#Egyptian plover

[vintagewildlife]

Egyptian plovers By: Thomas R. Howell From: Natural History Magazine 1984

[clitoris-maximus]

Wikipedia's featured article is the snowy plover today so I thought i'd post my Egyptian plover picmix

[supremebirdbracket]

Both birds are stately and elegant, but who will make it to the next round?

Egyptian plovers are the only species in their family Pluvianidae, and not actually plovers. They live in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, and, interestingly, not in modern-day Egypt; they are called Egyptian plovers because the territory they live in used to be ruled by Egypt. These handsome birds are found mostly on sandbars in slow-flowing rivers. They use an unusual method of nesting: they bury the eggs in warm sand, then sit on top of them with a water-soaked belly to control the temperature. Adults may temporarily bury chicks in the sand too to hide them from potential dangers.

Razorbills, also called razor-billed auks or lesser auks, live across the North Atlantic but only come to shore to breed. They feed by swimming underwater to capture schooling fish, and can dive up to 120 m (395 ft) beneath the surface. Razorbills are monogamous and mate for life, and both parents spend equal amounts of time incubating their eggs and foraging for their chicks. They nest in rocky crevices along shorelines, with over half of the population breeding in Iceland. They are the closest living relative of the extinct great auk.

[curtjr]

Crocodile dentist visit.

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[brucethecrocodile]

My fursonas:

Gadget (she/her)

-leaf nosed bat

-no pet

-smoll

-is angry

Techno (she/her)

-churum

-no pet

-cafe owner at day // assassin at night // cutie-pie 24/7

Spirit (they/them)

-smilodon // god of nature & balance

-pet boxbit, named Boo (see below)

-immortal (made Boo immortal too)

Boo (he/him)

-Boxbit pet of Spirit

Bruce (he/him)

-nile crocodile (1/5 domestic cat)

-pet egyptian plover, named Toothfairy (see below)

-big boi

-soft boi

Toothfairy (she/her)

-Egyptian Plover pet of Bruce

[fishareglorious]

Oh, it says here that apparently Sonetto's udimo is a Sicilian Greyhound.

[antiqueanimals]

Nature's Marvels. Text by Lucy Berman. Illustrations by Roy Coombs. 1971.

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[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

what kind of cratures do you think the trigun gang would be?

CREATURES IN GENERAL OR SEA CREATURES. BECAUSE MY FRIEND MONTY N I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT TRIGUN FURSONAS THE OTHER DAY. but i am the sea creature guy at heart so im gonns give u those i hope that is ok 😌 there are many benefits to being a marine biologist.

Vash: he is... so very shark coded to me. everyone looks at him and sees a dangerous killing machine. frequently covered in scars. do u see the connection here. he is specifically a thresher shark to me because of the whole sharpshooter thing and also the sad sad puppydog eyes 💙

Wolfwood: i am torn between two different types of eels for him. giant morays are more aesthetically pleasing but personally i have to go with a wolf eel both for the name and because ive worked with these guys before and theyre sooooo cool so im biased

Meryl: not technically a sea creature because she is just so bird coded to me. White-Tailed Tropicbird

Milly: is it cheating to have two cephalopods on this list. because i think i really want to say giant pacific octopus for milly. either that or a whale shark 💙 yes those are two completely different animals no i will not be taking criticism at this time

bonus Knives because i love him and i feel the most strongly about this one:

BOBTAIL SQUID.

... and also a bristle worm . for what i hope are obvious reasons

[obnoxiousarcade]

i couldnt get his feet to look right okay?

pink Egyptian Plover.

[ceruleanvulpine]

huge respect to @myxinidaes for reblogging that post with 100 birds

[yuurei20]

When Sebek enters a battle, he says, "I'll swallow you whole." What does that mean? Where does it come from?

This is specific to the EN translation seen in the text box.

Hello hello!! Thank you for this question! 🐊

Lilia explains that Sebek is "known throughout Briar Valley for his gargantuan appetite," and we receive several reminders throughout the game about how much he eats:

Sebek talks about having "only three extra servings at lunchtime" and both Silver and Deuce comment on him being a big eater (Silver calls him a bottomless pit).

He also has lines about needing "something with meat" and, to the prefect, he says that he is always hungry no matter how much he eats: "You and Grim are starting to look pretty appetizing, you know..."

As for why Sebek has this character train, he explains that his mother, "has some of the most potent occlusal force in our family--ah, that is, biting strength. It's a Zigvolt trademark."

While his father is a human, Sebek's mother is "a creature of the night--that is, a nocturnal fae," but there might be more to his lineage.

Floyd, Rook and Leona all refer to Sebek as a crocodile. This may be hinting that his family is a crocodile-based sort of nocturnal fae, much in the same way that Lilia seems to be based upon bats?

And crocodiles can't chew, they can only swallow food whole.

And all of this may have something to do with why he says "I'll swallow you whole" before battles! It is a literal translation of his original line :>

Bonus: Amazing artist Egophiliac has a delightful comic about Sebek's human dentist father meeting his nocturnal fae mother, which ends in a drawing of a crocodile and one of those little birds that clean crocodile teeth, which is 1) adorable, and 2) a great theory for why Sebek's father was made into a dentist.

Colloquially known as "crocodile birds," they are also called "Egyptian plover" birds.

And "Sebek" (also called Sobek or Sobki) is an ancient Egyptian deity depicted with a crocodile head who was said to have eaten at least part of Osiris.

So it seems that ancient Egypt, crocodiles and eating people are all being woven into Sebek's character, culminating in Sebek using "I'll swallow you whole" as a battle cry :>

[supremebirdbracket]

A scavenger who survives in the toughest environment vs a handsome creature.

Snowy sheathbills are the only land birds native to Antarctica. They can also be found on certain South Atlantic islands. As a terrestrial shorebird, it’s a bit of an anomaly. They don’t have webbed feet, so they aren’t built for the sea and forage on land instead. These resilient critters feed by scavenging and kleptoparasitism and will eat nearly anything: invertebrates, fish and krill stolen from penguins, eggs, carrion, garbage, and even feces and tapeworms! An interesting habit that snowy sheathbills have is that they almost always stand on one leg to avoid heat loss. Even when landing, they only use one leg so they won’t get both feet cold.

Egyptian plovers are the only species in their family Pluvianidae. They live in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, and, interestingly, not in modern-day Egypt; they are called Egyptian plovers because the territory they live in used to be ruled by Egypt. These handsome birds are found mostly on sandbars in slow-flowing rivers. They use an unusual method of nesting: they bury the eggs in warm sand, then sit on top of them with a water-soaked belly to control the temperature. Adults may temporarily bury chicks in the sand too to hide them from potential dangers.

[crystallizedtwilight]

WAIT CROCODILE LIKES BIRDS BECAUSE THE EGYPTIAN PLOVER (A BIRD) HAS A MUTUALISM RELATIONSHIP WITH CROCODILES IN THE WILD.

crocodile 🤝 mihawk (putting bounties on marines)

[k-looking-glass-house]

What if Crowley uses "bird" vocabulary like Floyd with his marine nicknames....

Yes he's a crow ... Just imagine if he sees us as biiiiird~

Of course it's just my point of view, I am not a professional in ornithology, you might have your own idea about this one and I would definitely want to hear about it!

Mostly they are birds we could see in my country...

Let's go:

Ombrorio

Grim(m) -> Grey catbird (grey like Grimm, striped wings and can make cat noise....yes)

Yuu(sona) -> Sparrow (Crowley would definitely call Yuu a little sparrow....)

Night Raven College staff

Sam -> Painted bunting (small, vibrant, colorful, a rare sight to view)

Mozus Trein -> Eurasian skylark (classy, well known literally a french song about this bird "he sung it to Lucius as a kitten")

Ashton Vargas -> Pheasant (....the irony as his Disney counterpart is an hunter, but vibrant color)

Divus Crewel -> Great spotted woodpecker (literally screaming I am Cruella, fashion red, black and white bird)

Heartslabyul

Ace Trappola -> Nothern cardinal (red... funky feather style, fights their own mirror reflection...)

Deuce Spade -> Blue slaty bunting

Riddle Roseheart -> Robin (Hi Ciel Phantomhive...I mean Kuroshitsuji ref but look that little red face)

Trey Clover -> Nightingale (sorry Trey...Crowley is implying you can either sing...or can't...but you do have a perfect voice!)

Cater Diamond -> Pyrrhula (I love this little bird too....they became very rare by now, look this tiny orange one)

(Heartslabyul are literally the birds of Aurora in 2d "Sleeping beauty")

Savannaclaw

Jack Howl -> Owl (....this one is pretty obvious)

Leona Kingscholar -> "Savanna" eagle (yes... definitely a strong bird)

Ruggie Bucchi -> Speckled mousebird (listen to that bird you'll understand, also....that feather hairstyle!)

Octavinelle

Jade Leech -> Emperor penguin (tall...classy ...can't fly pfff)

Azul Ashengrotto -> Nothern gannet (verrryyy big, analystic-smart one, can't walk on land...)

Floyd Leech -> Snare penguin (unique appareance, multiple various vocalized sounds)

Scarabia

Kalim Al Asim -> White falcon (precious, royal bird in a "maybe similar related country in our world")

Jamil Viper -> Red Parrot (or macaw) (obviously because of Iago)

Pomefiore

Epel Felmier -> Snow bunting (a "petite robuste" bird living in snow)

Vil Schoenheit -> Peacock (beautiful, handsome literally The Evil Queen's bird)

Rook Hunt -> Mallard (another irony for an hunter...but this bird is beautiful I mean it, and is found everywheerrre (like a stalker bird ha ha))

Ignihyde

Idia Shroud -> Blue jay (blue, black and blue stripes, funny enough the bird is stated to be noisy ha ha, Idia can be supah noisy sometimes too when setting his boundaries, GG Idia!)

Ortho Shroud -> Eurasian blue tit (a little fluffy bird, blue and yellow doing a very cute melodious sound, I love watching them...)

Diasomnia

Sebek Zigvolt -> Egyptian plover (yes....the bird on the crocodile's back...yes)

Malleus Draconia -> Great eared nightjar (it's a dragon bird....look at him)/I could have chosen Casoar too... but nope...

Lilia Vanrouge -> Anna's hummingbird (it's small, pink and changes color with light...like his hairs)

Silver -> Nine-primaried oscines (a cute lovely bird in our woods, pink and blue)

Thanks National Geographic....

It's just pure fanon brainstorming... I'm sorry...

bird photos were mostly took from "Wikipedia"

[intern-seraph]

sebek's parents are a reference to nile crocodiles and egyptian plovers' (reported, not recorded) mutualistic behavior in which the plover (aka papa zigvolt) cleans the teeth of the crocodile (aka mama zigvolt) and THAT'S why he's specifically a dentist AND why it's explicit canon that mama zigvolt's side of the family is from the sunset savannah

[antiqueanimals]

Animal Partnerships. Written by Malcolm Penny. Illustrated by Wendy Meadway. 1989.