Not eggs, but prey. They use this movement to break its bones and kill it.
It's a siriema if I'm not mistaken. There are a bunch of them in the country side of where I live (Brazilian Cerrado). They are absolutely fantastic animals
I once shared a screenshot from Good Mythical Morning on r/shittyramen and the post got removed. The moderator accused me of being a bot lmao. The reason? Advertising.
They were using GMM labels to explicitly hide brand names. If I recall correctly it was a bottle of generic, vinegar based hot sauce that triggered this person.
I forget which video it was from but it definitely qualified and I thought it was hilarious. That mod really bummed me out.
Of course, dogs have many varied dialects, but these are the kinds of things I see dogs saying to each other:
Butt sniff = "I am meeting you! Can I meet you?" This may receive a snarl and snap and bared teeth response, which usually means "I'm not comfortable around new dogs because I have dogtism, give me a minute."
Biting and snarling at another dog's neck while the tail is wagging = "WE ARE PLAYING! THIS IS FUN!"
Barking at dogs which are play biting at each other's necks = "Are you okay? I think you're okay, but I'm not sure, because I'm only a dog."
Dogs also code switch between talking to other dogs and talking to humans. Furthermore, when dogs talk to humans, they generally tailor their vocabulary specifically to the people who they interact with most.
Laying on the back or side and making a "face swipe" pantomime with one paw to their own face = "It is time to pet me."
Going straight to the front door and sitting at noon or 9PM = "It is time for my nap or bedtime. You will let me outside in front to go potty, after which I will eagerly run in, straight into my crate, and wait for my cookies."
Stopping and looking back at you after you let him out the back door = "Are you going to come out? I really want you to come out and play frisbee."
Take a moment and think about the fact that, in the wild, another animal handling your babies is a great way to lose them, so the vast majority of animals have evolved to be protective of their young.
Now think about how much it means that dogs let humans handle their babies.
I’ve forgotten the name of the paper but I read a fairly in-depth report on human/dog co-evolution and how it has ingrained an instinctual understanding into each other even as little more than babies for both species.
We also tend to share our babies with dogs. My sister has recently had skin dogs and my fur babies are very interested in standing by the bassinet and watching over them. They’re also extremely patient with their flailing hands and curious fingers.
While the reasons why aren’t all peachy, and much of the framework it happens in is incredibly abusive and horrible, what humans and dogs share is very beautiful.
My dog recently broke her leg, she was screaming in terrible pain, but she went dead silent when we arrived and started investigating. That level of trust is incredible. I don’t know exactly what’s going on in her head, but I know that when something is wrong and I show up to help her breathing calms and she relaxes. Just as when I think I hear something in the night or whatever I look to her for guidance on whether it’s a threat.
Meh, dogs have been selectively bred for millennia to bring things to people. They’re also completely dependent on humans not only for nutrition, but also probably in this case behavioural guidance.
It’s not so much “here human I trust you so much I’ll let you hold my baby” as it is “here human this smells important”.
like these photographs are interesting, but then mid-2020's internet venacular seeminly requires "so I was having a bad day then I saw this on my way to work"
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