Eli5 Why do birds have such twitchy movement?

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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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Those are the ones that are suffering from addiction, bless their souls.

No, but really, the ones that tend to do that are typically lower on the food chain and they’re kinda on “look out for predator” mode by default, and switch between “oh, look, a snack!” mode and “oh, look, a potential mate!” mode the rest of the time. They have a really weird field of vision so they’re turning their heads constantly to see what’s around them. They’re like little balls of anxiety fueled by ADHD.

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