Alie Ward

We have a vampire episode.

It's two parts.

In it, we talk a lot about necks and garlic.

Andy Pepper, Aaron Burbridge, Brittany Briceño wanted to know, Brittany asked, I've seen videos of killdeers pretending to have a broken wing in order to distract and lure predators away from their nests.

So wild.

You got to look it up.

I did.

And a killdeer, which is named for the sound of its shrieking call.

It's a shorebird.

It's a type of plover.

And it looks kind of like a mix between a hawk and a quail, but smaller.

And it sits on the ground with its wings spread.

And it taps one of them so convincingly in what appears to be like imperiled panic.

It almost emotionally feels like it's trying to turn the ignition on a sputtering getaway car.

Like such panic.

Absolutely Oscar worthy.

I have seen far worse acting on Netflix.

Aaron asked, what about altruistic defense where one member of a group risks their own life, like mother birds faking an injured wing?

Is that a defense mechanism?

There are so many oldest kids in therapy for that same reason.