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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Krankenstyle posted:

magpie(?) doing some autodial songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZhZV3Twm8

not sure if fake but if so its pretty well done

100% real. That really is what they sound like.

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Tendai posted:

That's what happens when a bee and a hummingbird get it on. The most adorable abomination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiyZmQhuM4w

ed; read the rest of the thread you silly leviathan

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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There was a recent r/relationships thread post about a couple who bought a gosling to raise for meat but the boyfriend bonded with it. This kind of thing happens all the time, the Pinchy episode of The Simpsons is 100% truth.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Peacocks are sometimes kept as pets in goddamn Australia, one roadhouse on the drive up to Uluru has some just roaming around.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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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.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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I'm pretty sure my response would be along the lines of my usual "Hey bird. Hey bird. Hey bird. Hey bird. Hey bird..."

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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I know that's just what birbs look like underneath, but jeez, that poor birb's neck.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Pookah posted:

:neckbeard: My No. 1 favorite corvids!!!

:goonsay: but Australian: they're actually butcherbirds!

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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There's a porg joke in there, because porgs were digitally edited over the puffins that they weren't allowed to disturb on the filming site, so they decided to incorporate them into the movie.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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This sounds like a toy laser gun I used to have as a kid.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Tawny frogmouths only get more muppet as adults.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Oh yes. Probably the most famous one is the kookaburra.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Reminds me of videos of Australian birds getting fed seed and a kookaburra shows up just to bully the other birds. Kookaburras are carnivores.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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It's almost easy to forget the drat things are rainbows with wings and bolt cutters for faces.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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We got those cockies around here literally right outside my door, had americans on voice chat ask what the gently caress the noise was when they scream.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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They all look like weird dwarf kookaburras to me.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Australian magpies are actually butcherbirds, blame English colonial idiots.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Coxswain Balls posted:

lol I got to the video and it's like a 2 out of 10 on the angry goose scale. Every time she moves the blanket goose is all "please let me pass by". It's not even a Canada variant which automatically starts at 4 most of the time.

That makes it so much funnier.

Of course, geese aren't the only ones who become panicky and hostile when what they perceive as their space is invaded.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Cactus? More like lovebird condo.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Walking with rhythm to attract the worms indeed.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Cythereal posted:

That's hunting behavior. Scientists think that the woodcocks' irregular movement and bouncing around is supposed to make worms and other underground bugs think it's raining and thus safe to come to the surface where the bird grabs them.

In other words, they walk with rhythm to attract the worm.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Metroid Dread players just got shivers.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyk-IhspNQI&t=33s

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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That bird is wearing a nudibranch

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Not sure whether the caption should be 'Gone fishin? Me too!' or outright styling on you.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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It should be obvious by now but apparently the people who name birds are just plain bent.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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That feels like the intro to an electronic track.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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The Mighty Ducks got a way to go.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Teenage birbs all seem to look just like the adults except slightly scruffier, and constantly helplessly screaming for food which they apparently have the appetite of a forest fire for. ...okay, not much different.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Something similar with dogs who can't be unsupervised around certain kinds of people, trauma and socialisation gone weird.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Death Note looking pigeon.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Excellent framing!

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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SubponticatePoster posted:

Yeah we had balconies at our old office and pigeons would build a nest consisting of like 2 twigs. I think urban pigeons are only able to sustain populations by volume, since 95% of the efforts we saw ended in failure.

This is absolutely how a lot of birds work, yes.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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SpacePig posted:

Are all birds on New Zealand perfectly round, or is it just that one and the kakapo?

Also the kiwi.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Emus are occasionally notorious for eating literally anything they can swallow, I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true for ostriches.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Corvid brain vs parrot brain right there.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Now that's a bird where I can just picture the pipe and the floppy weathered sailor hat and coat.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

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Sagebrush posted:

this looks like something from subnautica.

That is, in appearance and sound, a Kirby boss.

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
https://i.imgur.com/Lur9YY8.mp4

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