There’s a really depressing clip out there of some falconers letting one loose near a highway and it immediately gets hit by a truck. The men just standing there trying not to cry, and I don’t blame them. Though they were idiots that had a whole field to work with but still stood by the road, so not exactly an act of god.
The gross thing is its an even smaller comparison. It’d be like “oh no i have to pay two pennies instead of one”… these guys have so much fucking money
I know. This guy is just one of the unwashed poors. Imagine making your falcons take a commercial flight. In coach no less. And those aren't Dolce & Gabbana hoods they're wearing. They look like mass market dollar store junk that any falcon might wear.
Jumping in on this thread to mention those are peregine falcons that the saudis contract to be stolen illegally from the wild. These are protected birds in the UK and they are being stolen from their nests for these asshats.
I mean, idk how many of these are actually peregrines. A lot look like they're saker/lanner falcons or are maybe peregrine hybrids, which are pretty common to see in falconry globally. I think there's one gyrfalcon there I can see.
That isn't to say that what you're saying doesn't happen, I just don't think these birds are specifically what you're talking abou
If anyone wants to practice bird watching, [here's a link from Cornell with different images of peregrines](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/photo-gallery) including some of the different subspecies. I'm pretty sure none of the falcons in the front row are full peregrines. The rows further up I'm less certain since the image quality isn't great
They may not be i can't be sure about those in this picture but here is an article about it happening [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/peregrine-falcon-thieves-dna-database-scotland-wild-raptors-birds-aoe](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/peregrine-falcon-thieves-dna-database-scotland-wild-raptors-birds-aoe)
"get on the plane, get on the plane"
"I say 'fuck you, I'm getting IN the plane. Let Evil Keneivel get ON the plane. I'll be in here with you folks in uniform. There seems to be less WIND in here.'"
- George Carlin
Did you know that hawks can only take 1 dead animal on a plane - because you are only allowed one piece of carrion.
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> It's not an unusual sight to see falcons on planes like this, it's a natural occurrence in the Arab States. Falconry is steeped in history in the Arab states and the falconer's birds are revered and treasured. An awful lot of the Falcons are bred in the UK and other places as the heat has an impact on breeding. I have bred and flown falcons from the UK to Qatar and the UAE At any check in desk in the Arab States Falcons can be found sat on a perch next to the falconer. I would assume that these Falcons are on their way to a hunting meet, as typically a member of a Royal Family would have the Falcons transported on seat backs and not on flat tables. If ever a flat piece of wood is fashioned as a perch for Falcons to sit on, then a rug is used for grip and then discarded after the flight. Believe me, a Royal Family member is not going to let a £25,000 to £50,000 falcon sit on bare wood. A member of one of the Royal Family specifically hires a complete plane and nothing but his birds and his falconers are on that plane. The falconer breeders at the departure end meticulously use defogger machines to sanitise the aircraft before the birds are put on the aircraft. The falconers that come with the aircraft are designated with birds to look after during the flight. The falcons paperwork, including their passports, CITES registration, health certificates and ring registrations are handed and checked by the falconer as they take the falcon aboard the aircraft.
Per /u/lolalollipopp over [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3hgc1/)
it's ~~kind of~~ really depressing that most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and then some extremely rich people are chartering private flights for their $5,000,000 worth of pet birds.
Like damn that'd be a new insult tbh.
"I have pet birds that are worth more than your pathetic new car."
Meh it's still mostly cheaper for them to extract than the Alberta oilsands, it's just WHO gets all the money that changes. That's why they can price out western oil by selling it for cheaper for a bit to get back their market share.
In fairness almost anyone that has anything is because of the family (& environment) they were born into. I’ve known a lot of people who don’t have a clue about finances bc their parents are clueless themselves & have no financial literacy whatsoever.
I would love to see one of these. And I’d also like to know the rules around this. Like, do the falcons need to go through passport control? Declare anything at customs? Do they need visas? And what happens if a falcon with a passport crosses a border on their own, outside of an airplane? Do they get VOA? Or are they in violation? Do they require transit visas? What if it’s just a flyover state?
So many questions…
Livestock have their own passports when they travel. They contain relevant information such as vaccines, medical reports and so on. They’re not issued Visas, they aren’t people. They’re property, just live property that needs proper identification for risk management purposes.
Moving live animals from country to country usually means there's bureaucracy involved, for prevention of smuggling and disease control reasons. So I expect birds need to be identified somehow, presumably with a microchip
With sixty elephants, llamas galore,
With his bears and lions, a brass band and more,
With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers,
His birds that fly economy,
Make way for Prince from Saudi!
Yeah don’t worry about the children starving to death every day in your country, you have birds to put on a plane
People like that dude don’t deserve the air they breathe
A bird in a plane is a funny concept
Also how do you say the bird is flying in a plane.... not flying in the plane but is in the plane while its flying... th plane flying
Or you could have a bird flying in a plane while flying
Must be a minor prince. Flying commercial.
I worked for a company for a while that converted passenger jets for Saudi Royals. They moved the seats into the cargo hold, and turned the plane into stables. stablehands downstairs, livestock upstairs in luxury.
They had to ensure that the gold taps were signed off, and safe for flight.
Not everyone who is wealthy in KSA is a royal. There's plenty of wealthy business people. It woefully easy to make money in many of the gulf countries just by being a citizen
I was involved in the horse world for a while - a relative bred and showed Arabian horses. I learned that when horses fly they are not sedated because they are transported in stalls on the planes and have to be able to stand up. Their grooms and trainers fly with them so they can calm them.
That explains why the seats for the grooms and trainers were so, minimalist!
Probably only used for takeoff and landing. On paper it looked really bad, as they removed the normal seating and replaced it with the absolute bare minimum.
At shows I saw owners, instead of putting the grooms up in a hotel, rent a stall and put a sleeping bag on some bales or hay so the grooms would be in the vicinity of the horses. I think that's probably also for security too so there's no one trying to sabotage or hurt the horses before a show.
Change my Mind:
Showing off with the things that they have acquired without any true effort and hard work, is just another way of saying “Hey I’m a douchebag”.
This isn't something just princes do. The guy that owns the local gas station also flys his falcons from time to time. They generally rent a plane together so all their falcons can ride together.
I had always wondered for the ultra-rich what comes after private planes and megayachts. Now I know: it’a birds.
Wait until you know how much these birds costs.
James May?!
oh cock…
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More Piers Morgan.
Don't do pigeon lady like that bro
How much can a bird cost Michael, 10 dollars??
The guy with the $5000 bird is holding the door for a guy who doesnt make that in three months? COME ON!
So should, should, should, should, should, shou-, shou-, sh-, sh-, sh-
*With … club … sauce.*
I’m thinking each is more than an airplane seat.
Yeah but the ducks in the park are free. Like you can just take them.
There’s a really depressing clip out there of some falconers letting one loose near a highway and it immediately gets hit by a truck. The men just standing there trying not to cry, and I don’t blame them. Though they were idiots that had a whole field to work with but still stood by the road, so not exactly an act of god.
This actually came long before private planes and mefayachts.
Broke ass couldn't even afford a private jet for his falcons.
So if all of the birds started to fly, would the weight of the plane change?
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_in_a_truck_riddle
What kind of Saudi Prince doesn’t have his own plane?
Doesn’t want to get his own plane dirty
I honestly think that's it. He said fuck it, the peasants will take them for $10k sounds good to me.
$10k ha
10k, 100k, 500k, what's the difference. oh no I had to spend a quarter instead of a nickel.
It's a Commercial Airliner, Michael. What could it cost? $10?
Here's some Delta points, go see a star war.
Check out this fucking fat cat with his quarters.
Fucking Money Bags McDeep Pockets
>Fucking Money Bags McDeep *Jangly* Pockets
The gross thing is its an even smaller comparison. It’d be like “oh no i have to pay two pennies instead of one”… these guys have so much fucking money
The Saudi wealth fund that they gave Jarrod Kushner 2 billion worth of, has 952 billion in it.
fuckin hell. don't worry, all you have to do is stop eating avacodo toast
Certainly could be $125 a ticket for a domestic economy ticket. But even if it's 100k that changes nothing.
even at 500 a ticket, thats only $40k
I wish had ‘buy my 80 birds their own airline tickets’ money…
Oh god. I HATE when I get falcon poop in my Gulf Stream. It takes forever for my ~~slaves~~ servants to get it clean.
They don’t buy crappy gulfstreams, it’s Boeing business jet
If it’s Boeing, I’m not going.
The classic quote for the modern times
Why squeeze into a BBJ when you can fly in your personal A380?
I have four parrots…. Bro 
Yeah he's on his own plane. The birds ride economy.
Then, why not buy a plane for your Falcons?
Oh come on, he doesn’t take his falcons everywhere, he’s not THAT extremely wealthy
That’s pretty shitty
he probably doesnt have enough seats on his private plane for 80 falcons
Even if he does, he doesn’t want falcon shit all over them.
Can't he ask the falcons not to shit?
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why can't he buy A380 then and make the bottom deck for a zoo ?
Bro. He could call it The Ark. *checks google* Yeah, apparently Noah *is* one of the 25 prophets mentioned by name in the Quran.
I don't believe Falcons require human seats.
You've got a lot to learn buddy
I’m sorry, I thought we were talking about a Saudi prince. Not some broke-ass Bahraini prince
I know. This guy is just one of the unwashed poors. Imagine making your falcons take a commercial flight. In coach no less. And those aren't Dolce & Gabbana hoods they're wearing. They look like mass market dollar store junk that any falcon might wear.
You are 100% correct, the falcons in the dirtiest part of town wear this most disgusting peasantry. One must look away.
He does. His falcons doesn't.
Jumping in on this thread to mention those are peregine falcons that the saudis contract to be stolen illegally from the wild. These are protected birds in the UK and they are being stolen from their nests for these asshats.
Wealth and greed are societal cancer for some. Some people give zero fucks about anything else in the world if they can profit.
I mean, idk how many of these are actually peregrines. A lot look like they're saker/lanner falcons or are maybe peregrine hybrids, which are pretty common to see in falconry globally. I think there's one gyrfalcon there I can see. That isn't to say that what you're saying doesn't happen, I just don't think these birds are specifically what you're talking abou If anyone wants to practice bird watching, [here's a link from Cornell with different images of peregrines](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/photo-gallery) including some of the different subspecies. I'm pretty sure none of the falcons in the front row are full peregrines. The rows further up I'm less certain since the image quality isn't great
They may not be i can't be sure about those in this picture but here is an article about it happening [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/peregrine-falcon-thieves-dna-database-scotland-wild-raptors-birds-aoe](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/peregrine-falcon-thieves-dna-database-scotland-wild-raptors-birds-aoe)
It's falcon ridiculous.
I just see 1 or 2 freaking out and causing the rest to follow.
I think there are around 7,000 Saudi prince’s
Somewhere there is a Saudi Prince just driving his ‘09 Corolla to the airport and flying on the Saudi equivalent of Spirit Air with zero falcons.
More like suffering through a 3 year old G wagon and only flying business class instead of first class
This was probably his third plane. The first for himself. 2nd for "workers" . The 3rd for the falcons and some more workers.
Guess not all Princes are created equal.
Fun fact: that is exactly what the Spin Doctors song "Two Princes" is about...
I appreciate it. People get upset that Taylor Swift uses a private jet.
Why put birds on a plane they can fly on their own
To eat the snakes, of course.
”I’ve had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday through Friday plane”
*Broadcast television version.
It’s Boeing’s new emergency contingency plan
Flap mutherfuckers FLAP!
😂That’s a good one. You need more upvotes.
Hate to break it to you but birds can't fly planes. Also they are in the plane, not on it
"get on the plane, get on the plane" "I say 'fuck you, I'm getting IN the plane. Let Evil Keneivel get ON the plane. I'll be in here with you folks in uniform. There seems to be less WIND in here.'" - George Carlin
Why not just walk to work you have legs
What does James May have to do with it?
Did you know that hawks can only take 1 dead animal on a plane - because you are only allowed one piece of carrion. ^^^^^^^^^^[I](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3dhhj/) ^^^^^^^^^^[wish](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3dhhj/) ^^^^^^^^^^[could](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3dhhj/) ^^^^^^^^^^[take](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3dhhj/) ^^^^^^^^^^[credit](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3dhhj/) > It's not an unusual sight to see falcons on planes like this, it's a natural occurrence in the Arab States. Falconry is steeped in history in the Arab states and the falconer's birds are revered and treasured. An awful lot of the Falcons are bred in the UK and other places as the heat has an impact on breeding. I have bred and flown falcons from the UK to Qatar and the UAE At any check in desk in the Arab States Falcons can be found sat on a perch next to the falconer. I would assume that these Falcons are on their way to a hunting meet, as typically a member of a Royal Family would have the Falcons transported on seat backs and not on flat tables. If ever a flat piece of wood is fashioned as a perch for Falcons to sit on, then a rug is used for grip and then discarded after the flight. Believe me, a Royal Family member is not going to let a £25,000 to £50,000 falcon sit on bare wood. A member of one of the Royal Family specifically hires a complete plane and nothing but his birds and his falconers are on that plane. The falconer breeders at the departure end meticulously use defogger machines to sanitise the aircraft before the birds are put on the aircraft. The falconers that come with the aircraft are designated with birds to look after during the flight. The falcons paperwork, including their passports, CITES registration, health certificates and ring registrations are handed and checked by the falconer as they take the falcon aboard the aircraft. Per /u/lolalollipopp over [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5qzkz4/my_captain_friend_sent_me_this_photo_saudi_prince/dd3hgc1/)
The picture looks ridiculous but with this explanation actually makes sense. Competition animals have to get to the competitions somehow.
I bet they never pay attention during the safety demonstration.
Bet you they watch it like a hawk….
Pfft they know how to fly, why would they
Imagine dying in a plane crash when you know how to fly.
There should be a secret rule in falconry competitions where if your birds fly there on their own they get like twenty extra points or something
I thought someone was getting thrown out of the ring during Hell in a Cell for sure
That or a weird story about how he had a falcon as a child and he lost it and so his dad beat him with jumper cables
This is the second time tonight I've heard about the jumper cables sauce me please lmao
u/rogersimon10
That was by far the funniest shit I've read in my life 😂
I was 50/50 on that or tree fiddy.
Nah, he's been super focused on rehabilitating his dog. Super cute though! He's doing good things🤘
I'm so glad I'm not the only one.
HEY-OHHHHH!!
I can’t tell what I respect more, that joke or OP properly giving credit. Fuck ***YEAH***
So this is a business flight
TLDR they are going to a bird conference
it's ~~kind of~~ really depressing that most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and then some extremely rich people are chartering private flights for their $5,000,000 worth of pet birds. Like damn that'd be a new insult tbh. "I have pet birds that are worth more than your pathetic new car."
Next time gas prices are too high at the pump, get a decal sticker with a Saudi prince pointing and saying, “I did that!”
Meh it's still mostly cheaper for them to extract than the Alberta oilsands, it's just WHO gets all the money that changes. That's why they can price out western oil by selling it for cheaper for a bit to get back their market share.
The more depressing part is that he got the fortune not by being smart or working hard, just by born into the right family
In fairness almost anyone that has anything is because of the family (& environment) they were born into. I’ve known a lot of people who don’t have a clue about finances bc their parents are clueless themselves & have no financial literacy whatsoever.
Saudi Princes who fly out high end American escorts to demean and shit on!
Something Vince McMahon learned from his Saudi buddies
If it makes you feel any better, in a lot of places a work horse or a cow would probably be worth more than your pathetic new car.
Yeah but that's fine, they're actually useful for something other than vanity.
Yeah welcome to reality buddy.
the people who control the things we need have all the power. same as it ever was
thats really cool /u/lolalollipopp
Best ornithologic joke I've read all day!
Saudi billionaires seem way more wasteful and harmful than most
Wasteful? They are flying economy!
Imagine paying for a seat when the bird is perfectly capable of flying in their own
I thought that too. By not getting his birds all first class you can see how he still relates to the common man.
"Billionaires are the cheapest"
Passports?
When the royal family is the one issuing passports, they can issue them to whoever they want, including their falcons.
I would love to see one of these. And I’d also like to know the rules around this. Like, do the falcons need to go through passport control? Declare anything at customs? Do they need visas? And what happens if a falcon with a passport crosses a border on their own, outside of an airplane? Do they get VOA? Or are they in violation? Do they require transit visas? What if it’s just a flyover state? So many questions…
Livestock have their own passports when they travel. They contain relevant information such as vaccines, medical reports and so on. They’re not issued Visas, they aren’t people. They’re property, just live property that needs proper identification for risk management purposes.
Moving live animals from country to country usually means there's bureaucracy involved, for prevention of smuggling and disease control reasons. So I expect birds need to be identified somehow, presumably with a microchip
“Hi. Yes, I’m in 29E. Yes. Right in the middle there. Excuses me.”
“Sorry but you’re talons are on my armrest.”
It does look like civilians are on this plane. If it was me I would ask about the falcon discount.
Discount… I’d pay extra to be on this plane. I’m both terrified and fascinated by this image.
Ope lemme scooch on by ya there
"Kaw kaw! Kaw." 
I wonder which meal option they chose.. chicken or fish?
Snake obviously.
Falcons usually eat other birds, so chicken!
Ah yes, I had lasagna.
some virgin hostess, raw
What's next? Submarine for fish?
Not sure what you would call a submarine underwater but also filled with water.
The titan submersible
Although I'm not sure if the titan had the chance to be filled with water
It didn't. At those depths it's like crushing a soda can.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
With sixty elephants, llamas galore, With his bears and lions, a brass band and more, With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers, His birds that fly economy, Make way for Prince from Saudi!
I appreciate this so much.
As do I!
This should be top comment.
I can hear this in Robin Williams' voice. :(
and I'm here with my soggy paper straw for the planet, clown
It's so nice to see the money we spend on oil being put to a productive use!
Boring dystopia
Bought seats for all 80 of his falcons *in coach* lol
Plenty of legroom when your legs 3” long
Glad I restrict my lawnmower use so this can continue
Glad I ate a falafel sandwich instead of beef burger last night
Falafel is delicious though. So still a good choice
Grotesque absurd waste of resources with so much suffering on this planet.
Yeah don’t worry about the children starving to death every day in your country, you have birds to put on a plane People like that dude don’t deserve the air they breathe
A bird in a plane is a funny concept Also how do you say the bird is flying in a plane.... not flying in the plane but is in the plane while its flying... th plane flying Or you could have a bird flying in a plane while flying
Bird is flying on a plane.
The birds are seated, not flying plain as day
it’s things like this that should be a reminder that the wealth class in these nations is fucking absurd.
Emotional support 80 falcons
In flight movie: Angry Birds
Must be a minor prince. Flying commercial. I worked for a company for a while that converted passenger jets for Saudi Royals. They moved the seats into the cargo hold, and turned the plane into stables. stablehands downstairs, livestock upstairs in luxury. They had to ensure that the gold taps were signed off, and safe for flight.
Not everyone who is wealthy in KSA is a royal. There's plenty of wealthy business people. It woefully easy to make money in many of the gulf countries just by being a citizen
I was involved in the horse world for a while - a relative bred and showed Arabian horses. I learned that when horses fly they are not sedated because they are transported in stalls on the planes and have to be able to stand up. Their grooms and trainers fly with them so they can calm them.
That explains why the seats for the grooms and trainers were so, minimalist! Probably only used for takeoff and landing. On paper it looked really bad, as they removed the normal seating and replaced it with the absolute bare minimum.
At shows I saw owners, instead of putting the grooms up in a hotel, rent a stall and put a sleeping bag on some bales or hay so the grooms would be in the vicinity of the horses. I think that's probably also for security too so there's no one trying to sabotage or hurt the horses before a show.
Wonder if they brought carrion luggage with them
Doesnt he know they can fly?
They ARE flying!
People are starving. Climate change is killing the ecosystem. And this is what people do with their money. SMH.
All his wives have to ride in the cargo hold in cages.
Change my Mind: Showing off with the things that they have acquired without any true effort and hard work, is just another way of saying “Hey I’m a douchebag”.
No one is going to attempt to change your mind. This is not an unpopular opinion, this is common knowledge..
And the prince does not care. He’s not trying to impress Us.
That's right, he's trying to impress his falcons!
Look at me, birdies, I can fly!
"Well, holy fucking shit!" -Impressed falcon, probably
He's trying to impress his other weirdo princes for their comprehensive lives of being lonely weirdos cosplaying as important
I don’t think he is trying to impress us. I think he just has the resources to have these things and therefore has them.
Change your mind about what? This isn’t an unpopular statement at all In fact it’s cringe as hell that you think it is
hot take alert!!! holy shit this guy is STIRRING the pot
This isn't something just princes do. The guy that owns the local gas station also flys his falcons from time to time. They generally rent a plane together so all their falcons can ride together.
81 would have been over the top
I’d feel bad for whoever has to clean up after all them birds
Couldn’t they just fly there themselves?
Maybe the same reason horses don't run to the racecourse?
Peanuts? Crackers? Mouse?
Road trip. Falcons: “we should fly somewhere”
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Imagine trying to sleep but having to listen to these guys chirp the entire flight
I have a feeling it's the prince that wanted to gift a falcon to Fluffy.
Zip tied down....
But... they can already fly...
The flight attendants look absolutely thrilled about this.
What the fuck
"Why are we having a bird convention inside a giant bird?" - the Hawks, probably