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[-] Dupree878@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

I have absolutely no idea what’s going on here.

Are those supposed to be condoms or trash?

[-] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

It's a bower bird performance centre. Quite literally. They make an area where they can perform for a mate.

They like the colour blue so collect heaps of blue things and decorate their bower with them.

This one has got a bunch of milk bottle caps, milk bottle cap rings, blue plastic straws and what look like pegs.

It sounds funny till you think about stuff that humans do for exactly the same reason (to be "interesting" to a prospective partner)

[-] Dupree878@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

I’ve never heard of a bowerbird. I googled it and it seems anyone not up on Pacific avians might have the same confusion

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago
[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 82 points 1 day ago
[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

He looks so dejected in the one at the end.

[-] thebigslime@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago
[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

Becky, just call her

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago

No Ron, go find Becky

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago
[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

And now I have somewhat of a mess on my hands.

[-] hexabs@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Tobias! You blowhard!

Get her a stick. Bitches love sticks.

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago
[-] Gork@lemm.ee 48 points 1 day ago
[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

It's the girl's fault for only being attracted to screaming ovals

[-] penguinsAreRapists@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

I love bird mating rituals. The bowerbird's rituals is one of my favorites

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago
[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Sub-woofer birb

[-] Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

If only they managed to actually meet each other through one

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

are the blue things bottle caps and syringes?

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Absolutely milk bottle caps. It looks like syringes too but there could be plastic straws mixed in. Needs more pixels. Bottle caps are common in bowerbird decor, I've seen blue clothes pegs too

[-] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago
[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How else could they activate the 13th chevron?

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago
[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

That’s what they want you to think!

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

This would 100% work on me. I would love it if a guy took me to see a bowerbird. Or if he was a bowerbird.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

big same, no homo

[-] Damage@feddit.it 14 points 1 day ago

yeah well, why don't you pick the spot next time

[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago
[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago
[-] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Nice now it's a party

[-] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

For a bird, it's quite ornate

[-] danny801@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2024
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