Nothing to see here. Just a pine cone.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Hey guys, check out what happens when you toss a pinecone in the fire!”

  chucks bird; bird screams; tries to fly off; sets woods on fire

  “Huh… Usually they just kinda pop…”

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  • oxideseven@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Biologist here,
    that pinecone pop is always fun, cus it’s like unintentional biology lesson time when people do it.

    It’s by “design” (evolution) that they do that. So that the specific species can spread.

    It’s why fires are important for forests. Just you know not like 90 trillion fires in 1 summer…

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  • ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    😱

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• West_of_West@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The squirrels in my area like to eat pine cones…

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  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They probably like to eat baby birds, too. They’re a lot more vicious than people give them credit for.

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    • zout@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Guess what a cuckoo chick does to the other birds in the nest.

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    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t fool yourselves, a squirrel would murder you and everyone you loved given the chance

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  • Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I eat pine cones…

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    • deadkuntgud@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You also eat crayons isnt it

      Piece of shit

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah but if they try you can just peck at his eyes until he stops. Give hem the old HEY SHITASS D’YA MIND?

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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Man fuck cuckoos. Raise your own children, you little fucking parasites.

  I mean they literally lay their eggs in another bird’s nest, and then the chick kicks out the other eggs when it hatches, so that another bird mom will think it’s their own and mistakenly raise it, while screwing over the other chicks before they even have a chance to be born.

  I wish these fuckers would go extinct.

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  • CidVicious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nest parasitism is not unique to cuckoos and you can’t really put a value judgement on evolution. Brown-headed cowbirds are the most common nest parasites in North America. There’s lots of species where the parents kill their own children if they either think they aren’t strong enough to survive or if the food supply is too insecure to care for them. It’s just nature.

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    • DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      you can’t really put a value judgement on evolution

      I can and I will and you can’t stop me!

      (/s for safety)

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can and I will. No /s. I’m 100% serious.

      Its pure evil and proof there is no god. I wish all parasitic creatures would fuck off and die. The world is fucked up enough as-is.

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  • webp@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fair, but let’s not extinct another species because of how we feel about its adaptations.

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah but then what would the Swiss use for clocks? Seagulls?

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    • DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean it sure would sound hilarious.

      "Tik tok tik tok tik tok kchchch AAAAAAAHH!!!”

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• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, great! Now you told them! Poor guy is going to need a new hiding place now

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• quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So that’s why I’ve never seen one!

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thought this was two pine cones until I read the description.

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• blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Does anyone have a source for this besides memes? I did not find anything 😢

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