Bird Has No Idea WTF His Friend Is Doing Right Now

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BY SOLON KELLEHER

Humans aren't the only animals who like to hang out with their friends.

In a video making the rounds on the internet today, two Australian magpies make a jungle gym out of somebody's backyard, and one of the birds decides to go for gold by hanging from a towel, what else?




Holding his body up by his feet in the style of a bat, the magpie looked at the world with an entirely new perspective.

His friend paused, stared at him, then hopped around to investigate his ... genius.



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Watch the full video here:

https://www.thedodo.com/magpie-hangs-upside-down-1611862931.html
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Note: This story is from 2016 so some of the links no longer work. I've had to do a little editing but it was so different I had to post. I found this "narrated" version on YouTube:

[MuseRider]

1. I kept hearing

John Cleese and Eric Idle conversing as the birds. LOL!

Magpies are interesting birds. Thanks.

[Iliyah]

2. LOL

[Thomas Hurt]

3. He is is playing, corvids are smart and play.

[tblue37]

4. Many years ago I had a cat who liked to lie on his back and hold his head in such a

way as to view the world upside down. Sometimes he'd do it on the couch and hang his head over the side, sometimes on the floor. But it was obvious that his purpose was to enjoy the upside down view.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. This may be the funniest thing you see all week.

[JuJuYoshida]

6. " Bro? WTF you doing man?" LOL

helps his friend down and friend gets pissed

[Fla Dem]

7. Man, where'd you get the weed?

[cwydro]

8. The magpie poem:

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret,
Never to be told.
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten for a bird,
You must not miss.

Learned that as a child, though I usually only remember up to six.

[sarge43]

9. "I take it that the date with the bat went well?" n/t