Birds with arms. BIRDS. WITH. ARMS.

June 16, 2011 8:55 AM

BIRDS WITH ARMS!
posted by XQUZYPHYR (45 comments total)

Sourced. (SPOILER IT IS SOMETHING AWFUL)
posted by boo_radley at 8:57 AM on June 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

Armgry Birds?

sorry
posted by cashman at 8:58 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

I really that was going to suck. I was wrong.
posted by Curious Artificer at 8:58 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Ah, nightmare fodder, it's been so long.

Veiny musclebound seagull, I am looking at YOU.
posted by elizardbits at 8:59 AM on June 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

and weeping a little in terror
posted by elizardbits at 8:59 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

thought. I really thought that was going to suck.
posted by Curious Artificer at 9:00 AM on June 16, 2011

Love the juvey rtha standing on top of the pigeon.
posted by rtha at 9:01 AM on June 16, 2011

But I think I love the cardinal with binos even more.
posted by rtha at 9:02 AM on June 16, 2011

Oh Jesus.
posted by OmieWise at 9:03 AM on June 16, 2011

I think it's funny how much more personality a bird has with arms than without. My favorite is the bird with a cocked head that turns into a confused shrug with the arm addition.
posted by codacorolla at 9:05 AM on June 16, 2011

Turks with arms.
posted by punkfloyd at 9:06 AM on June 16, 2011

I've always said that birds would look better with little arms. I think these pictures prove me right.
posted by Bort at 9:09 AM on June 16, 2011

Ancient, but surprisingly never gets old.
posted by davelog at 9:14 AM on June 16, 2011

These birds are armed and dangerous.

aw c'mon, you were thinking the same thing!
posted by kinnakeet at 9:20 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

More disturbing than I expected!
posted by aught at 9:33 AM on June 16, 2011

Birds with arms!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 9:34 AM on June 16, 2011

And now I won't be able to look at a seagull without thinking of the cast of Jersey Shore.

Thanks a lot, Internet.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:35 AM on June 16, 2011

Cows with Guns?
posted by mrzarquon at 9:47 AM on June 16, 2011

Oh thank heavens, it's just photoshops of birds with human arms. I was worried I was going to revisit the time my Quaker parrot got a hold of that air cooled, belt fed machine gun and all the carnage that followed.

Besides, birds with teeth is a way creepier thing.
posted by quin at 9:47 AM on June 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

Veiny musclebound seagull, I am looking at YOU.

They had to beef up to protect themselves from Steven Seagull. It's a seagull arms race, really.
posted by MrFTBN at 9:53 AM on June 16, 2011

These people are just excersing their right to arm birds.
posted by mmrtnt at 9:58 AM on June 16, 2011

I already have a massive bird phobia. What on earth made me decide to click on that link? Won't sleep for days now. (I did like the little bird with the trenchcoat, umbrella & flowers, though.)
posted by stennieville at 10:01 AM on June 16, 2011

That was Wanderlei Silva's hardest fight.

The training regimen was gruesome----all those black market surgeons sewing arms to de-winged birds to try and simulate his opponent's attack.
posted by TheRedArmy at 10:04 AM on June 16, 2011

Birds already have arms. We call them "wings".
posted by DU at 10:25 AM on June 16, 2011

put an arm on it.
posted by fuzzypantalones at 10:30 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this is the best website about birds with arms I've come across.
posted by brundlefly at 10:43 AM on June 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

Huh. And here I thought it was the right to bear arms. Whaddaya know.
posted by xedrik at 10:43 AM on June 16, 2011

Take heart in knowing that this is probably somebody's fetish.
posted by Slap*Happy at 10:43 AM on June 16, 2011

This was way more awesome than I expected.
posted by jillithd at 10:54 AM on June 16, 2011

I don't want to piss in anyone's swimming pool or anything, but I think some of these might be photoshopped.
posted by Jofus at 11:20 AM on June 16, 2011

They also have cocks. We call them "roosters".
posted by ardgedee at 11:48 AM on June 16, 2011

The frightening thing is how quickly birds with arms begin to look normal. Like, now a bird without arms just looks naked.
posted by maryr at 11:50 AM on June 16, 2011 [9 favorites]

This one has a quiet dignity.
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 12:48 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Under Seige, starring Steven Seagull.
posted by asnider at 12:51 PM on June 16, 2011

The punnage, it burns.
posted by idiopath at 1:35 PM on June 16, 2011

Well, now I know what "come at me, bro!" means. Kind of wish I'd left that one alone.
posted by Mister_A at 1:42 PM on June 16, 2011

Deer with arms.




(from Arm the Animals).
posted by foonly at 3:16 PM on June 16, 2011

White crowned sparrow, you are so classy. I would like to drink tea with you.
posted by pemberkins at 3:21 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

The ones eating made me giggle.
posted by Specklet at 4:03 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

That's my favorite too, pemberkins.

The penguins actually look like they were meant to have arms because their wings are the most arm-like.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:50 PM on June 16, 2011

This meme has legs!
posted by Scoo at 6:43 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Take heart in knowing that this is probably somebody's fetish.
posted by Slap*Happy at 10:43 AM on June 16 [+] [!]

*flap* *flap* *flap*
posted by kcds at 7:51 PM on June 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

Much funnier than I expected. Thanks!
posted by rifflesby at 9:06 PM on June 16, 2011

This isn't real. It's just parrotty.

(a mynah distinction, to be sure)
posted by ShutterBun at 9:08 PM on June 16, 2011 [4 favorites]

I feel so gull-ible for falling for it. I'm such a dodo.
posted by maryr at 6:29 PM on June 19, 2011