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More than a dipper

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s a great album cover

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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  • Fusselwurm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    as per Wikipedia, that bird eats insects, not fish

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    • kadotux@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Why is it underwater then?

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    • 87Six@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m willing to bet that if I were a fish and swam next to it, that motherfucker would try to peck out my eyes and eat them

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      • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Not even for sustenance. Just out of principle

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    • 87Six@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Idk I’d be terrified as a fish too

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  • Town@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Those feather are rather water repellent.

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  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    YOU HAVE BEEN INVADED

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The Dipper is one of the only songbirds that actually swims and dives fully underwater.

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  • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Birds are denser than water??

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    • thenextguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not a witch, then.

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      • Hupf@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

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    • Sphks@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      From the French Wikipedia page, it goes against the current, using its wings, body and tail to force it to the bottom of the river.

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  • agingelderly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not to mention their food might be a trap, too, and next thing you know you’re stuck on a line with a barbed hook in your face

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    • toynbee@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Hey, I think Futurama made a documentary about that.

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  • PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I was reminded of this picture, kind of:
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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    water > dino > bird > water, full cycle!

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  • Glifted@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    To be fair this is basically how sharks work for us

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    • WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not really since we enter their realm and they give us what for. This is more akin to walking to the local shop for a snack and getting scooped up and carried away by a giant eagle

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      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Speak for yourself! Last time I went for a walk to get a snack at the local shop, I got scooped up by a giant shark and carried back to the water!

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    • Findus_Falke@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      …but only in Sharknado.

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  • FundMECFS@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sometimes the Fishies get their Revenge

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  • Damaskox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I can so see this bird’s evolution going water-based if given enough time.

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  • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So is this is the fish equivalent of Bigfoot? Or like space aliens?

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    • addie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s a creature that comes from an environment where we cannot survive, and drags us back into its realm to eat us. I was thinking more the kraken, but maybe ‘space cthulhu’-type aliens work too.

      Don’t think Bigfoot is a particularly violent chap? Maybe a Wendigo night be a better match.

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      • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Someone said this bird eats insects, so it’s not violent for the fish at least.

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