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[–]abovetheabyss24 277 ポイント278 ポイント  (29子コメント)

Odd, but yet so interesting....

Bird owners can you explain why??

[–]turbo_beef_injection 171 ポイント172 ポイント  (11子コメント)

It's saving them to use for nesting material. Both males and females do this.

SOURCE: I've owned one classic peach faced lovebird and a mating pair of two blue mutations of peach faced lovebirds.

All the sites I've read say only the females do it but both my males did it as well.

[–]psychicesp 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (2子コメント)

In many species female birds look at the tail feather to determine quality of male. In a lab, males with a very long augmented tail feather, much longer than any that would naturally occur had much greater breeding success than his natural male competitors. I don't think we can rule out that this may also be used to supplement courting for male birds.

[–]SilkyZ 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

So, natural male enhancement is a myth?

[–]RedHeavenMusic 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

In many species female birds look at the tail feather to determine quality of male.

Budgies be all "Dat ass."

[–]JamesinHd 94 ポイント95 ポイント  (6子コメント)

Booooom take that feminists!!

[–]snorkleboy 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (5子コメント)

wouldn't feminists be happy about that? as if both men and women can be home makers...

[–]IdunnoLXG 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

SOURCE: I've owned one classic peach faced lovebird and a mating pair of two blue mutations of peach faced lovebirds.

Same. All I know is I don't mess with mine when she was in a bad mood. If lovebirds aren't happy they will not hesitate to bite the crap out of you and lay waste onto its cage and your belongings.

[–]WolfPaws123 223 ポイント224 ポイント  (12子コメント)

My lovebird does this! She shreds paper and places them neatly under her wings to carry back to build her nest.

[–]GhostChronos 75 ポイント76 ポイント  (8子コメント)

open wings, everything falls

[–]JackJPollock 26 ポイント27 ポイント  (5子コメント)

I imagine a little parrot voice squawking "Cocksucker!"

[–]profsnuggles 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Close enough

[–]salmon10 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Squawksucker!"

[–]imoses44 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Oh Cock!"

[–]Nomicakes -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Almost

Edit: video version, since apparently this subreddit has a panic attack when you post swf links.

[–]xXWaspXx 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

My girlfriend's family bird does this exact same thing and yes, they just fall out.

[–]fancy-free 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Use her as a letter opener. Totally works, and it totally adorable. Source: had a lovebird

[–]Kaique94 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

had

I don't have a good feeling about this. :/

[–]kerovon 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It is definitely nestbuilding behavior. Lovebirds are the ones most known for doing it.

[–]Reia2001 107 ポイント108 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I would so give that bird colored paper so he can look even more fabulous.

[–]RanoseValcross 31 ポイント32 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Was trying to figure out what "bird colored paper" was until I reread your comment a few times.

[–]permanent_apathy -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

ya thats the best

[–]adarkfable 181 ポイント182 ポイント  (16子コメント)

If I had that bird, I would tell girls to write their phone numbers on strips of paper.. then bird would tear it off and stick it in his tail then hop on my arm. they would never forget that shit.

[–]defiantleek 161 ポイント162 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Best wingman all time is a bird, makes sense.

[–]LeeSeneses 32 ポイント33 ポイント  (3子コメント)

TIL the best wingmen have actual wings.

[–]PigDog4 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (6子コメント)

What would happen is the bird would just take a giant dump on it in front of the girl, instead of being all cute and shit.

[–]adarkfable 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (3子コメント)

then I'm the one with the great story to tell.

[–]DoWhile 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Look at this guy, cup half full

[–]nubaeus 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Technically, wouldn't he "be all cute" and then shit? So it still works.

[–]Flavahbeast 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

so instead of being all cute and shit, the bird would be all cute and shit?

[–]Squishy_Vengence 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (2子コメント)

As they are walking out the door. If you think owning birds will get you females you're going to have a bad time

[–]MidnightxMadness 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Idk, I have a female friend who loves birds so...

[–]Squishy_Vengence 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The key word being friend

[–]PM_ME_A_SteamKey 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (10子コメント)

That bird can cut paper better than I can

[–]terattt 59 ポイント60 ポイント  (8子コメント)

I bet you put paper strips in your butt way better though.

[–]PM_ME_A_SteamKey 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (7子コメント)

You know I do ;)

[–]terattt 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (6子コメント)

Gonna need pics then. If you're uncomfortable showing me a pic of your butt with paper strips in it, you don't have to. As long as I get a picture of paper strips in a butt, I'll be happy. You could even just use the bird pic if you wanted.

[–]PM_ME_A_SteamKey 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (5子コメント)

http://imgur.com/34otlR4 does this satisfy your fancy?

[–]danzey12 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Are those implants?

[–]PM_ME_A_SteamKey 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

No, it's a real depiction of how big my butt is

[–]terattt 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

My bird just squawked.

[–]skyman724 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

How many Steam keys have you gotten?

[–]Smaulz 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Nesting behavior?

[–]ptrain377 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Correct.

Source: helped have and raise hand feed love birds. Helped as in helped the mom and dad love birds. Love birds should really be hand feed and raised because they can become very hateful of humans if not.

[–]redelemental 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I took care of a love bird (like the one in the video) who did this. She would spend several minutes stripping paper and putting it in her tail, only to fly away and have all the paper fall out. She'd then just start all over again. We had to hide all our books because she would do this with any bit of paper she could find.

We only watched her for two weeks, but we were finding bits of paper all over our apartment for the next 6 months, up until we moved out of that apartment.

It was crazy, because the strips were all cut perfectly straight, the edges jagged with little cusps from the curvature of her beak. She used the paper to make her tail look nice, but she also used the strips to make nests/borrows at the bottom of her cage.

[–]nitefang 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (1子コメント)

but she also used the strips to make nests/borrows at the bottom of her cage.

I hate to tell you but that was the only thing she used them for. They transport them by sticking them in their feathers.

[–]redelemental 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well, then she was terrible at transporting it, because the paper she stuck in her tail never made it to her cage. She used the paper I put in her cage to make her nests. I know this because I put newspaper in her cage, and it was around Christmas, so all the paper she put in her tail was holiday wrapping paper. None of that was ever in her cage. Also, when out of her cage, she seemed to favor highly colored paper rather than white, or black and white. I could be wrong in that she didn't care, but that was my observation.

Additionally, she would try to prance around and flair her tail with the colored paper in it. This, of course, only helped the paper fall out more easily when she did try to fly with it :(

She was a pretty cool bird, regardless of why she put paper in her tail :)

[–]Axeyeah 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wing extensions, because you're worth it

[–]BobbyMcSmathers 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bitch I can tell that's a weave.

[–]whatshisuserface 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (1子コメント)

He saw a peacock earlier.

[–]redditor3704559 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The bird learned that watching his owner play with a box of sharpies.

[–]freyalorelei 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Everyone worried about the bird...chill. It's a perfectly normal nesting behavior specific to lovebirds, usually seen just in females, although males are sometimes known to do it as well. It has nothing to do with disease or behavior problems.

[–]newsagg 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIUNNssSVg

[–]Bgst55 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Forget paper shredders. Get a bird.

[–]rangeo 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Chicks dig it.

[–]BarfReali 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Butt streamers?

[–]roborabbit_mama 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't understand why he/she is doing this, it looks kinda cute but all I can wonder is why?

[–]Here-To-Make-Puns 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, now it's looking pretty fly.

[–]Thermogenic 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

These birds are assholes. Somehow they are thriving in the Phoenix area and the ones in my part of the city are total assholes to the other birds. And they are loud and obnoxious. When I first saw them, I was like, "Aww, cute, lovebirds!" Now that there are dozens of them flying around my yard everyday, I hate them.

[–]shady_alley_groper 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thats amazing. Fucking birds, man

[–]rsxstock 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

kinda like us putting on mom's heels when we were young... right guys? right?

[–]DudeWithAHighKD 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

My friends bird does this to build nests. He has to keep all his paper in bookshelves because if the bird is roaming free in the house, it will destroy any paper it finds to build the nest in its cage. He literally was able to use the excuse my bird ate my homework before because he left it out on the counter.

[–]johnnybronto 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken!

[–]manberry_sauce 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken

[–]poke_mon 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Accessorize

[–]TheKolbrin 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's a very crafty bird right there.

[–]jeffbingham 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Now someone tell me the depressing reason why.

[–]Private_Diddles 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's gathering strips of paper to line the coffins of its children.

[–]bleedingthunder -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

If a bird is bred with another breed that does not perform this behavior, the offspring will not be able to do this properly. Some might only be able to shred material, some might put the wrong items in their feathers, stuff like that.