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I remember finding it one day while flipping channels while home sick (it was the Elevator of Death episode), and having no idea what it was. I didn't see it again for a while, and then I saw another episode and was like "wait, this is a whole series?". I also loved the old episodes because I'd spend hours browsing Snopes and seeing all these urban legends they tested.

DAE America is a barbaric wasteland?

Party on.

Killdeer are probably one of the best examples of (kin-selection) altruism, and are pretty common throughout most of North America. The parents will pretend to be injured (broken-wing act) in order to attract predators away from their nests, sometimes getting quite close to the predator, making a lot of noise, and flapping around on the ground. Once the predator takes the bait and follows the parent, they'll miraculously heal and fly away to safety.

I've personally had a killdeer perform a broken-wing act on me while working on a project in an area which serves as breeding ground for many shorebirds and wetland birds.

Here is a good video of it (not mine). You can see how the mother first attempts to simply distract the "predator", and then miraculously develops broken wings when that fails. When that also fails, she runs straight at the "predator" in the hopes that they'll chase her as an easy target.

Your sister is your wife's dog?