It's like when your kids do something bad and you know you have to discipline them, but then you sneak into the bedroom with your wife and burst out into laughter.
I know the other day I said, see you later sucker! Then I heard my 5 year old repeat it… I had to hide my chuckle and then told her we don’t say that.. I got to be more careful what I say…
See? Yes. It’s ok to find the humor in something horrible. I don’t encourage it. I don’t condone it. But it’s funny. It happened 5 years ago. Is there some bird hat division in the LVPD? A new CSI show coming called CSI Avian edition? It’s shitty. It happened, and it’s kinda funny. Hasn’t happened again.
Let it go.
When you think about it, it’s actually concerning that someone out there really went to the trouble of buying miniature cowboy hats and trapping hundreds of pigeons just to glue them on their head and release them, wtf kind of hobby is even that
I believe the pigeons were associated with a cowboy conference. A friend of mine attended a tech conference that overlapped with the cowboys, she said it was fabulous watching the two groups interact.
I think you can still care about being needlessly cruel to animals without being vegan. Sheesh.
That's like saying "you aren't allowed to say anything critical about industrial pollution if you've ever bought any product made in a factory."
Come on now. You can care about needless cruelty.
You assume dark humor can only be enjoyed by a psychopath... I'm sorry but that's a preposterous assumption. Additionally, you can laugh and be upset at the same time.
"Only a sith deals in absolutes"
October 1, 2017: Shooting in Mandalay Bay happens killing 60 people
Every Major News Outlet: Somebody call Ja Rule! We need him to make sense of what's happening!
I think Dave Chappelle did a skit on this.
I wonder if it had any evolutionary advantage. Like did these cowbirds get a significant increase in mating partners? Because, while I hate to say it, they’re looking quite dapper.
I can't believe I have to say this, but for everyone who thinks there's no harm in a prank like this, gluing hats onto pigeons is almost certainly condemning them to death.
Pigeons have predators, namely birds of prey.
> Some common predators of feral pigeons in North America are raccoons, opossums, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, eastern screech owls, and accipiters. The birds that prey on pigeons in North America can range in size from American kestrels to golden eagles and may even include crows, gulls and ravens.
Think about this for a second -- if you have natural predators, but you suddenly can't see anything above you, what will happen when an owl comes darting from the sky? The poor pigeon won't be able to see it coming.
Not to mention that their ability to fly will be majorly inhibited because their aerodynamics will be completely off.
Lastly, a pigeon with a hat glued onto its head will not be able to properly preen/clean itself.
In short, this is not a harmless prank and is in fact an act of animal cruelty. Thank you for reading my essay.
Everyone in the apartment complex knew who did it. Several neighbors witnessed the man dragging a cage trap full of pigeons into his garage. The pigeons kept gathering outside his unit because he fed them first before catching them in traps.
Metro and animal control had all this information but nothing happened.
They definitely suffered by no longer being able to detect their predators though.
(Owls and hawks prey on pigeons and they will attack from above. The hats block that from the pigeons view)
The big issue is that they used glue.
If taken more abstractly, gluing objects into animals can be extremely damaging. There's a YouTube channel that "cleans" turtles that have all sorts of barnacles and whatnot on them. These barnacles are not normal and are actually glued on by the YouTuber, and his removal method is actually torturous for most of the turtles. He would "return" the turtles to the incorrect habitat. E.g. fresh water turtles into salt water. All the meanwhile, he was getting tons of comments about how wonderful he was for "saving" these turtles.
Anyhoo, obviously these hats aren't as bad but we don't know if the birds suffered as a consequence.
You think pigeons are like humans. They are the rat of birds. What's next?? We should give all homeless people condos in Vegas??? Fuck it, let's give them a BS in finance and give them jobs at Fortune 500 companies.
It inhibits the pigeons from being able to see above them, which is where their predators are.
It also inhibits their ability to fly, and to properly clean themselves.
Any birds with these hats on would likely die.
I've tried to catch a pigeon before, you know to have a chat and a tea with. Ask about their day and what they've seen. But they are elusive and take off speed is impressive. For someone to hat up hundreds of pigeons is quite impressive. Now the big question is what type of adhesive did they use. If it's the wildlife type that fades after a few days, fine. If it's like gorilla or uhu glue that will never come off the feathers.
If pigeons could talk they'd probably studder.
It was two, maybe three - not hundreds. And it wasn't a crime. "The hats were glued to their heads, and the pigeons also had wings. No one knew why, but a rodeo in town denied any connection. The Las Vegas police said it "does not appear to be a police matter at this time." Animal welfare activists tried to track down the person behind the hats."
What was the crime exactly? Are you assuming that someone stopped putting hats on the pigeons because someone did something criminal to that heroic citizen?
At first glance I thought it was hilarious, but then u realize it’s messed up
It's like when your kids do something bad and you know you have to discipline them, but then you sneak into the bedroom with your wife and burst out into laughter.
I know the other day I said, see you later sucker! Then I heard my 5 year old repeat it… I had to hide my chuckle and then told her we don’t say that.. I got to be more careful what I say…
It's okay to laugh at something and find it horrible.
I feel bad for the poor pigeons, but I did initially lol
The hats keeps the rain off their heads and the bright sun out of their eyes.
Absolutely hilarious
Why can’t it be both?
It’s definitely hilarious.
See? Yes. It’s ok to find the humor in something horrible. I don’t encourage it. I don’t condone it. But it’s funny. It happened 5 years ago. Is there some bird hat division in the LVPD? A new CSI show coming called CSI Avian edition? It’s shitty. It happened, and it’s kinda funny. Hasn’t happened again. Let it go.
Bird law in this country... it's not governed by reason.
Harvey Birdman attorney at law,…..I see there is a hat problem in this town.
Fooled me. I ran into a couple of them while I was there in 2019. I thought they were just some friendly Tennessee tourists from Pigeon Forge.
When you think about it, it’s actually concerning that someone out there really went to the trouble of buying miniature cowboy hats and trapping hundreds of pigeons just to glue them on their head and release them, wtf kind of hobby is even that
I believe the pigeons were associated with a cowboy conference. A friend of mine attended a tech conference that overlapped with the cowboys, she said it was fabulous watching the two groups interact.
Might have been rodeo week in December- which is always a really bizarre time to be on the strip
Gonna start calling the rodeo the "cowboy conference."
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Its animel cruelty??? A felony charge??????
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And you’re coming off like a douche lol
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I think if you cared less, you probably just wouldn’t even reply. So, you could care less.
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Ohhh your caring is showing again!
*Fuck animals, as long as it's funny to humans.* I am not sure this is the lesson we should reinforce here.
I mean, how do we know the pigeons didn’t want the cowboys hats?
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I think you can still care about being needlessly cruel to animals without being vegan. Sheesh. That's like saying "you aren't allowed to say anything critical about industrial pollution if you've ever bought any product made in a factory." Come on now. You can care about needless cruelty.
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It is. These birds likely died if the hats weren't removed.
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Hilarious opinions!
It is funny... when you consider that humor has a dark side as well. Humor is subjective to the person... not the joke.
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I’m neither & can confirm the humor in this. Would it make you feel better knowing these birds probably got special treatment from onlookers (food)?
You assume dark humor can only be enjoyed by a psychopath... I'm sorry but that's a preposterous assumption. Additionally, you can laugh and be upset at the same time. "Only a sith deals in absolutes"
Has anyone seen that post about throwing a bunch of bath bombs in the Bellagio fountains?
That's a pic from 2019.
I’ve seen a screenshot of it going around but not the real event post.
I saw the real event post on FB. I’m keeping up with it to watch the stupidity
Said it's the 4th annual...so it's been being done for years apparently?
Bro did you see the part saying there’s a $40,000 booty shaking contest going on at the same time?😭😭
They've been planning it for that long but it's never happened
They could say 20th annual and you'd think it's been done for 20. It's clickbait, scam, gotchya crap.
This will have evolutionary consequences. Obviously the hat wearing pigeons look so dope they will be more successful reproductively.
Why is this comment so low????
They did look really stylish though
Really mean to do and unhealthy for them.
...but stylish.
some men just wanna watch birds wear hats
Kept the sun out of their eyes. Maybe it was an experiment that got out of hand?
How do you know it wasn't a female that glued those hats on?
Bet he flew the coop
This is as bad as it is funny. I feel like an awful person for how funny this hits me.
WTF has this world come to. Poor birds.
I know this is so disgusting. Makes me feel sick.
Maybe the birds like it? You don’t know. Keeps the sun out of their eyes and makes them feel a touch more manly.
Stfu
You stfu Mike Pence you fucking fascist little bitch!
I’m the fly on his head I’m not Mike Pence man lol
Flys can't type. You're a liar.
Yeah! STFU Mike Pence you fucking lying fascist little bitch!
So what, this is like a ratatouille situation? Lol
I'm from Las Vegas, and I say HATS FOR ALL THE FLYING RATS!
Are we sure it wasn't just a bunch of drunk tourists? Those guys will do anything for a laugh.
Imagine going on vacation and gluing tiny hats to hundreds of pigeons. But whoever it was for whatever reason, they are psychopaths
What was his glue of choice? Seemed very effective.
Not Gorilla Glue, because that's for gorillas.
I thought it was invented by gorillas. Like Kraft cheese was invented by Mr. Cheese.
Mr Charles Entertainment Cheese himself?
His backstory is horrifying.
Facts😂
PigeonHold™
👏🏻hilarious
I see what you did there 🤣
Pigeon seal
I wonder what is Mike Tyson's opinion on this (is a sentence I never thought I'd write.)
Yuh don’t meth wit tha pigins. Buutiful ahnimal.
More importantly, how does Ja Rule feel about this?
October 1, 2017: Shooting in Mandalay Bay happens killing 60 people Every Major News Outlet: Somebody call Ja Rule! We need him to make sense of what's happening! I think Dave Chappelle did a skit on this.
He’d be pissed
Sky rats being stylish now
This looks like Alan's work.
I agree but I'm too afraid to ask Alan if he did it. I guess some questions are better left unanswered.
Wasn’t it just like 2 pigeons? The cowboy hat and the little bowler hat?
Did the hats actually negativity affect the birds? I’m just curious if any harm was caused to these poor birds
The hats, no, but I'm sure the glue was uncomfortable for the birds
An article I read said they used eyelash glue. I don't know if that answers the Q though.
I wonder if it had any evolutionary advantage. Like did these cowbirds get a significant increase in mating partners? Because, while I hate to say it, they’re looking quite dapper.
This is hilarious, lol. I know it's bad, but it's still hilarious.
I only really see one pigeon in each shot. And the hat and bird look the same. Can someone confirm that there were indeed "hundreds" of bird cowboys?
There were a few, not hundreds
Yeah - I remember the original article and it looked like just a few pigeons - this repost exaggerated it into "hundreds" of pigeons.
There are at least a couple different birds, but it's also hard to tell if it's just photoshop
I can't believe I have to say this, but for everyone who thinks there's no harm in a prank like this, gluing hats onto pigeons is almost certainly condemning them to death. Pigeons have predators, namely birds of prey. > Some common predators of feral pigeons in North America are raccoons, opossums, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, eastern screech owls, and accipiters. The birds that prey on pigeons in North America can range in size from American kestrels to golden eagles and may even include crows, gulls and ravens. Think about this for a second -- if you have natural predators, but you suddenly can't see anything above you, what will happen when an owl comes darting from the sky? The poor pigeon won't be able to see it coming. Not to mention that their ability to fly will be majorly inhibited because their aerodynamics will be completely off. Lastly, a pigeon with a hat glued onto its head will not be able to properly preen/clean itself. In short, this is not a harmless prank and is in fact an act of animal cruelty. Thank you for reading my essay.
Also, predators or not, it sucks to be defenseless and have something GLUED TO YOU because someone thinks it’s funny.
DO A BARREL ROLL!!
Yes, better to poison their food. That’s much less cruel
This person may return of the Queensland Cowboys are one of the next NRL teams to open the season in Vegas.
Haven'tseen this being asked yet, but wouldn't a predator choke on the hat if it tried to eat the pigeon? Caution:Choking Hazzard.
It made my day when I went to Vegas for the first time and saw pigeons wait at crosswalks and then walk not fly across with the humans.
Could they all just shop at the same store?
Wasn’t this tied to the bumfights guy?
Lol
Of course there's another...political https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pigeons-make-america-great-again-hats-glued-their-head-released-n1138556
I'm curious how harmful it is to the pigeons. I find it funny and sad at the same time.
This is the vegas equivalent to banksy
A crime so fiendish only the Clown Prince of Crime himself could commit.
Funny, but wrong!
They told me they liked the hats. They want stovepipes next time.
Everyone in the apartment complex knew who did it. Several neighbors witnessed the man dragging a cage trap full of pigeons into his garage. The pigeons kept gathering outside his unit because he fed them first before catching them in traps. Metro and animal control had all this information but nothing happened.
I see no victims here
I mean, the birds no longer have the ability to see anything coming at them from above. I would think that would cause them harm.
On the other hand, the hawks are eating well.
This is the most hilarious form of animal cruelty I've ever seen.
They suffered so badly having the sun out of their eyes.
They definitely suffered by no longer being able to detect their predators though. (Owls and hawks prey on pigeons and they will attack from above. The hats block that from the pigeons view)
It works both ways though. Hawks and Owls think they are looking at indiana jones.
"I'm not gonna mess with that pigeon, he probably has a bullwhip and a revolver."
No hawks and owls hanging out on Freemont.
It's more of a cougar area.
Hahaha.
What would be the charge(s)?
I’m no expert in bird law, but I would guess animal cruelty?
You can feel free to kill them as an invasive species, but giving them hats is crossing the line!
Well we know one thing: it was definitely a dude
Maybe. Maybe not. Silly outfits on small animals is 100% girl territory.
But it was Helldorado week.....
If they were given fedoras instead…they’d be stool pigeons
MAGA hats would be funnier.
Is this really a crime?? I solute that gentleman.
The big issue is that they used glue. If taken more abstractly, gluing objects into animals can be extremely damaging. There's a YouTube channel that "cleans" turtles that have all sorts of barnacles and whatnot on them. These barnacles are not normal and are actually glued on by the YouTuber, and his removal method is actually torturous for most of the turtles. He would "return" the turtles to the incorrect habitat. E.g. fresh water turtles into salt water. All the meanwhile, he was getting tons of comments about how wonderful he was for "saving" these turtles. Anyhoo, obviously these hats aren't as bad but we don't know if the birds suffered as a consequence.
The birds are fine. They got a free hat. When have you ever got a free hat??? Proabbaly never.
Free hat!!!
Didn't he kill babies?
I believe babies come with hats.
There's a big difference between a turtle's shell and feathers that will fall out like hair.
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Unexpected *Matilda*!
Glue some shit to your head then
Someone did that to themselves and got a lot of money out of it
You mean like a toupee? Doesn't harm balding men, just makes them look ridiculous.
You think pigeons are like humans. They are the rat of birds. What's next?? We should give all homeless people condos in Vegas??? Fuck it, let's give them a BS in finance and give them jobs at Fortune 500 companies.
Umm…ok?
Yeah, that escalated kinda quick
It inhibits the pigeons from being able to see above them, which is where their predators are. It also inhibits their ability to fly, and to properly clean themselves. Any birds with these hats on would likely die.
All birds die. Not all birds get to wear hats.
This guy knows. If I were a bird, I wished I could wear a hat.
You wish you were cool enough to pull it off.
Wrong!!! I would have put Boeing 747 wings on the birds. Correct yourself.
*whistles nonchalantly*
"Howdy howdy howdy" - those pigeons
Ok so- this isn’t ok I know it’s very bad but ALSO. I cannot stop fucking laughing.
Absolutely baller of a move. Best in class for a pitch perfect animal vs clothing choice. A true artist.
I’d bet they’ve got bigger crimes to deal with in Vegas, probably not high up on the priority list!
What a piece of shit
It looks hilarious, but I’m sure it’s bad for the birds and that ain’t cool.
Cruel, but hilarious.
Lmao
I've tried to catch a pigeon before, you know to have a chat and a tea with. Ask about their day and what they've seen. But they are elusive and take off speed is impressive. For someone to hat up hundreds of pigeons is quite impressive. Now the big question is what type of adhesive did they use. If it's the wildlife type that fades after a few days, fine. If it's like gorilla or uhu glue that will never come off the feathers. If pigeons could talk they'd probably studder.
*nods* "sheriff"
Birds aren’t real.
I’m sure it was some tweaker
That is horrible, but it looks stylish. These birds are styling and profiling these streets.
I can't even catch one pigeon. Fuck putting a hat on one.
"Crime".
That’s awesome, dang flying rats!
Thats thuper wierrd whot whouth du suhch a tding? I don’t know Mike Tyson
NGL the pigeons in Vegas look messed up
This is animal cruelty, how the hell did this comment section get flooded with (likely chud) sadists?
It was two, maybe three - not hundreds. And it wasn't a crime. "The hats were glued to their heads, and the pigeons also had wings. No one knew why, but a rodeo in town denied any connection. The Las Vegas police said it "does not appear to be a police matter at this time." Animal welfare activists tried to track down the person behind the hats."
This was so fucking stupid and pissed me off so much smh. Humans are the fucking scum of the earth man I swear. Nothing about this shit was funny.
It was me. Y’all wanna see a 2024 version?
The hats shrunk, the fibers were fused to their heads!
They start by abusing animals. When that doesn’t fill their emptiness they move on to humans
What was the crime exactly? Are you assuming that someone stopped putting hats on the pigeons because someone did something criminal to that heroic citizen?
All I got to say is the man had a mission these are the best looking pigeons I’ve ever seen 🤣. But yeah honestly messed up
Crime??? If improving the world is a crime call me criminal
That’s fucked up
Is it really a crime though?
This could be the greatest prank ever lol
It was 2 pigeons not hundreds and the hats came right off
Crime? They're piqeons. If anything it may save them from larger predatory birds that don't want to mess with Chuck Norris.
….did you just call this a crime?? Lol what’s the crime?? Show me the NRS. Who ever did this deserves a comedy award.
What crime? Lmaoooo fkn clowns
It wasn't hundreds, it was like six, and they were able to get a different type of hat on the more several weeks later.
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What if it’s a hot young woman?
The dirty hands and finger nails are disgusting. That’s why I never touch people hands.