Bird researcher in Japan goes to hilarious extremes within the identify of science
The Bird Head Man, a Japanese ornithologist who simply could not appear to catch a break, has taken social media by storm as his hilariously tragic story goes viral.
Japan – The Bird Head Man, AKA a Japanese ornithologist who simply could not appear to catch a break, has taken social media by storm as his hilariously tragic story goes viral.
Last month, University of Tokyo professor Toshitaka Suzuki posted about an unnamed colleague’s uncommon method to chook analysis.
The pair have been within the forests of Nagano Prefecture, observing and conducting hands-on analysis to do with a chook species referred to as the nice tit (do not you dare snort!).
These skittish little birds are simply frightened, and, sadly for these scientists, in addition they have the distinctive skill to recollect particular human faces.
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If they see somebody who’s managed to get on their unhealthy aspect, the nice tits will cease their regular chirping and emit a misery name to warn the remainder of the flock.
This misery name has put a damper on one explicit unnamed scientist’s analysis to the purpose the place… properly, let’s simply say that some excessive measures have been taken.
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The nameless Japanese researcher, who conducts analysis on the habits and evolutionary chemistry of bats and birds, seems to have wronged the nice tits someway.
We do not know the particulars of their alleged beef, however hey, birds gonna chook.
So, the scientist wore a novelty pigeon masks for an entire yr in an try to get near the birds with out triggering their misery calls.
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Toshitaka’s posts lead us to imagine that a number of totally different chook masks have been tried by his colleague, however alas – the plan did not work. The tits might nonetheless inform that it was him below there someway and would not cease making a fuss.
These are some salty birds, of us!
To add insult to damage, Toshitaka additionally shared a video of his colleague making an attempt to get his glasses on over the chook masks and failing miserably. Poor, poor Bird Head Man.