Parakeets

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• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh so this is cause of concern outside of Australia? Wait until you hear about budgie smugglers mate

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even with Australia’s strict biosecurity enforcement we are powerless to stop the budgie smugglers.

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    • IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t understand. What’s so offensive about showing a little sock?

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I always forget the rest of the world doesn’t seem to know about the insane number of parrots we have. Then a tourist sees a cocky or a flock of rosellas and loses their shit.

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  • lseif@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    tbh i would also lose my mind if a local told me to “look out for a cock-or-two”

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      be aware that in certain suburbs they are most definitely not talking about birds

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  • Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hell yeah, I get swarms of king parrots turn up and they’re majestic.

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• einlander@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Should look up the Australian Budgie Smuggler species.

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  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Real terrifying one, that. Anything and everything flies in Australia.

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  • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s cocks, isn’t it?

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No. It’s Speedos.

      In the analogy, budgies are cocks.

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• paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How are they even still alive? Australia seems like such a dangerous place, I wouldn’t expect something like parakeets to survive long. Do they just breed like rabbits and survive through quantity?

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  • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Parrots are smart motherfuckers.

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not only smart, but they can fight like hell!

      There aren’t many creatures that attack parrots.

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  • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You would be surprised at the amount of attitude birds have here. Usually magpies get a gangsta reputation but do you know who nobody messes up with? Lorikeets.

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    • Aecosthedark@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except noisy miners and indian Mynas. Cunts of birds.

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re also great at communicating info about predators across a large group and distracting said predators to get as many budgies away as possible. And they’re very good at maneuvering in the air, a lot of birds of prey that rely on speed over agility can’t turn as quickly

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  • ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, pretty much. They are considered pests down there. Imagine a swarm of locusts descending on your farm, except the locusts are each the size of your hand and are intelligent enough to work together when committing crimes. That’s how Australian farmers see budgies.

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    • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They certainly have an appropriate colour scheme for it, too

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  • Infynis@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Turns out being small, and able to fly, is pretty cool

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  • rbits@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like Australia isn’t as dangerous as you think it is

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• tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What else have people learned through Bluey?

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  • Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What a bin chicken is, what sherbet is in Australia, there are more I can’t think of at the moment.

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    • rbits@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do you not have sherbet in america/europe?

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pavlova doesn’t exist in the states anywhere I’ve ever been.

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  • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Australian slang.

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  • lordmauve@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have learned that there are animals called potoroos and bilbies.

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• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You don’t have parakeets in euromerica?

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  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s a population of parakeets living in the wild in Bridgeport, Connecticut that escaped from a pet shop delivery truck

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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    English cities are surprisingly full of parakeets recently.

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• Neato@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cockatiels, too. They flock! Imagine the sound.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TIL that a budgie is just a small parrot.

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