# Help ID this "birdlike" novelty toy **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 3, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059 "2008-02-03T03:46:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/1 "2008-02-03T03:46:53Z")
You’ve probably seen it. It’s usually made to look like a bird on a stick, with a bulb at the bottom of it. It keeps dipping down and putting its beak in a small bowl of liquid. What the hell is this thing called? I can’t even search for it on the internets since I don’t know what the damn thing is called! Apologies for a mundane question, but this is driving me nuts. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/2 "2008-02-03T03:51:15Z")
I believe the most common name is simply [Drinking Bird](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_bird), though I’ve also seen it called a “dipping” or “dippy” bird. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/3 "2008-02-03T03:51:48Z")
That would be the famous [“Drinking Bird”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_bird). (Obligatory Wiki link) ETA: JINX! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/4 "2008-02-03T04:07:06Z")
Buy it from [Think Geek](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/981b/) ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/5 "2008-02-03T04:11:12Z")
Thanks A Million, gang! Now I can sleep tonight 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/6 "2008-02-03T04:22:39Z")
Whatever you do, don’t let it do your job for you, or you’ll wind up with your ass stuck in a nuclear reactor pressure vessel. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/7 "2008-02-03T04:24:18Z")
In the future, they bob for a **really** long time (see _Alien_). ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-birdlike-novelty-toy/436059/8 "2008-02-03T13:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Buy it from [Think Geek](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/981b/) [/QUOTE] Warning going to Think Geek will leave you broke or wanting 100 gadgets.