Wtf is that sticking out of its head
Bellbirds
Submitted 4 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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GreatRam@lemmy.world 4 months ago
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Never seen a goober-flange before?
CluckN@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s a Wattle
Followupquestion@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The slave owning flying guy from Tatooine with a gambling problem?
Etterra@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thank you for watching; we will now go off the air until 6am.
Bellbird: deep breath…
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 months ago
Wattle seems like a made up word. Snood too.
mrcleanup@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean, yeah, they all are.
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I love evolution. I think it’s hilarious that these birds evolved to look like they tried to snort the bundle of hair that’s been clogging my shower since 2020.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 months ago
At least one of them:
mononomi@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Apparently one of the loudest bird calls out there
It looks and sounds like an alien
Blackout@kbin.run 4 months ago
Wow, it's just like a CNC shop, rapid cutting 6061
veganpizza69@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The sound would make for a great emergency alarm system in case of natural disasters or air raids.
cornshark@lemmy.world 4 months ago
But not in the areas where it lives
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I think it was connecting to dialup
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Must be super rare, is there even one recording with multiple of those birds at once?