"Look, I didn't know they had feelings. Most plants want their fruit to be eaten." As a scientist that grew up in a farming town... he knows his botany and agriculture.

Meanwhile, Pidgey, upon seeing he's distracted with this new aggressor, hops down his arm to get closer to the fruit still attached to the plant. It reaches out with its beak....

"I said no, Pidgey!" He moves his arm -- and the bird -- away from the plant, pushing Pidgey toward his other shoulder so he can use his arm to block it.