c/environment · by Zagorath@aussie.zone · 300d

Birds in Australia are like birds in Ireland, except almost certainly on cocaine

https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2025/09/24/birds-in-australia-are-like-birds-in-ireland-except-almost-certainly-on-cocaine/

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butters@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 299d

Haha this was good fun.

They reel out of the sky at you like they’re barrelling out of a nightclub bathroom wearing a floral shirt open to the navel, beaks atwitch, roaring a garbled query that sounds disturbingly like: “What did you just say to me?”

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 299d (3 replies)

Yeah, I’m sure to pay my protection money.

TomMasz@piefed.social · 5 pts · 299d

Australian Magpie: Nice head you've got there, be a shame if something were to happen to it.

MalReynolds@piefed.social · 4 pts · 299d

Yup, got my annual large bag of jerky that I keep in the handlebar bag. They have such good memories, I get to chuckle as they go after the person behind me.

naught101@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 299d

This works. Give them some cheese or something. They have good facial recognition and memories.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 299d

"Try a different route next time" (moron)

lol

dumbass@aussie.zone · -2 pts · 299d

Beat the shit out of them when they swoop, a few cracks in the head and they start thinking twice about swooping you.

I started doing that over a decade ago, the magpies near my house don't do shit to me anymore.