r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/yoyome85 • 3d ago

Video Crescent pigeon performing its courtship dance to a shoe with pink "feet" like his own

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u/Illustrious-Roll7737 3d ago

They're getting that poor bird's hopes up.

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u/skooterpoop 3d ago

"The worst she can say is no."

She's literally a shoe.

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u/justuselotion 3d ago

“I don’t even like you like that. I’m a shoe.”

“Hold on hold on check it out. How ‘bout now? Ohhh baby.  Uh huh! Yeah you like THAT?”

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u/heartofgarlic 3d ago

Looool

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u/Wonderful_Ad8791 3d ago

She shoed him away

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u/funkwumasta 3d ago

"would you still love me if I was a shoe?"

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u/Tikoloshe84 2d ago

Bless you

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u/PonchoViele 3d ago

Hahaha 😭😭

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u/Excellent-Signature6 3d ago

So “she” can’t say no.

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u/Physical-Car-6111 3d ago

Because of the implication

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u/JelloKittie 3d ago

Are these shoes in danger?

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u/Tikoloshe84 2d ago

She needs to put her foot down 

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u/Jesus360noscope 2d ago

I can fix her

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u/classic-kirbyotstars 3d ago

Not even a foot… Also bless you.

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u/Mando_calrissian423 3d ago

…So you’re saying there’s a chance?

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u/Reckless_Waifu 3d ago

Shoes don't say nos

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u/ProbablyCarl 3d ago

I didn't hear a no....

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u/bigmanly1 3d ago

He's probably going to off himself now

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u/Illustrious-Roll7737 3d ago

He's going to have bird-equivalent blue balls.

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 3d ago

blue cloaca

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u/DuckIll5852 3d ago

Not right now thanks, I'm tired

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u/Gloomy_Metal3400 3d ago

But i got a foot fetish

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dig6895 3d ago

Good one !😅

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u/RandomStallings 3d ago

One chute to rule them all

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u/ThatNachoFreshFeelin 3d ago

Is that made with gin or vodka?

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 3d ago

Vodka, traditionally Grey Goose

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u/Beautifuldiot 3d ago

They masterbate

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u/Vegetable-Help-773 3d ago

He’s gonna join a birdcel forum and become convinced that his life’s problems are caused by his below average sized wings

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u/bigmanly1 3d ago

She said it was a good size

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u/BritishMongrel 3d ago

I mean even best case scenario for him would have been death by snusnu

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u/bigmanly1 3d ago

A pigeon can dream buddy

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u/FlyingKittyCate 3d ago

Probably jumping off a bridge

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u/SRNE2save_lives 3d ago

Love is blind

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u/kevlarus80 3d ago

Never kiss by the garden gate. Love is blind but the neighbours aint.

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u/batdog20001 3d ago

Nah, he's just gonna log back on to Reddit for hours

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u/the_honest_liar 3d ago

He'll jump right off a building.

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u/IAmBroom 15h ago

Incel avian.

"Hot babes only like socks, not nice birds like me."

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u/MaksimilenRobespiere 3d ago

*jerk off?

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u/bigmanly1 3d ago

Go ahead if you're into that sort of thing. I won't shame you.

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u/imunfair 3d ago

They're getting that poor bird's hopes up.

I don't know, he walked around that shoe a couple times and gave it a full ocular survey before he started flirting with it, I think he knows what he's getting into and isn't disappointed.

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u/AccountNumber478 3d ago

How long before his species goes extinct?

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u/Illustrious-Roll7737 3d ago

Little known fact...the dodo bird looked like 17th century Spanish boot.

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u/Excellent-Signature6 3d ago

Unlikely, they are quite a prevalent bird.

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u/ChronoChigger420 3d ago

Is this how bird incels are made?

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u/0thethethe0 3d ago

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take 🤷

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u/wannaseeitpop 3d ago

You miss 100% of the shoes you don’t try to mate with.

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u/Ihadthat20yearsago 3d ago

This is the way I’ve always heard it, that other way just makes no sense at all…

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u/KoalaBackfist 3d ago

… holy shit, she’s fuckin’ into this

… I’m crushing it

… wait

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u/iNeedOneMoreAquarium 3d ago

Seriously, leading that poor bird on like that.

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u/bc_poop_is_funny 3d ago

The old Cockatoo Block

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u/Known-Ad-7316 3d ago

I, I can relate. It's closing time, it's miss pac man, and I haven't eaten all day. 

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u/Aliencoy77 3d ago

It's her fault. She shouldn't have dressed like that. /s

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u/Alice21044 2d ago

jailbird bait!

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u/Lolkimbo 3d ago

Fuckin Tease..

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u/joonduh 2d ago

Saddest case of catfishing i have ever seen.

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u/NotaBadCrestedPigeon 3d ago

It was rough when I realised…

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u/ITLevel01 3d ago

Not necessarily 👀

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u/StrongStyleShiny 3d ago

Nah bird just likes showing its moves.

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u/Purple_Egg_8318 3d ago

Eh, he’s more of a numbers game guy.