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The Firehawks That Spread Wildfires 😨

Zack D. Films

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Chaotic Billi11 months ago

These birds out here speedrunning deforestation for fun. Proper wild assholes.

Friday-Justice-Obsessions11 months ago

That's wild

Digbijaya Lenka11 months ago

Don't tell me wildfires are expanded by these birds.

Godifier11 months ago

Evil Hawk Tuah

JohnNotBoring11 months ago

No respect for their carbon footprint… 🤦‍♂️

Shaun Marksbury11 months ago

They're so like us.

Hailey Teaches English11 months ago

Firehawks playing with matches!

DaxMax11 months ago

I was today years old when I learned birds cause natural disasters

E Nice Films11 months ago

Yooooo..hawks have more common sense than a lot of folks out here looking for an opportunity of this magnitude…FOOD..

Adé ♕ 𝕏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿11 months ago

That's my spirit animal right there 🦅

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