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[-] teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 10 months ago

I once saw a pigeon swallow a giant fish that was being fed to a seal, and after eating it it literally couldn't fly anymore

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 70 points 10 months ago

Seals can't fly to begin with.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

Nature’s equivalent to plopping down on the couch and unbuttoning the top button of your pants.

[-] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Here we see the illusive billionaire in its natural habitat

[-] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago
[-] Felling_High_Horses@endlesstalk.org -1 points 10 months ago

Elusive*, you'll probably try to correct me and say that you meant "illusive" but that's not the right use-case for it anyway.

[-] leonine@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago
[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

I once watched a shag swallow a huge eel. The eel didn't want to be swallowed. It took about 15 minutes.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

That must have been gripping to watch

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago
[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago

I mean, birds being birds, they may actually share this with several members of their family still...

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

He's just salty that his break's so tiny

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago
[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

Food shaming

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Being a bird for a day would be a fuckin trip

Can I haz bird pill?

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

I read here that you just need to selectively activate your genes.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

that's just to get the feathers..
which isn't as far fetched as it seems, seeing as how we already get goosebumps

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago
[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

fuckin cormorants.

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024
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