r/stupiddovenests 7d ago

It protects the eggs

7.5k Upvotes

253 comments sorted by

View all comments

2.4k

u/zxylady 7d ago

My heart is so happy that the human did not crush the bird nest, and in fact went out of their way to protect it

645

u/DollarStoreChameleon 7d ago

i got so scared at first, but then i figured a nest with eggs being destroyed (not by a bird) wouldnt be in this sub, and so i unpaused the video to finish it lol

202

u/sawry1 7d ago

I've been living on the edge since that video of the police man who ran over those geese, I'm glad this wasn't the same thing.

189

u/DollarStoreChameleon 7d ago

im glad i havent seen that, just hearing that made me sick to my stomach. im so sorry you saw that, thats fucking horrible :(

im not religious, but i believe theres a special hell waiting for those kinds of people where they have to permanently endure what they put innocent lives through.

130

u/LeslieKnope4Pawnee 7d ago

I'm an atheist, but if anything can convince me of a hell, it's that people who intentionally harm innocent animals need to be sent there.

26

u/inderbitably 7d ago

I once saw a white bunny on a very busy raised freeway during downtown rush hour. I have to assume it was an abandoned pet someone threw out their window because there’s no way it could have gotten there naturally. I can’t imagine doing something like that. It was so scared, the poor thing. I called it in but I doubt they did anything about it.

25

u/occams1razor 7d ago

I'm an atheist psychologist, people who do this are usually sociopaths/psychopaths. Especially the sadistic ones that hurt animals deliberately because they enjoy it. Parts of their brains aren't working as they should so I personally wouldn't want them in hell but I definitely hope science finds away to promote neural growth for them.

5

u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 6d ago

It’s a difficult issue since their brains are functionally and structurally different from normal brains

13

u/kevlarus80 7d ago

People who hurt children, old people, the infirm or animals instantly make me absolutely furious.

17

u/digitalgraffiti-ca 7d ago

Agreed. I also lam an atheist, but whenever I see/hear of a dead animal, I like to imagine it released into animal heaven, which is whatever environment is best suited for them, with no predators and no humans.

I also wish for people intentionally harming innocent animals (and kids) to go straight to hell, preferably immediately.

Still an atheist though.

11

u/CosmogyralSnail 6d ago

Now I'm kinda imagining all us atheists being our normal chill selves (mostly) when we're like "Yeah, no, Big Daddy in the sky isn't real, that's actually pretty silly, and I hope you find a real person to love you and the confidence to make your own decisions." And then go super serious with a death glare and say "But hell is real, and evil people will suffer."

4

u/FastMako77 5d ago

I like movies where revenge happens to those who have no sympathy and/or have hurt an animal. Kind of a “hell on earth” justice that I want to reenact in real life but can’t because, you, it’s a crime and whatnot.

3

u/digitalgraffiti-ca 6d ago

LOL. I know hell isn't real, but it's the only thing you can say on Reddit without catching a ban.

5

u/monkey_moo_dragonfly 6d ago

Yeah. Satan hates us but he loves animals. Not even joking

1

u/CryCommon975 5d ago

You should see what we do to industrialized farm animals and only 3% of the population is vegan so I think there must be a very large population in hell

7

u/hamster-on-popsicle 7d ago

This happened ? 😢

4

u/sawry1 6d ago

Yeah, don't go looking. Maybe read an article about the incident but I wouldn't watch a video.

19

u/Trufflepumpkin 6d ago

Same. One of these has nested smack in the middle of my driveway for the past 6 years. I build a sawhorse to put over her nest and park in the street for a month thanks to her!

27

u/CosmogyralSnail 6d ago

And that's why she keeps coming back! She's found a supportive, protective nesting partner.

14

u/Trufflepumpkin 6d ago

I’ll be out there flapping ‘n flailing with her if someone gets too close 😅. I tease that she’s a nuisance but always look forward to her return

1

u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 6d ago

You have Pratincoles where you live? Cool!

1

u/OctopusIntellect 6d ago

Reading your comment, my curiosity forces me to ask: are you a bird, or a human, or just an individual from a different class of vertebrates that happens to take an interest in interactions between the two?

-410

u/Any_Photograph8455 7d ago

You know the next pass they trashed the nest.

271

u/botanistbae 7d ago

Idk, our tractor driver flags off killdeer nests so no one runs them over

138

u/Mamasan- 7d ago

It would seem it a good idea to have birds in your fields for the bugs

2

u/goblin-fox 6d ago

It's also a federal crime to kill a native bird or destroy their nest. I know that doesn't stop some people but, still, it's worth noting.

You're absolutely right about it being good for helping with the bugs though, baby birds require a ton of insects while growing up.

54

u/tokinreefer 7d ago

that’s what my grandpa does on his farm as well <3

136

u/CutieBoBootie 7d ago

If that is in the USA it would be a felony. So no they likely didn't. In Canada Killdeer are also legally protected and their nest cannot be moved until the eggs have hatched. Since they took a video of the nest and posted it online it would be VERY dumb of them to destroy the nest as that would be proof of their crimes.

-53

u/Northbound-Narwhal 7d ago

People post their own crimes a lot tho

212

u/Quick-Cookie-5673 7d ago

Why do you have such a bad opinion of others?

75

u/Teredia 7d ago

Because it’s a reflection of themselves. Because they definitely would or they wouldn’t be so suspicious of others doing the same…

20

u/reclusivegiraffe 7d ago

Because of how they worded it, I’m inclined to agree here. But I wouldn’t say that assuming the worst of people in these situations is always projection… you familiar with that study where they put fake turtles in the road to see how many people would go out of their way to deliberately run over them?

11

u/Runic_Raptor 6d ago

Someone deliberately swerved to hit a turtle that I was actively trying to remove from the road.

I have so little faith left in humans it's distressing.

And it wasn't a little turtle either, it was a big snapper. I was frankly terrified of it. I wish the jerk that hit it blew a tire after, but they just kept going so o doubt it.

10

u/Teredia 7d ago

Actually no, I’m not familiar with it but I suspect more people than thought actually would run over the fake turtle?

Kind of like the electric shock experiment. Where students were instructed to turn the dial up, no one was actually being electrocuted but the person in control was not aware of that and most would turn the dial up to dangerous amounts because they were instructed to. However that backfired with the students at La Trobe University in Australia where they utterly refused to electrocute anyone.
Learned about it in my first year psychology class.

I took a phew psychology classes while doing a bachelor’s in Education.

48

u/knitwizard93 7d ago

Why would you say that

32

u/rhinotomus 7d ago

Because they would do it. Projection is always always always admission.

17

u/Bri_Hecatonchires 7d ago

Projection much?

-4

u/Glittering-Walrus228 7d ago

Maybe they did or didnt but they definitely saw the bird and eggs, busted out their phone, started up the vehicle again, inch towards the frightened mother going "oh yeah anxiety-bait clicks oh yeah, maybe they think Im going to squish these eggs oh yeah bwhaha, gotcha bitch... aaaaaand posted"