It is like tossing a bread crumb to the fat lazy birds that gather various parks. You toss it and they go nuts trying to outdo each other to get a crumb.
The little guy can't help himself. He has to jump when he thinks he has an opportunity for a bread crumb of attention that he obviously can't get in real life. "Look at me, Look at me!"
Well, the initial tripod pic sure made me think "here's a guy with mad offhand skills"
