I think there’s oil in that there yard.
Megafauna
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Rolando@lemmy.world 5 months ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Cue red tailed hawk screaming in the distance
Alteon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Please correct me if I’m wrong…but I’m fairly certain that’s a vulture.
geogle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Seems like an eagle to me. At least in North America, Bald eagles can be considerably larger than vultures. Oh and baldies are also carrion eaters.
marcos@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Does the US have unusually small vultures? Mexican vultures are famous, and much larger than a bald eagle, but even here in Brazil our vultures are about the size of a bald eagle.
DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I think so too. The pic on the left its easier to see its head.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Thought the title said “Magafauna”, which also works
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 5 months ago
Well, no, not really. Back during the 2016 election don poorleon did a photoshoot with a bald eagle and the bird attacked him. I still love the pure symbolism there, the symbol of American democracy considered him a threat.
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Was that before or after the Birdie incident?
BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 5 months ago
DEMOCRACY!
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How about a nice cup of Liber-TEA?!!
Shareni@programming.dev 5 months ago
OLIGARCHY!
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Omg - just looked up eagle wingspan and it’s wider than the height of any human I’ve ever met
Bloobish@hexbear.net 5 months ago
I wanna pet it and feed it canned clam bits
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Griffin?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 months ago
there’s some freaky perspective shit going on there. They’re big. but they’re not economy car big.
Forester@yiffit.net 5 months ago
The wingsman can easily be 8 to 9 ft if it’s female
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Look at the first picture, wings aren’t spread. The largest baldies are recorded as having 8 foot wingspans- in alaska. They tend to be smaller closer to the equator.
For comparison, if that’s a Hyundai Elantra behind it, it’s 15 feet long. (Close enough for 4 doors whatever it is.)
groet@feddit.de 5 months ago
Yeah the bird is on a flat roof maybe a garage or something similar on the same height or slightly below the window
Forester@yiffit.net 5 months ago
Brother, the eagle is standing on grass
xpinchx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah whatever surface it’s on, it’s slightly elevated. It’s a big bird but there’s some optical illusion going on.
groknull@programming.dev 5 months ago
Need banana for scale
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Moped big at most, since we’re measuring in vehicles.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 months ago
E-bike is the best I can do.