An Iowa man built his six-inch parakeet a miniature submarine so the bird could join him underwater in the Bahamas — the homemade capsule used a paintball air tank, safety valves and an oxygen monitor and carried Bebe about three feet beneath the surface for 15 minutes
spacedaily.com
One man's obsession with sharing his passions led him to engineer something no ornithologist could have predicted: a working submarine for a parakeet.

This entire article is gold:

  • The bird is called Bebe
  • Bebe was fine. He was there for 15 minutes, and there was a lot of practice, safety, and care. Bebe is also used to shenanigans of all sorts
  • The submarine is called the Bebosphere
  • ‘Stephen Lawyer, who really is a lawyer’
  • His wife is called Cher
  • People do the most beautiful unhinged shit with paintball cylinders
  • Bebe answers phonecalls
  • Bebe’s other hobbies include indoor cycling, outdoor cycling, and skydiving
  • Precisely none of this was AI

What a treasure to be the person writing this story, congratulations Mr. Moran

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  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    251·
    5 days ago

    Depending on how it was raised, there’s a decent chance it imprinted on humans, and therefore identifies as one, and would be extremely offended that you are saying it can’t be one