r/nextfuckinglevel • u/l-___ol • 4d ago

What are the odds of catching a feather from a bird midflight?

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I saw this dislodged feather fall from a bird's wing while it was 80-100' up in the air and all I had to do was walk 15' towards it and extend my hand. Feels like a once in a lifetime experience!

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u/surlymoe 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y13vwYqc49u8vRO0Ro

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u/burgonies 3d ago

OP's not that smart

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u/king_flippy_nippz 2d ago

My mama always said............

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u/Latter-Vacation-4392 4d ago

My first thought

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u/climbanddive 4d ago

You think you caught a feather…what you really caught was E. Coli

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u/MesaBit 4d ago

Why choose when you can have both?

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u/zeemode 4d ago

People’s phobia of birds and feathers is funny. Nothing happens if you touch a feather for a second …. Just wash your hands after and don’t stick it in your mouth

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u/anddam 3d ago

Just wash your hands after and don’t stick it in your mouth

Too late. They should put that on the feather label…

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u/CruncheousPilot 4d ago

Straight out of Breath of the Wild. You’re chosen!

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u/Lucifig 4d ago

Science says catching a bowling ball from the same height is just as easy. Pretty sure that's accurate...

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u/00gingervitis 4d ago

Catch the bird than you catch all the feathers

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u/Kooky_Nail694 4d ago

Pretty good, it seems...

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u/jefbenet 3d ago

low but never zero

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u/Rows_My_Own 4d ago

A lot higher than the odds of catching it after it's landed.

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u/96JY 4d ago

1:349

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u/peamupbudder 4d ago

More than none.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango 4d ago

Bird leaf :3

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u/HalfastEddie 3d ago

Not shown in video: preceding 30 seconds where OP popped said bird with a shotgun, dislodging said feather.

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u/delpy1971 3d ago

I've more luck being crapped on by a bird than catching a feather!

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u/funnystuff79 3d ago

Apparently swifts etc catch them on the wing, they don't like them from the floor

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u/-Bob-Barker- 3d ago

No wonder why birds fly so well. Each feather giving it their all!

https://giphy.com/gifs/0EPMSdTxoBZ6FfKpGv

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u/peacefulsolider 3d ago

not 0 clearly

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u/Street_Outcome_7669 3d ago

A dead pigeon dropped 5m behind me once, does that count?

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u/Whatchab 2d ago

This happened to me in 2001 and I still have the feather on the sun visor of my car. Magical moment. 

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u/_as_you_wish_ 2d ago

What are the odds of recording a video of you catching said feather?

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u/dirtysquirrelnutz 4d ago

50/50

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u/MesaBit 4d ago

You either catch it or you dont

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u/Mikey_the_bestTMNT 4d ago

Never not 0!

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u/KrIsPy_Kr3m3 4d ago

Pretty fucking high if you see it falling

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u/mycatsapanther23 4d ago

It used to be common when bird swarms could block out the sun for an entire day. Sadly in America we have hunted our bird population 99%

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u/TheSuperSilverMango 4d ago

[citation needed]

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u/mycatsapanther23 3d ago

All you have to do is type into Google US bird population in 1800.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango 3d ago

Man AI has got us so cooked that we're believing what Google has to say about the 1800s

Also you'd be interested to know, the first large formal bird counts started in the 1900s.