Today, Matt Lauer Has A Bird On His Head

The Today show can usually be counted on for at least one amusing, Internet ready clip. As you can see from the photo to the left, this morning they did not disappoint.

During a segment on water animals, a scarlet ibis (an type of red, exotic bird for those of you not acquainted with Ornithology) took flight and found a perch on Matt Lauer‘s head.

Lauer handled it like a champ, only freaking out a little bit when the bird’s handler fed it a fish and its rather sharp looking claws dug into his head. He either remained oblivious to, or decided to accept the fact that his balding head was squarely the focus of the shot as the camera zoomed in on the action.

Ann Curry fit in a joke about Lauder being obsessed with Purell, Lauer politely refused the offer for another bird topper, missed an obvious joke about Kate Middleton/crazy hats and shared that the bird must have “mistook me for a turtle”.

All in all, classic Today silliness that maybe tops that time Al Roker pretended like he was in Dirty Dancing.

Watch the clip below:

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