Awesome Birds

Nature never really works quite the way you’d expect. Take, for instance, this tenacious bird that incessantly taunts a cat. Of course, things have a way of working out…

We will not let these pigs destroy this country: the witty talent over at RoosterTeeth have created a “gritty” army drama trailer for Angry Birds: The Movie. We wish it were real. (Thanks Analoren!)

Automation company Festo’s herring gull-inspired ultralight bionic SmartBird has wings that beat and twist; it starts, flies and lands autonomously with no additional drive mechanism. (Thanks Bryn!)

So many awesome things about this video: that there’s a place called Unalaska, Alaska, at times they have daylight even at 11pm, and there are freakin’ eagles (and a fox) in their backyards.

UK designer and model artist Kyle Bean has created an ironic project called What Came First? – a visual pun based on the saying, by crafting a chicken from egg shells. We’d love to see a series.

Know someone who ruins the punch line every time they tell a joke? Send them off to the Anti-Joke Chicken meme – this bird’s got no sense of humor or timing either but still manages to kill it.

While driving through a McDonalds’ parking lot in Florida, this guy had a sea bird land on his windshield wiper, and took the bird for a little ride. Can anyone say Flintstones hood ornament?

The 3D animated Rio, with Anne Hathaway and George Lopez, is set in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the rainforests of Brazil and centers on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind.

Poor parrot. He’s in a dark room, with no sunlight and no companions. Perhaps that’s why he’s gained a bitter streak. Or maybe he was banished because of his taste in music. Watch and listen.

It’s cat vs. cat and birds vs. cats in this action-packed street thriller. We don’t know why the cats don’t just gang up and eat the birds, but it’s not the first time we’ve seen natural order break down.

Another contender for “the best 5 second clip on the Internet”, this time featuring an otherwise majestic animal. It probably saw the original dramatic chipmunk for the first time.

(NSFW) This rare avian species is being over-hunted to near extinction, primarily due to some of annoying traits, including its offensive “f*ck you” call and disgusting mating rituals.

This amazing avian is the Michael Winslow of the forest. The Lyrebird copies the songs of at least 20 other species of birds, as well as the sounds of mechanical objects operated by nearby humans.

YouTube contributor andrewid1976 claims he was flying his R/C airplane when it was followed, attacked, and ultimately downed by it’s natural nemesis, the hooded crow.

Big Brother is nesting. Dennis Nino Clasen has created the Wolfgang S. birdhouse (referring to German Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schauble) to look like it’s watching your every move.

A murder most fowl has been committed on Sesame Street! This nasty little kitty is smarter than Sylvester, because why settle for a teeny Tweety Bird when you can go for the Big Meal?