Animals: Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible,...

By Birdwatcher - 18/09/2012 16:19 - United States - Woodstock

Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML

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By Mariah Barnes - 24/07/2020 08:01

Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML

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By Ketchup - 22/06/2009 06:06 - United States

Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML

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By craphanded - 19/07/2011 17:45 - United Kingdom

Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML

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Just do it

By tulisa - 21/02/2015 04:25 - United States - Alexandria

Today, I witnessed the beautiful sight of a tiny baby bird struggling to take flight from its nest. "You can do it," I muttered, which I guess my asswipe of a cat heard as "Quick, go kill that bird and scar me for life, please." FML

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By tay - 10/04/2012 11:13 - Australia

Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML

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By Olive14 - 15/12/2010 06:15

Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML

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It's MINE

By birdy - 01/08/2022 10:00 - Australia

Today, after months of trying to persuade her to give it to a wildlife rescue, I reported my stepmother to the authorities for illegally keeping an endangered bird in the kitchen. When they took it, she screamed that I had no right to do that, as she considered it hers since she found it. FML

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By KHAAAAA-RMA!! - 10/05/2014 21:32 - United States

Today, I found a bird that had fallen from its nest, so I made a new nest for it in a shoebox and put it as close to the old one as possible. When I checked back on it later, all I found was a chewed-up corpse. FML

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By FlipYoC - 16/09/2009 06:15 - United States

Today, my mom was criticizing how I can't handle taking care of any living thing because I'm too irresponsible. We had a huge argument so I went back to my apartment, only to find that my fish had died. I forgot I had a fish. FML

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By Twitchy - 14/09/2011 23:20 - Bahamas

Today, I watched a cat pounce on a small bird and rip it to shreds, feather by feather. It wouldn't have been any worse than mildly disturbing, had I not just spent the last 4 weeks nursing the bird back to health from a broken wing. FML

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Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:20

Your mom sounds like a bitch.

Bekll 31

Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:20

Your mother is heartless. I would have cried too.

Comments

yentlben 2

Wednesday 19 September 2012 18:21

Bless you for your kindness. The baby bird didn't die frightened and alone. Your mother, on the other hand, should be exiled. How heartless is she? What a bitch.

BlazeSaber 1

Wednesday 19 September 2012 19:37

You showed more strength in that tiny amount of time the she probably ever had in her life.

KiddNYC1O 20

Wednesday 19 September 2012 21:27

You're alright.

spottyblanket 8

Wednesday 19 September 2012 21:49

SSx0x25 0

Wednesday 19 September 2012 23:43

aww that sucks :( your mom is pretty mean :S

Polograte 0

Thursday 20 September 2012 5:32

Something similar happened to me once. I found a small bird egg, and I showed this to my father. He told me that we couldn't keep it, and proceeded to crack it in the sink. I was 7 then.

ufarooq 1

Thursday 20 September 2012 8:54

Lol weak

The_F3rris 11

Thursday 20 September 2012 16:15

Whats wrong with showing our humanity? Sympathy and love are the few traits we as human beings have that set us apart from every other animal on this planet.

4thecraic 2

Thursday 20 September 2012 16:56

Good on you for at least trying to save a life - even and especially that of a baby bird. The number of posts about absolutely horrible mothers really unnerves me, I must say...