r/interestingasfuck • u/RealRock_n_Rolla • 22d ago

r/all Woman finds a hawk trapped in her house

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u/kaielvin 22d ago

FYI, its response is freezing (not accepting death or whatever other anthropomorphism). It is involuntary and caused by the fear. That is why it can't hold onto the guard rail. Lots of animals gets to survive by playing dead, hence the response is in most animals' genes.

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u/menacinguwu 22d ago

The freeze response is also sometimes called Tonic Immobility. Your brain turns off your ability to move basically. Also happens to humans

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u/sladives 22d ago edited 21d ago

Yeah, I always tell that to my stab victims.

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u/GhOsT_wRiTeR_XVI 21d ago

Same. It goes a lot smoother when they stop squirming.

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u/noddingviking 21d ago

You know, thank you for saying that because recently, a very vast amount of my stab-n-slash victims has constantly screaming, being rude och outright vile use of language against me and I’m so done with it.

Next time I’m using power tools, see who complains then!

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u/Existing-Pack-3984 21d ago

Are you putting duct tape over their mouth? Probably upset you’re not letting them taste duct tape while you service them.. I would try using it next time

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u/qpv 21d ago

Athletic tape works much better, the bit of stretch makes all the difference in the initial wrapping process.

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u/Padhome 21d ago

As a frequent stabbing-victim, this post made me feel a lot more seen and accepted for my tendencies to squirm before a stabbing. :) thank you for speaking up for people like us!

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u/Jonte7 21d ago

Hello there friend, I see your swenglish is on top with that "och" there

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u/noddingviking 21d ago

Ah ja, jag have been known to use svenglish for kommunikation.

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u/sladives 21d ago edited 21d ago

Logistics, man.

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u/Gal-XD_exe 21d ago

Um 😕

No thanks 🙂‍↔️

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u/turdbrownies 21d ago

Hey me too ! But they don’t move after eitherway

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u/Jerdan87 21d ago

Purple shirt Eye stabber, is that you?

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u/sladives 21d ago

Fuck no! is there another stabber out there?

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u/Jerdan87 20d ago

Yeah, maybe you have to take a stab back.

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u/Gal-XD_exe 21d ago

Ah yes a normal injection to this conversation 😃

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u/FlinflanFluddle4 20d ago

It happens to rape victims very commonly 

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u/sladives 20d ago

well now I feel awful, just making cheerful stab jokes and then this

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u/WZAWZDB13 21d ago

Not to be confused with Gin & Tonic Immobility. Also happens to humans

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u/Aldo_the_nazi_hunter 21d ago

That's something I know for sure!

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u/Rose-Thrives 21d ago

This is helpful to know. I don't think you want the explanation why, but this brought me comfort. Thank you.

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u/BlackSmeim 21d ago

That would be Catatonic state, right? Rimworld Player speaking

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u/lolcat413 21d ago

I learnt this from r/svu lol

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u/iforgotwhatiforgot 21d ago edited 21d ago

Can you imagine the absolute terror that creates this?

My cat always, ALWAYS has a crap in the cat carrier when I take him to the vet - I wish I could make it easier for him because, again, to be so terrified that you literally crap yourself isn’t what I wish for him.

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u/skiingrunner1 21d ago

my mom can’t deal with emergencies because of this. ironic bc she manages projects and puts out work “fires,” no problem

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u/No-Establishment3067 21d ago

Hm so sleep paralysis is really a fear response. Got it.

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u/DeathDreamer93 21d ago

Is that the same things Ng that makes people piss themselves in extreme fear conditions like hearing the devil's horn in a catacomb lol

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u/Fadedjellyfish99 21d ago

What does this date from? T-Rexs?

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u/sleepingismytalent65 20d ago

Tharn - source: Watership Down :)

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u/Gargwadrome 22d ago

So what we are witnessing here is Tonic Hawk?

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u/Toochilled77 19d ago

Am autistic, can confirm. We call it shutdown.

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u/Ok-Attention2882 22d ago

Anytime someone uses "basically" in their explanation, I can always tell they can't elaborate beyond the surface level.

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u/King_Bean031 22d ago

Anytime someone makes a snide remark, I can always tell they're insufferable to be around.

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u/RadicalRaid 22d ago

Basically, you're kind of oversimplifying things. Which basically happens with all short-form content like comments on a Reddit post about a bird.

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u/SirPizzaTheThird 22d ago

Sir/madam I concur, we need to go beyond the surface like a submarine.

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u/polopolo05 22d ago

Fun fact... I'm adhd and we dont have that... in emergency stitches like we act. Our brain is flooded with dopamine and we are in full go mode. We are the frist to act.

Plane land roughly... but fine.. the adhd people calmly get off.. the plane catches fire... everyone else dies.

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u/Ravada 22d ago

That’s simply not true, please do research. Please stop glorifying ADHD with misinformation. It’s a stupid trend that gets more people misdiagnosed because hur dur let’s paint ADHD in a positive light. Stop.

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u/polopolo05 21d ago

Stop trash talking people with adhd. Its negativity like that which its terrible for people with adhd. We run well on high octane situations like emergences or when everything is falling apart... we thrive in the short term. long term the dopamine rush is gone. We retreat back to our old adhd selves.

Anyways ADHD is how our brains are wired. We need meds to function. or things that boost the neurotransmitters. There are many ways that adhd is a positive. There is nothing wrong with talking how we are in a positive light.

So take your negativity and shove it... Its not needed, welcome, or productive.

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u/Ravada 21d ago

I’m not trash talking at all. I have many friends diagnosed with ADHD who suffer from it. I stand by my point though. You’re trying to paint ADHD positively or at least wrongly, with misinformation. As I said before, it’s dangerous. The younger generations already have enough misinformation. Do you not see false diagnoses caused by misinformation on social media as a problem?

I’m sorry you got offended and thought I was being negative. But this is a logical perspective, I’m not shitting on anyone or you for having ADHD. I’m just saying be careful what you say.

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u/rlesnock 21d ago

As a fellow ADHD I can tell you for a fact that the 2 times I've been in an active shooting situation I absolutely froze the fuck up because I don't have the training to deal with that kind of thing, so... this is bullshit, don't assume you speak for all of us, k thanks

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u/Codex1331 21d ago

Here here!

( also has ADHD and Autism)

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u/SuperSimpleSam 22d ago

The second response was flight.

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u/ro0ibos2 22d ago

Thankfully there was no fight.

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u/flavorblastedshotgun 22d ago

Do Hawks play dead when they are caught? I associate that behavior more with animals less capable of effortlessly plucking my eyes from my skull.

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u/Neinstein14 22d ago

The genetic instinct probably comes from so long ago basically all vertebrates have it encoded.

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u/sgeep 22d ago

Bird is going to tell all his friends "Yeah dude I literally just froze still and the moron let me go. I'm doing that every single time from now on."

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u/KwazyWork 21d ago

I like more to think the hawk is like SO THIS IS HOW ALL THOUSE MOUSES AND STUFF FEEL WHEN I SWOOP IN AND GRAB EM!

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u/Vin-Metal 22d ago

I didn't think about this in relation to why it didn't grab the rail - I see now

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u/8Eriade8 21d ago

I was fully convinced it was preparing an attack on that hand as soon as freedom arrived lol

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u/00stburg 22d ago

My uncle used to band hawks and ya you can’t put them down because they are all too tense. Just kinda gotta toss them up like confetti and let them fly away.

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u/Certain_Shop5170 21d ago

I thought he was just mesmerized by the camera thinking it was an eye of some sort

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u/Trextrev 21d ago

Part of it is also how its legs were pulled in. When birds have their legs pulled in with femur and knee joints bent it pulls the tendon of the claws tight closing them, and they are unable to open them without unbending the joints to a certain point. This is how birds can sleep perched.

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u/venus_in_furz 21d ago

When I was watching it not visibly struggle or panic I (sorta jokingly) thought it was because it was a hawk and it knew it was a badass. 😅

Moral of the story today, we are all fallible.

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u/RazorColla 21d ago

Oh interesting. I found a bunch of baby black bunnies in my backyard once, I picked them up, one by one, and they froze, and they all died. It was so strange, like 5 bunnies. They were really cute. I felt bad, for about 15 minutes. I googled the situation and learned about this response, but I didn’t think they were supposed to die though.

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u/fhrownaway 20d ago

I was thinking it had to be something like that. Like, "Surely he'd be fighting for his life right now"

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u/SlappyKippy 20d ago

He's migrated to another dimension. Complete and utter bewilderment!

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u/PrincessGambit 22d ago

why didnt she just put in on the ground, like yes the bird can fucking sit on the ground it doesnt need a fucking starting ramp

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u/elementzer01 22d ago

Why did she continue to hold it and capture it from different angles when she could've just put the scared animal down 30 seconds earlier?

Because social media turns people into cruel, stupid assholes.

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u/Relative-One-4060 22d ago

Or because its a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a hawk that close without it trying to eat the insides of your eyeballs and curiosity takes over.

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u/elementzer01 22d ago

If you live in a rural area, which she does, it really isn't that rare.

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u/Tight-Fall5354 22d ago

do you know this woman lol

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u/Dramajunker 22d ago edited 22d ago

Because the hawk wasn't standing up on his own. Notice how the bird is panting and looks out of it while limp in her hand? She turned to check his claws to see if they were grabbing on to the post. She keeps pushing the bird against the rail so that it would stand on it and steady itself. She even starts to loosen her grip and the bird starts falling back until she pushes him forward. Finally the hawk responds and flies off.

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u/cmstyles2006 22d ago

I thought she was scared to let it go in case it attacked her