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CRIED BC OF THIS

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i learned about a stupid looking bird today and i cant stop laughing

its called a crested satinbird (cnemophilus macgregorii)

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Anyone have official vatican-sanctioned anime mascot of the Catholic church on their 2024 bingo?

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People Matching Artworks: An Unusual Photo Series By Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks: An Unusual Photo Series By Stefan Draschan More info: Website | Instagram…

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Tis the season

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Conch thoughts

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hey, don't cry. tiny ancient mosaic glass inlay of a crocodile, okay?

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What is your favorite photo of a bird eating a tasty bug?

EAT A TASTY BUG!

I really love the way that nightjars scoop them out of the air...

Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), EAT UP A TASTY BUG!!!, family Caprimulgidae, order Caprimulgiformes, Salt River, AZ, USA

photograph by Deep Ujjawal

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I would have aced biology if the teachers all taught the course like the narrator

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birds whose existence defies gender essentialism

bilateral gynandromorph northern cardinal! the left side of this bird’s body is female, and the other side is male. they can still hypothetically reproduce, as birds (mostly) only have one functioning ovary, on the left side!

bilateral gynandromorph rose-breasted grosbeak! the same case as above, just a different species.

chickens. just all chickens. they can just defy our boundaries of sex.

the white-throated sparrow, which is considered to have four sexes!

the ruff, which also has four distinct sexes! their breeding behavior is really unlike any other bird

ducks, which can also change appearance to show plumage associated with the opposite sex!

this is really just a jumping off point since birds don’t conform generally to human expectations for sex and gender - which is fair since they’re often pretty arbitrary!