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even death thinks twice about getting close to gaston.
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Nov 28, 2015 03:36
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Only Gnosis preens Eris; Hubris hangs out with her, but he likes her less. Also: Eris is a bit of a shrimp and both budgies are English, we think.
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Nov 28, 2015 03:58
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DarkHorse posted:Are Dyson vacuums really worth it? They've always struck me as overpriced and unnecessarily complicated vacuums. My wife picked out a Shark vacuum and it has been fantastic, and as an engineer I can really appreciate how well it's designed. It has all that same stuff: canister to empty dust, attachments that ride with the vacuum, detachable as a hand unit, and it's light but powerful. The only maintenance I've had to do is occasionally clean out the filter/sponge for the fine particulates. SaNChEzZ posted:We've got the dc41 animal as well as the little hand cannon cordless thing, I'll never buy another vacuum ever. I can only speak for my personal experience, I intend to replace my Dyson with a Dyson if it ever gives up. I may be swayed, a lot of improvements have been made to vacuums in the past 8 years, but as of today they have a repeat customer should it come up. It's long and boring, I can't find the video editor in youtube anymore. Very repetitive after the first 30 seconds or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtnFlfinF-8 H110Hawk fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Nov 28, 2015 |
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Nov 28, 2015 04:13
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I built Bobby a hut out of seagrass that kinda mimics the hives wild Quakers live in and all he's done for the last few hours is sit in it and scream
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Nov 28, 2015 04:25
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I was mid-scritch session with Kiwi when I noticed her eyelids had turned pink. Nandays do blush! For some reason it was very gratifying to know that I was satisfactorily scritching. Now to see if I can get my GCC to blush.
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Nov 28, 2015 04:41
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Potato Salad posted:I have been asked to think of an explaination. Okay. That poo poo's awesome and it's setting off the part of my brain that makes me want to write things. 
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Nov 28, 2015 07:14
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Potato Salad posted:I have been asked to think of an explaination. "How am I going to get past this bird?" Great picture by the way. Very strange. Very awesome.
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Nov 28, 2015 14:45
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Nov 28, 2015 17:07
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(mind fried by cuteness)
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Nov 28, 2015 17:08
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aaaaaa he's on your finger
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Nov 28, 2015 18:01
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So I'm writing a fantasy story which birds will play a role. I'd appreciate any antidotes about "smart bird, best bird!", or... well, anything really! Plan to have them be one of my key fantastic creatures and they are based upon Magpies as a starting point. So hit me goons with your cutesy, smarty bird tales so I may draw upon your experiences.
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Nov 28, 2015 18:55
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Thyrork posted:So I'm writing a fantasy story which birds will play a role. I'd appreciate any antidotes about "smart bird, best bird!", or... well, anything really! Plan to have them be one of my key fantastic creatures and they are based upon Magpies as a starting point. Depending on how smart they are, as someone generally interested in non-pet birds I'd recommend looking into real-world examples of crows and ravens being intelligent, because they're smarter than the average player in World of Warcraft: crows and ravens have been observed not simply talking to each other and using tools, but outright teaching each other how to make and use tools, avoid poison and traps, and which people will feed them versus which are mean to them, and this has been observed to spread across entire national populations of the birds.
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Nov 28, 2015 19:09
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Cythereal posted:Depending on how smart they are, as someone generally interested in non-pet birds I'd recommend looking into real-world examples of crows and ravens being intelligent, because they're smarter than the average player in World of Warcraft: crows and ravens have been observed not simply talking to each other and using tools, but outright teaching each other how to make and use tools, avoid poison and traps, and which people will feed them versus which are mean to them, and this has been observed to spread across entire national populations of the birds. Yup! This is why I'm basing them on Corvids as a base!
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Nov 28, 2015 19:12
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What a wet floofy birb
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Nov 28, 2015 19:17
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Just want people to go back and check which bird is featured in my photos above, then realise the significance of this:LITERALLY A BIRD posted:aaaaaa he's on your finger 
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Nov 28, 2015 19:45
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Turns out you need to douse the fires of righteous fury in order to finally handle Inko  Congrats Battle Pigeon!
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Nov 28, 2015 20:03
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Story should be "the adventures of Gaston" tbh.
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Nov 28, 2015 20:10
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learnincurve posted:Story should be "the adventures of Gaston" tbh. Like Martin the Warrior but with cockatoos instead of rodents edit: and this could be the book cover i poop fire fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Nov 28, 2015 |
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Nov 28, 2015 20:12
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DarkHorse posted:Turns out you need to douse the fires of righteous fury in order to finally handle Inko You understand Yeah, wouldn't have dared if he hadn't just had a relaxing spa bath, but he was so chill about being shuffled down on to my hand I just thought "gently caress it", picked him up and put him on my finger-and as you can see everything is still attached and intact SUPER BLURRY IN ACTION SHOT  He has a crazy strong death grip with the toes he can use! (Doesn't count as him finally being tame and a successful project until he does it when the conure fire is burning/when dry)
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Nov 28, 2015 20:55
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a mission success
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Nov 29, 2015 00:59
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Dreggon posted:a mission success you should douse gaston in water and try this trick
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Nov 29, 2015 01:50
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Thyrork posted:So I'm writing a fantasy story which birds will play a role. I'd appreciate any antidotes about "smart bird, best bird!", or... well, anything really! Plan to have them be one of my key fantastic creatures and they are based upon Magpies as a starting point. Obviously there should be something about the horror that is magpies in swooping season.
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Nov 29, 2015 02:07
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Last time a magpie tried to swoop me because I was saying hello to one of its little fledglings, I didn't react and it bounced off my head. I guess it was expecting me to cower in fear and run away. Magpies aren't scary.
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Nov 29, 2015 02:17
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Patrovsky posted:Obviously there should be something about the horror that is magpies in swooping season. They don't swoop at you if you feed them every now and then. Just pay your protection crackers and you'll be fine.
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Nov 29, 2015 03:46
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You feed them every now and then and they not only not swoop you to protect their babies, they bring their babies down to show them off to you as proud parents.
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Nov 29, 2015 03:48
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Sekkira posted:You feed them every now and then and they not only not swoop you to protect their babies, they bring their babies down to show them off to you as proud parents. yep they do the ehhhh ehhhh eeeeehhhhhhhh noise too when they want to be fed
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Nov 29, 2015 03:53
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Sekkira posted:You feed them every now and then and they not only not swoop you to protect their babies, they bring their babies down to show them off to you as proud parents. My aunt gave the local maggies some food and now every morning they drop their babbies off at her door and go enjoy themselves while she is forced to babysit. Fucken freeloader birds 
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Nov 29, 2015 04:30
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:My aunt gave the local maggies some food and now every morning they drop their babbies off at her door and go enjoy themselves while she is forced to babysit. Fucken freeloader birds Why can't there be magpies where I live? I want that. I want freeloader birds dropping off their babies for me to babysit. I will babysit all the baby birds. Oh my GAWD! 
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Nov 29, 2015 04:39
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Dreggon posted:they do the ehhhh ehhhh eeeeehhhhhhhh noise too when they want to be fed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh4KRukkM3o&t=6s Australian magpies aren't corvids, but they seem so superficially similar in many ways.
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Nov 29, 2015 08:46
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Australian magpies are fuckin' cute Just like Australian possums, which are not the plastic-eared horror monsters that they are in the US. Judah is mad that I left town for a few days. Sorry Judah.
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Nov 29, 2015 09:08
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Australian magpies will sit on your knee and wait for you to hand shell them a sunflower seed, then take it from your hand and patiently wait for you to shell the next one for them.
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Nov 29, 2015 10:37
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Mizuti posted:Australian magpies aren't corvids eh? thought they were GoldStandardConure posted:Australian magpies will sit on your knee and wait for you to hand shell them a sunflower seed, then take it from your hand and patiently wait for you to shell the next one for them. mine didnt
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Nov 29, 2015 10:48
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Pion had a shower today, and I think he actually enjoyed it! He jumped onto my head after I was done shampooing and rinsing, didn't fly away when I squatted down, and didn't try to avoid the water when I slowly nudged myself under the shower. He sat there for a while and shuffled around a bit, not that I could see what he was doing.   Little birb is growing up
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Nov 29, 2015 11:06
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Australian magpies sound coolnielsm posted:Pion had a shower today, and I think he actually enjoyed it! Brave bird! Get a shower perch for the future. Dreggon posted:a mission success Not until I can do it when he's dry
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Nov 29, 2015 11:41
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I have cranky birds, potatoes want the light out as soon as it starts to get dark which is about 3:30pm at the moment and it's messing with thier heads.
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Nov 29, 2015 12:10
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There is the cutest Crimson-bellied Conure ever for sale in the local ads-it's totally tame too, the photos show it lying in hands and being hugged and everything. It's name is something like "Poppy", but I'm not certain since it's like a nickname variation of the word (like bird could be birdie) or something. £107/$161 including cage and all it has in the world. If only 
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Nov 29, 2015 14:08
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So, my Senegal just up chucked on my hand and from everything I've read it is regurgitation rather than vomiting (he bobbed his head a few times and spat up three sticky white barely digested seeds) but what confuses me a little is that I thought regurgitating was supposed to be a courtship behaviour, except my bird is only four months old. Is it a thing that they might sometimes do as a sign of affection outside of that too?
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Nov 29, 2015 14:53
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Yes. And there's a difference between regurgitation and vomiting afaik. Regurgitation is stuff that's chewed up and stored for later, vomiting is the stuff that's started to be actually digested just being forcefully ejected.
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GoldStandardConure posted:Australian magpies will sit on your knee and wait for you to hand shell them a sunflower seed, then take it from your hand and patiently wait for you to shell the next one for them. nielsm posted:
LOOK AT THE WET POTATO BABY LOOK AT HIMMMMM
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