Getting Over My Bird Problem at Alveus Sanctuary | Lindsay Nikole
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A former self-described bird hater puts her fear to the ultimate test at Alveus Sanctuary, where founder Maya Higa walks her through a gauntlet of increasingly intimidating birds starting with Polly Pocket the fluffy silkie chicken and working up through finger-destroying macaws, mystery-solving crows, and finally the prehistoric nightmare fuel that is the emu. Along the way, Lindsay discovers that some birds are actually kind of cuddly, some can literally take your finger off, and absolutely none of them should be your housepet. Bonus detours include marmosets with attitude, wolf dogs with complicated love lives, a very lippy donkey named Jalapeño, and Winnie the Moo a red Angus cow who fundraises for her own upkeep via an automated grain dispenser.
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Join zoologist Lindsay Nikole for vivid stories about evolution, animal behavior, and the wonderfully weird life around (and before) us. Each video dives into creatures you’ve never met and facts you’ll never forget, blending science with humor, visuals, and memorable explanations. From viral mystery IDs and prehistoric deep dives to myth-busting and conservation context, this channel makes complex biology easy and exciting to understand.
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Chapters:
00:00 Lindsay’s Bird Phobia
00:57 Welcome to Alveus Sanctuary
01:45 Level 1: Fluffy Chickens
04:11 Level 2: Dangerous Parrots
09:33 Level 3: Flying Crows
13:30 Non-Bird Residents “Palate Cleanser”
23:12 How Maya Built Alveus
25:08 Level 4: The Final Boss (Emus)
32:01 Did Lindsay Cure Her Fear?
Getting Over My Bird Problem at Alveus Sanctuary | Lindsay Nikole
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@shemasmcguire3999
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
0:15 I still dislike most birds
@pasiaomega
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Are we sure they don't move in a FOUR dimensional space? 🤔
@decafdispatch
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
I'd like to suggest if you want a pet bird to get a pigeon! They're domesticated and come in lots of fun varieties, bond with people, and can't take your fingers off. They also live between 10 and 20 years, so it's not an insane amount of dedication like parrots.
@thegoynextdoor
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Ayo, Lindsay and Maya together in one video?
@Clippy_Gon_Give_It_To_Ya
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Don't show the male emu sounds to the BookTok girlies, they'll go feral.
@larrycooper5328
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
She trying to fundraise or flirt with this girl?
@arboreusmcclane1672
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
female emus can be challenging, but big birds aren't too bad, glad you are getting into it…
@maxk2249
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
You should do a video about the evolution of cannabis for 420!
@RedRunner328
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Love your videos!
@iiZorow
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
LINDSEY NEW VIDEO PLS
@poonp88
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
omggg
@wonderweasle2212
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
11:02 thats the problem with women… not everything is "valid"
@TheBadinkyBones
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Glad to hear Akelas penis is ok 🙌
@Anonymous-sb9rr
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Big cats may be more dangerous than birds, but to be fair, cats are friend-shaped, birds are not.
@Anonymous-sb9rr
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
The final boss would be the shoebill stork.
@adamejcpa
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
I'm not scared of birds, and I wouldn't go into an emu enclosure. Fair play to you, Lindsey
@OneHuntiBoi
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
25:20 May I add… The Australian Government lost that war too.
@WilliamHuebler
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
In fairness the emus would freak me out a bit too. I’ve met ostriches eye to eye and they were more intimidating than the lions in the same tour. They can peck hard move really fast. And the fact they’re basically dinosaurs really hits you in person.
@Frankosclone
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
I never got the whole eat less beef thing….. the amount of beef produced wont change and the animals life has gone to waste if not eaten eating and animals goes hand and hand animals eat animals we are animals yes i said it…… nature be nature and steaks fuckkng delish
@FusterCluck678
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
5:10 "that we know of ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°" killed me
@mandercommander
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
I learned as a kid to never touch a wild baby because their mother would reject them. That was enough to terrify me to never try to rescue "abandoned" wild life
@ericanymann4777
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Texas is only second to Dubai in terms of exotic pets
@bearmug
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Clicked so fast when I saw this on my feed oml
@xxtratrashy
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Have you ever thought about doing a collab with liondad? I think that would be an awesome clash of two similar worlds!!
@rramirezvip
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
"That we know of" ON POINT
@KitBits
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
1:39 coming directly from Charlie’s video this was a bit of a trip for me
The Charlie video on Alveus sanctuary’s account
@verbached8129
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Pls make a video on how accurate Netflix did with the show “the dinosaurs”
It has Morgan freeman
@JacintaScott132
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
25:53 "there's one behind you" sounds like a lead up to a horror scene xD
@SleepyCrow98
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
honestly i get it. with big cats you know exactly the kinda danger your getting into but birds are deceptive i mean unless you do research or work with birds would you know that chickens can seriously hurt you or that toucans have serrated beaks?
@JediS1138
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Aaww I want to give Stompy a big hug 🫂 someday. That would be neat
@zachtaylor2560
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
My two animal worlds colliding!!!
@thetwitchywitchy
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Just came here from another video to say you really need to make a 25%er shirt with a beetle design on it.
@FishyBoi1337
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
oh my god maya is even cooler than I already thought she was
@benjaminepstein5856
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
@2:30 having watched a lot of Useless Farm, I'm still convinced your started with the Most Dangerous Bird
@bittersweet__lullaby1694
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
My parents accidentally ran over the mom of a newborn fawn a couple years ago. We called our local game warden to surrender her to a rescue. For some reason he instead gave us a pile of paperwork to keep her for her first month. 12 year old me was in charge of her. We bottle fed her and used our goat lot to raise her since we found her in the ditch nect to the road in front of her property. She imprinted on me and even knew me by name. We gave her back after the month was over and she's now in a deer sanctuary with her adoptuve mom.
@urbanpitch90
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
In this episode of Lindsay does fear factor.
@Breezy8257
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
And Lindsay hires Charlie for the naration. Wild
@ideallogic
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Emu's can charge & peck in a scary way , Ostriches are very terittorial , have sharp claws & powerful kick &can trample you to death but the most fearsome of all, the Cassowary are today's closest living equivalent to velociraptor , usually very shy but when threatened their 5-inch/12.7cm dagger-like claws, 30 mph/50 km/h running speed, and powerful kicks are capable of killing humans & animals alike. They live up to40 yrs in the wild, 60 years in captivity …
@K8McQ
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
I understand that people can be afraid of birds but it’s such a foreign concept to me as someone who has had birds their whole life. My instincts that should tell me to flinch when something flies at my head just tell me to close my eyes. I have known people who were afraid and I felt so badly because I couldn’t even imagine it enough to predict what might be scary to warn them about it, I was reminded of that when Stompy made Lindsay flinch when he turned and I thought how that would make me smile and I would never expect someone to think that’s scary. I always want to share my birds with people but we all see them differently so it’s hard to guarantee a positive experience.
(Also my current birds are chickens. Yay for domesticated avians as pets!)
@insaneShadowKnight
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
The crossover I didn’t know I needed
@Liam94Smith
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Just remember birds are dinosaurs, they’re awesome 😁
@HauntedGhost_OoO
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
Have you done a video on the recently discovered “hell heron”?
@PotentialLegend
March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
The horse pulled a Trump lmao
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March 13, 2026 at 9:21 am
That monkey's face after he bit you lol!
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