Description: A common winter resident, this diving bird is famous for its courtship dance. Not true. ... “Oh it’s an acquired skill,” she said with a smile. Dives to catch sculpin, herring, perch, and smelt. Posted by. Black and white with a long, straight neck, its bill is yellow and very long. Not when an injured bird is spotted. Settings. One of these is the "rodent-run" display, in which a bird fluffs its feathers to mimic the fur of a rodent and scurries away from the nest. These birds labor to get airborne and often must run on the water surface before takeoff. This fouls smell saves them from predators like humans, but is a weak defence against creatures with a poor sense of smell, like predatory birds. Top 10 Birds With Strange Defences: 10. Not when an injured bird is spotted. This bird’s name is Norse for foul gull. u/Supasqueegee. This is the heart-warming moment a stubborn bird saved his friend's life by trying to revive it after it hit a window. 5 months ago. Birds, all kinds of birds, from sparrows to seagulls, pigeons to falcons, to chickens, and even, for that matter, turtles, are brought in in boxes, injured, by New Yorkers, famed for being too rushed to notice anything but their iPhones, or their next meeting or date. 89. Play. Fullscreen. Momma bird pretends to be injured to lure predators away from her eggs! “You should see me in Rome. Fulmar. They are infamous for their foul odour. 0:00. Close. Intellectual parrot pretends to help owner clean up the floor In any case, there are some forms of distraction display which may in fact have evolved from stress responses, an idea more in alignment with Lack's hypothesis. Even the eggs reek. This is a sequel to one of my first lists, 10 Mammals with odd defenses.Most birds can fly, and flying is already a very effective defense against many predators; however, with over 10,000 species of birds known to date, it was to be expected that some of them broke the mold. 0:00. Momma bird pretends to be injured to lure predators away from her eggs! Sexes look alike.