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[Neet Tokusatsu]

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What a weird lemon

 

[Blop]

This article moved me almost to tears.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/magazine/what-does-a-parrot-know-about-ptsd.html

 

[XYZpdq]

They DO exist, they are are called potoo

iirc these are some younger ones that were at Seaworld
I might have posted this already but the fourth one on the right makes it worth it

 

[Monolith]

 

[DrunkenDozing]

Met this guy on my way to work one day.

 

[Roast Chicken]

Baby budgies. Completely unbothered by this dude.

 

[Pee Cola]

This just came up in my YouTube feed. Thank you for restoring my faith in your algorithms, YT ... if only temporarily.

 

[omori]

Took her out to get her nails trimmed yesterday and the guy who did it botched it and sprained one of her toes. Took her to a vet and was told if it didn’t sort itself out in a week to bring her back for a splint. She’s not showing any major distress; still climbing and mischief making at a slower pace, just irritation if I fuss over her.

 

[Pee Cola]

In these challenging times, let us take a moment to pause and reflect on the fact that at least birbs aren't being bent over and sodomised by the Coronapocalypse.

 

[Positron]

In these challenging times, let us take a moment to pause and reflect on the fact that at least birbs aren't being bent over and sodomised by the Coronapocalypse.

They have their bird flu to contend with.

 

[Pee Cola]

They have their bird flu to contend with.

Many birbs are kinda used it by now, though.

 

[XYZpdq]

now that there's a curfew from 11 to 5 in my neck of the woods some owl in my neighborhood has decided it's clearly his terrain now and is regularly letting anybody within earshot know

 

[BroccoliBrain]

This just came up in my YouTube feed. Thank you for restoring my faith in your algorithms, YT ... if only temporarily.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0Da8ZhKcNKQ

What a supreme champion.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

This just came up in my YouTube feed. Thank you for restoring my faith in your algorithms, YT ... if only temporarily.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0Da8ZhKcNKQ

I love these guys' videos. They take very good care of their ducks (and turtle), to the point that they willingly turn their back yard into a muddy marsh just to give them something to play around in and forage like wild ducks. The male duck does a savage PROTECC if his lady feels threatened or simply irritated, which is really cute.

 

[Mr. Skeltal]

The coolest birds were the phorusrhacids (the terrorbirds). From stress testing 3D models made by scanning intact skulls, paleontologists determined that their giant beaks were not used to grab prey, but to peck it to death and with great force. The largest recorded species, Titanis walleri, was native to North America and is speculated to have survived into the Pliocene along the Gulf Coast. It was also speculated to be taller than the average man with a probable obligate carnivore lifestyle.



Their closest living relatives, the seriemas, often kill snakes in a very phorusrhacid manner, slamming the snake onto the ground until the snake dies. Unlike phorusrhacids, seriema beaks can effectively grab struggling prey, so they can be extra viscous with their snake slamming.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

Heard a weird splashing noise outside my window and caught this lil' guy taking a bath.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

The coolest birds were the phorusrhacids (the terrorbirds). From stress testing 3D models made by scanning intact skulls, paleontologists determined that their giant beaks were not used to grab prey, but to peck it to death and with great force. The largest recorded species, Titanis walleri, was native to North America and is speculated to have survived into the Pliocene along the Gulf Coast. It was also speculated to be taller than the average man with a probable obligate carnivore lifestyle.

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Their closest living relatives, the seriemas, often kill snakes in a very phorusrhacid manner, slamming the snake onto the ground until the snake dies. Unlike phorusrhacids, seriema beaks can effectively grab struggling prey, so they can be extra viscous with their snake slamming.

They look like

 

[A Grey Cat]

Did you know emus were used as a model refference for the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.

 

[WarJams]

I think the bird nerds writing for National Audubon have been sequestered inside for too long hiding from the Wu Flu.

When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide

The internet meme has been around for seven years now, so it's high time we establish some ground rules.

www.audubon.org

What’s the Difference Between a ‘Borb’ and a ‘Floof’?

Now that we know what constitutes a birb, it's time to break down the internet's other two nicknames for birds.

www.audubon.org

 

[Sundae]