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Mossie birbs!! (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

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[–] tdawg 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crunchy moss

[–] someguy3 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Moss with bones.

[–] ladicius 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure such soft bones would make any noise when breaking.

Pretty sure someone out there knows...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's prob the least of their concern given the evolutionary pressures to disguise the nest from above.

Cuckoos are probubly about.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the funniest part about cuckoo's is that they can't be bothered to parent their offspring but some will still hang around just to make sure the host is taking care of the cuckoo's chicks.

Like if the host bird notices the cuckoo chick and tries to not feed it the cuckoo will harass the host bird and try to kill the other chicks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The cuckoo arms race is facinating.

Some birds have developed specialized patterns in their young and specialized movements to prove they are not cuckoos. Cuckoos have developed mimicking patterns and movements as a result.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Top left picture credit Camilo Carneiro:

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Posted to [email protected]: Golden Plover chicks covered in moss-looking camouflage - Camilo Carneiro

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You shouldn't walk on moss anyway!