For those like me who wondered what their skeleton looked like:
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025
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Hmm so their esophagus is next to and behind their spine in this position? I wonder if they always wear their neck meat to the left or always to the right or it just goes either way.
Yeah, a front view as well would be helpful.
Wait, WHAT?! i thought this was a meme! this bird is literally like this! Weird motherfucker
I love how its head is like 100% static while the neck and body wobble about.
A lot of birds do that - they can keep their head steady to focus on prey while their body moves around.
Saw I think it was a smarter every Day video on how birds doing this is effectively the same as our eyes being able to stay locked onto moving objects, but birds don't have this ability, so they keep their whole head stationary when moving their body. That's why most birds do that thing when they walk where they head has the jerky movement, while the body walks smoothly.
Interesting, didn't know the reason for it!
First, raptor eyes are large. They are so large they fill about 1/3 of the space in their skulls. Because this leaves little room, if any, for muscles to allow eye movements, raptors must turn their entire head to look around them. In fact, raptor eyes are held in place with a ring of bone called the sclerotic ring.
Me remembering birds are dinosaurs
This bittern erasure will not stand! Not only are they also mostly neck:
They're also fucking hilarious:
It is very rare I audibly laugh at a picture online, but this birb did it. Fucking hilarious is definitely the right thing to say about it
When you forgot to lock the stall!
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Did you know that while they may move slowly, Great Blue Herons can strike like lightning to grab a fish or snap up a gopher?
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Like flying sloths! They can move quickly when they really want to as well.
Unfortunately the only fly straight down, and they only stop after reaching the floor.
Wait, those were regular sloths!
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You'll be back, they all come back.
👈😎👈 zoop
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Yesss!!! That's my first thought too. Glad the 👉🏻😎👉🏻 ZOOP is still alive
I love herons. They're my favorite birds. Such beautiful elegant creatures. Perfect symbols for patience too. Made one my logo.
They have the most beautiful call, nothing like shitting your pants in a kayak at dusk.
So basically they are ET from the Atari 2600 game...
My ears were burning.
I saw one of these this weekend but I had no idea it could do that.
This reminds me of the man-serpents in Elden Ring that can extend themselves!
Deploy periscope!