This Gym’s For the Birds

(Wow, what luck! I usually can’t get anywhere near the treadmills; there’s always people on them! Now, let’s see if I can hit my target heart rate…)

32 comments … read them below or add one

  1. BB/VA says:

    That is one powerful pigeon, keeping that escalator running all by himself.

    I guess the hamster was on break.

  2. bob drummond says:

    Even birds know when they need 2 exercize. Stay with it dude !

  3. 260Oakley says:

    Killer step aerobics class

  4. Theresa says:

    This is why people trash their New Years Resolutions.

  5. Guinea Peeg Lover says:

    Imagine seeing this on your next trip to the mall.

  6. cellarmouse says:

    there’s something so irresistible bout goin up the down escalator…

  7. Surly not Girly says:

    This pigeon is unwittingly reperforming groundbreaking science from the late 70s!
    In this study, pigeons were put on treadmills to see if they bobbed their heads or not.
    (Pidges always bob their heads when walking-is it physiological or related to vision?)

    http://jeb.biologists.org/content/74/1/187.full.pdf

    Pidgees on treadmills didn’t bob their heads, suggesting head bobbing had to do with keeping the eyes stationary so they had longer periods of time to observe their environments! This pigeon doesn’t seem to be bobbing much either.

  8. jujube says:

    Oooooookaaaay…..That pigeon just may be a few feathers short of a headdress.

  9. Celia says:

    Maybe he thought it was a game!

  10. Chris B. says:

    Just think of all the statues out there laughing at the pigeon….

  11. gio says:

    Is he doing is cardio training ?

  12. bluesabriel says:

    I love the guy in the background who is all “Are you guys seeing this?!”

  13. Gigi says:

    There is a reason why when you do something not too bright they say you’re a bird brain.

  14. Michael says:

    Apparently Youtube has deleted not merely the video but the entire account; however, I assume this is the same video. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4033576/Pigeon-in-a-flap-over-escalator.html (the title is the same). I notice on that Sun webpage, to the left of the video, is a caption reading Mystic Meg. It was mystic that when I went looking for something posted on Meg’s site, I saw her name.

  15. That new law “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) is just going to far!!!! It looks like in future sites like CO will probably not be able to show/embed videos from 3rd parties anymore. Just read the whole thing and you know what I mean. :( Grrrr.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

    • Gigi says:

      I doubt that it’s going to apply to kitten and puppy videos, it’s for TV shows and movies and music and illigal commerce. No one is losing money when someone is reposting cute videos so no one cares.

      • nano's mom says:

        Of course it will affect “cute” videos Proof? This videos been pulled!

      • FiFi says:

        it will effect the very workings of the internet, cute vids or not. Under SOPA CuteOverload could be pulled ENTIRELY if it happens to post a video with even copyrighted music or picture in the background. Not to mention facebook, youtube or your other favorite sites.
        We have to fight this one, guys! CO join Reddit and blackout for a day!

    • nano's mom says:

      SOPA hasn’t even passed yet, this was pulled under the old copyright laws. Imagine how much worse it will be with SOPA

  16. @Michael – thanks for that alternative link. That is quite hilarious. ;)