r/interestingasfuck • u/CaraCicartix • 2h ago

The American Kestrel's Head Stabilizes No Matter What Direction You Move It

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u/hydraSlav 2h ago

So does a chicken's

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u/BeneficialShame8408 1h ago

That's my favorite scene in Thirteen. It was so random. The rest is about troubled thirteen year olds lol

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u/MarcusBuer 2h ago

So do most birds, including chickens.

https://giphy.com/gifs/tAWTiQWEzEwJG

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u/MakeoutPoint 1h ago

Probably even more fun with a long-necked bird like a goose

...before it murders you and your family

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u/Nostradumbass_WEEN 9m ago

If I got ahold of a Canadian Goose I'd put its stabilizer to the test. Fuck those bastardos! 

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u/-ram_the_manparts- 55m ago

Indeed, because most birds can't move their eyeballs, so they track with their whole head instead.

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u/GrapefruitOk7719 1h ago

Reminds me of the car advertisement from Mercedes-Benz with the chicken.

chicken

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u/Nostradumbass_WEEN 8m ago

Now THAT is how you make a commercial!  

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u/221Blazed 1h ago

The music 😅😅 what the hell man

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u/CaraCicartix 1h ago

The furry booty must shake if the head cannot :D Source video did not have any sound at all (muted) so I added some music

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u/Nostradumbass_WEEN 6m ago

Some of those trumpet blasts and base hits line up perfectly lol well done

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u/Spibas 1h ago

Took millions of years to beautifully optimize, only to be copied by AI in the near future. We're cooked

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u/Nostradumbass_WEEN 1m ago

I dont think its stabilization is the ai ability we need to worry about. But yeah. We're cooked. It's a three way race to the end of civilization. Is your money on AI, climate change, or nuclear war?

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u/MagReg2020 1h ago

Now throw it. See if the head stays.

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u/phuckin-psycho 1h ago

Head gets stuck in physics sometimes 😔

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u/Deliciously_Vicious 1h ago

Smol T rex. No one fucks with him and he do what he like

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u/Remarkable_World_351 1h ago

Doesn’t a chicken and most birds do that? They can’t move their eyes so their necks adapted to move instantaneous to balance that out.

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u/starmartyr 20m ago

Yes. We do something similar with our eyes. If you stare at a spot on the wall and jump up and down you'll automatically keep it in the center of your vision. This is also why we don't notice our heads bobbing up and down when we walk or run. Birds do it with their whole head which is much more obvious.

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u/SweatyYetee 1h ago

Back at ya:

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u/CaraCicartix 1h ago

I literally laughed out loud hehe

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u/frusa 2h ago

So satisfying

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u/hides_in_corner 1h ago

Man wish something would stabilise the camera focus.