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her favourite colour is blue :) (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 weeks ago

[–] samus12345 10 points 3 weeks ago

He looks so dejected in the one at the end.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

No Ron, go find Becky

[–] thebigslime 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lemme smash?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Becky, just call her

[–] hate2bme 42 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Which bird does this?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 weeks ago

Bowerbird!

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ron

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago

Seeking becky

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 weeks ago

Get her a stick. Bitches love sticks.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

- This bird

[–] Brickhead92 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] hexabs 3 points 3 weeks ago

Tobias! You blowhard!

[–] robocall 27 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

are the blue things bottle caps and syringes?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 points 3 weeks ago

Plastic straws, clothes pegs, bottle caps, bottle rings.

https://shegoes.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Satin-Bower-Bird-Nest.jpg

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

How else could they activate the 13th chevron?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

There's only 9 chevrons

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

That’s what they want you to think!

[–] penguinsAreRapists 23 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] houstoneulers 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Back that a$$ up then drop it like it's hawt

[–] penguinsAreRapists 3 points 4 weeks ago

Oh my!

[–] Shou 2 points 3 weeks ago

That is one charming flying mango.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Kakapos are also great

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

If only they managed to actually meet each other through one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sub-woofer birb

[–] atomicorange 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

big same, no homo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] Dupree878 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

Are those supposed to be condoms or trash?

[–] macrocarpa 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 6 points 3 weeks 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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] houstoneulers 4 points 4 weeks ago

For a bird, it's quite ornate

[–] samus12345 4 points 3 weeks ago