Eli5 Why do birds have such twitchy movement?

Question

Compared to mammals, birds seem to have this jerky, almost robotic quality to the way they move. I was wondering if there’s any explanation for this

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Answer 1

They dont in nature. In the 1960s the government replaced all the birds with drones that twitch and scan their surroundings. Its all part of the massive surveillance state. Wake up birds arent real.