Lil dude definitely just saw his evil plan play out perfectly

There’s a searchable list of lemmy communities at https://lemmyverse.net/communities

Edit: which I’ve realized doesn’t answer your question about the internet at large, but hopefully still helps

It’s generally frowned upon. Birds spend their lives collecting enough energy (food, water) to survive (find more food, defend territory, mate, etc). If a bird reacts to a fake call, it’s wasting energy that could’ve been used for something actually useful, which lowers the bird’s chance of survival.