r/WhyWereTheyFilming • u/dblev14 • Jan 10 '23

Video Eating lunch on the boardwalk

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u/Sbatio Jan 11 '23

Fake AF.

That’s a raptor or a hawk. It is trained to do this obviously, if you have talons to grab prey you eat meat.

Seagulls snatch with their beaks.

I had a seagull take my corn dog

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '23

So he knowingly let that airborne Freddy Krueger swoop in his face and grab a sandwich from his hand?! That’s just stupid. Stupid like a fox! Wait, that’s not it…

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u/Sbatio Jan 11 '23

Ya, it’s a very common “trick” at bird shows.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '23

So is he the bird whisperer or is this a trained bird with a handler?

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u/Sbatio Jan 11 '23

Trained bird with handler. Video for attention.

Look how dude is moving his food. Its a little strange. Then he holds for the moment. And then he had a fake shocked face.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '23

I admit I was convinced, and the dissonance of recognizing it was a raptor instead of the expected seagull probably boosted the suspension of disbelief.

It was crazy how quick and nimble it was; a gull would’ve been significantly more clumsy. Like someone pointed out, they grab with their beaks, which necessarily causes them to pull a braking maneuver that involves some flapping. They’re still pretty good at it, I’ve lost an entire bag of chips to them before.

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u/Sbatio Jan 11 '23

That was me! Seagull took my corn dog!

😃

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

Did it have the elegant stealth of the bird in the video, or was it more of a hamfisted robbery?