Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Ariong
Jun 25, 2012

Get bashed, platonist!


50% boi
50% grl
100% FURY

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

The people who say there are only two genders start sweating.

Winklebottom
Dec 19, 2007


these are always neat



Winklebottom has a new favorite as of 12:59 on Oct 9, 2020

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang




Nice!

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_qi1wzbnHfN1r0uzl6.mp4

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/LRayner_/status/1315564367136526341

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/gm3UKW6.mp4

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/htjarzt.mp4

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/MmichaelLlucy/status/1316216772563857408

BetterLekNextTime
Jul 22, 2008

It's all a matter of perspective...
Grimey Drawer

"Now fuckin' crash-land so I can eat"

Helith
Nov 5, 2009

Basket of Adorables



That's so cool, despite having loads of lorikeets living in the trees around us I have never seen a baby one. They must keep them well hidden away in the nests.

EoinCannon
Aug 29, 2008

Grimey Drawer
They nest in tree hollows so you'd probably never see them

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



Sound:
https://i.imgur.com/q9r6aUX.mp4

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

BetterLekNextTime posted:

"Now fuckin' crash-land so I can eat"

Lol!
I was like, “yeah that buzzards is stoked about the new bird-people friends it just made, cause buzzards are nice.” Your thought is better.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Mauser
Dec 16, 2003

How did I even get here, son?!
whatever the veracity of that turkey story and Benjamin Franklin is, I think it's going in the right direction for America's national animal, but def shoulda put the raccoon on there instead. still native the NA, but likes to grab stuff, unafraid of very dangerous situations, sometimes gets rabies and viciously attacks everything

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
America’s national animal ought to be the grizzly bear.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/teamswiftparrot/status/1316629011569635328

Phy
Jun 27, 2008



Fun Shoe

Platystemon posted:

America’s national animal ought to be the grizzly bear.

The Russian brown bear isn't particularly grizzled but given the last four years it's a decent fit

Winklebottom
Dec 19, 2007


I know it's just a facebook bait image but I'll bite:

Steller's sea eagle/Philippine eagle/White-tailed eagle are the largest eagles by weight/length/wingspan
Bald eagles are nowhere near the smallest eagles
All birds can see in UV and IR
The heaviest load ever flown by an eagle was a bald eagle with a mule deer fawn
Plenty of eagles have smashed drones, including bald eagles

Angry! Angry about eagles!!

The smallest eagle in the world, the Great Nicobar serpent eagle



Steller's sea eagle

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Stellar’s sea eagle, the harpy eagle, and the crowned eagle have all been implicated in credible attacks on human children.

The Philippine monkey‐eating eagle is also very suspect.

Helith
Nov 5, 2009

Basket of Adorables


Australia has Magpies that will peck out your eyes for not giving them food.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-15/magpie-attacks-both-eyes-leaving-gippsland-man-hospitalised/12767868

Helith
Nov 5, 2009

Basket of Adorables


To make up for my above post being gory, have a livestream of some Peregrine Falcon chicks in Melbourne

https://www.367collinsfalcons.com.au/

RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

Bald eagles also eat a lot of carrion and garbage.

And they rob osprey regularly because they're bigger but osprey are better at catching fish.

distortion park
Apr 25, 2011


RoboRodent posted:

Bald eagles also eat a lot of carrion and garbage.

And they rob osprey regularly because they're bigger but osprey are better at catching fish.

Lots of birds are incredible thieves, even within their own species. Gulls constantly steal things they've found in the surf off each other

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

pointsofdata posted:

Lots of birds are incredible thieves, even within their own species. Gulls constantly steal things they've found in the surf off each other


https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/wildlife-photographer-shocked-to-find-seagulls-fighting-over-a-dildo/

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

pointsofdata posted:

Lots of birds are incredible thieves, even within their own species. Gulls constantly steal things they've found in the surf off each other

I once threw a slice of bread to a flock of seagulls and it turned into a cartoon chase scene with one gull flying with the slide of bread in its beak followed by the entire flock slow-motion chasing it.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Building puzzles for sulphur crested cockatoos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lgWcGIoSVA

Unkempt
May 24, 2003

...perfect spiral, scientists are still figuring it out...
Bald eagles are basically trash parrots.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I once threw a slice of bread to a flock of seagulls and it turned into a cartoon chase scene with one gull flying with the slide of bread in its beak followed by the entire flock slow-motion chasing it.

I once watched a couple jackdaws bickering over a big lump of bread, fighting over which one gets to peck pieces off it. This went on for a good couple minutes, until this big-rear end raggedy crow just barged in, chomped the whole lump of bread and carried it away, leaving the jackdaws to just kinda mill about like "well, poo poo". Some real-life Aesop poo poo.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/wildambience/status/1317691935323164672

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
What’s the point of mimicry that advanced?

“Let’s see here. There’s either an entire goddamn menagerie in that bush, including nocturnal species that are uncharacteristically awake right now, or there’s one lyrebird.” :thunk:

I know they don’t have to fool humans, just dumb beasts, but there has to be a better way.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Platystemon posted:

What’s the point of mimicry that advanced?

“Let’s see here. There’s either an entire goddamn menagerie in that bush, including nocturnal species that are uncharacteristically awake right now, or there’s one lyrebird.” :thunk:

I know they don’t have to fool humans, just dumb beasts, but there has to be a better way.

Getting laid. Lyrebird ladies dig a dude who can sing a complex song that reminds them of home and the sounds they'd hear there.

RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

Yeah, that's the lyre bird equivalent of showing up for a date dressed to the nines with a bouquet of intricately folded origami flowers. It's both hot and impressive as hell.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Fun fact. Any time you see a species of animal looking or acting in some bizarre way it boils down to one reason.

Getting laid.

You might say to yourself "hold on there Inceltown, some behaviours are actually to give them an advantage against nature / predators" to which I say to you. You fool, you imbecile. Those behaviours are to keep it alive long enough to get laid.











Birds wanna get their gently caress on and will go to great lengths to make sure that they do.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
People like to say that the mind is the person and the body is a mere instrument. The reality is that our brains evolved as pilots for our genitals.






bonus:

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
It shouldn't be a big surprise that lyrebirds are Australian. They put the 'tails' on the 10 cent coin.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/ah5DkmO.mp4

ynohtna
Feb 16, 2007

backwoods compatible
Illegal Hen
I've learnt some new things (to me) about birbs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ZQaAaYzr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuWi_ODAgo

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

Platystemon posted:

People like to say that the mind is the person and the body is a mere instrument. The reality is that our brains evolved as pilots for our genitals.






bonus:



To be entirely fair, sometimes the singing translates to "this patch of trees is my patch of trees and I'll gently caress you up if you try anything," but having a nice patch of trees full of things to eat is something the ladies are very interested in.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply