Alie Ward

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.

As a youngest daughter, I would like to apologize to my sister, Celeste.

Claire Gammon wanted to know, can we talk about the sweet wombats armored butt?

You've gotten to meet a wombat in situ, right?

Pink fairy armadillo is more than deserving of your Google image search.

But since you might be, I don't know, refinishing a bookshelf or driving a wheat combine or changing a diaper that needs more immediate attention, or God forbid, maybe you're on a lime scooter right now with no helmet, don't