birds

Apparently no election is safe from baseless accusations, mudslinging and questions of voter fraud. The annual election for "Bird of the Year" in New Zealand had a dramatic year and frankly it's refreshing to see people be this hilariously petty over the decision of the best bird. For some other New Zealand drama, here's the time the whole nation was outraged at a single rude family of British tourists. Here are some more random funny tumblr gems to tumblr through.

This is why you don't mess with crows, or better yet, why it pays off to have some feathered friends in high places. This guy's neighbors sound like they were a real piece of work, and generally unfortunate people to be around. Fortunately, he was able to befriend some crows that would appear to have picked up wind of this, and proceeded to stand up for him. With all the wild stories of people's experiences with intelligent, devilishly clever crows, it's really no big surprise. 

For another glorious tale of petty revenge, check out this story about a sister who always stole their sibling's food, so the sibling took revenge at graduation.

There are very few beings that are capable of being as relaxed as these melty animals right here. The flaps and wobbly folds of these dogs, birds, and rodents are a marvel to behold; a splendorous foil to the stiff and rigid. These animals are basically puddles, man. For more surprisingly relaxed animals, here are sleepy dogs in goofy positions.

No joke, seeing this out in the wild would give most anyone the fear. Turns out that "full orb" pose is genuinely as menacing as it appears. 

Just when we thought we'd seen it all, we come across a subreddit dedicated to photoshopped pictures of birds with arms. It's way too good. Also, imagine a world where we saw birds out and about, with absolutely shredded arms? Now that would be a trip. 

We love a good educational Twitter thread, and this one does a wonderful job at shining light on all the things that make ravens so dang cool. Pretty sure ravens might be the coolest bird of them all. Just saying. 

Yay, a fun and educational Tumblr thread that highlights the fact that "fully orbed" owls are not to be messed with. In fact, a fully orbed owl is basically squared up, and ready to drop "hands." 

For all the Americans, metric conversion can be a challenge. Honestly its better when it happens at times like this rather than something like miscalibrated airplane parts. Still, sacks on sacks of 12.5 Kilos of bird seed is a whole lot of bird seed. We all make mistakes. Here are some of people's dumbest purchases.

Birds don't know or care what they build their nests in or on. It could be a rib cage in a tree, a traffic cone, or even a wreath on a front door. Are these birds rebels or are they just dumb? Let's call it a mix of both. For more organisms that don't seem to care about their surroundings, here are trees that appear to be eating stuff.

Those crows are smart and tricky, man. This dude tells a quick yet hilarious little story about his experience with buying a crow a taco. Crows are something else.