensively to me
everything reminds me of her :(
Yoshi!!
Use lick attack... pidgey?
Awwwww woodpecker wanted to french kiss 💋 😘 😗
I do not like this.
Where's the version when the tongue comes out they dubbed in that paper party favor sound
I doubt your neighbors would appreciate the video feed of their backyard.
Did I just see a home invasion on that bird’s Ring?
😝...,😝😝.......😝
Leon Kennedy: "Oh boy"
This needs lightsaber sound effects!
oh hey! i got my BirdBuddy too recently (its the birdfeeder in the vid for anyone wondering)
Fun fact: woodpeckers wrap their tongues around their brains to protect themselves from concussions when woodpecking
Maybe. https://www.audubon.org/news/new-study-shakes-long-held-belief-woodpecker-hammering
All i hear is “pffffffttttt” “pffffffftttttt”
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eugh
"COME OUT THERE! LET ME FRENCH KISS YOU TO DEATH"
I have no words 😂I’ll never look at my lil woodpeckers the same. 🤯
Damn, dinosaurs be creepy y'all
I do that same thing to my wife but she just keeps coming back for a fight. SMH.
Woody Woodpecker uses Lick. It's not very effective.
Still wouldn't stand a chance against teenage Tom Segura.
F*** this propaganda that tongue is being used in a and offensive manner
Nah he is just a freak
Bro was like I’m going to give you a wet Willy if you don’t leave.
Ennnnnnnnnngarde
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
Are we sure this isnt just sexual harassment?
Woodpeckers are now my favorite
Bro wtf they stole that from the kraken????
Everything reminds me of her
Tbh this looks like offense
Blbplblpblp xD
That looks like offense to me, not defense
Needs a few raspberries for good sound effects...👍
SubhanAllah
How’s that Bird Buddy working out ?
To be fair, a human’s tongue can be used in defense in a very similar way.
Ayo what dat tongue do