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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 天前

More than a dipper

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More than a dipper

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    8 天前

    That’s a great album cover

  • Town@lemmy.zip
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    8 天前

    Those feather are rather water repellent.

  • Fusselwurm@feddit.org
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    8 天前

    as per Wikipedia, that bird (cinclus cinclus) eats insects, not fish

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      Why is it underwater then?

      edit: ahhhh shit there’s insects in the water! I’m dumb

    • 87Six@lemmy.zip
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      I’m willing to bet that if I were a fish and swam next to it, that motherfucker would try to peck out my eyes and eat them

      • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Not even for sustenance. Just out of principle

    • 87Six@lemmy.zip
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      8 天前

      Idk I’d be terrified as a fish too

  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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    8 天前

    YOU HAVE BEEN INVADED

  • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    8 天前

    Birds are heavier than water??

    • thenextguy@lemmy.world
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      8 天前

      Not a witch, then.

      • Hupf@feddit.org
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        8 天前

        Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

        • xthexder@l.sw0.com
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          It is I, Arthur, King of the Britons!

          • Hupf@feddit.org
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            7 天前

            I didn’t vote for you.

    • Sphks@jlai.lu
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      8 天前

      From the French Wikipedia page, it goes against the current, using its wings, body and tail to force it to the bottom of the river.

  • agingelderly@lemmy.world
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    8 天前

    Not to mention their food might be a trap, too, and next thing you know you’re stuck on a line with a barbed hook in your face

    • toynbee@piefed.social
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      Hey, I think Futurama made a documentary about that.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    8 天前

    water > dino > bird > water, full cycle!

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    7 天前

    The Dipper is one of the only songbirds that actually swims and dives fully underwater.

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    I can so see this bird’s evolution going water-based if given enough time.

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    To be fair this is basically how sharks work for us

    • WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social
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      Not really since we enter their realm and they give us what for. This is more akin to walking to the local shop for a snack and getting scooped up and carried away by a giant eagle

      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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        Speak for yourself! Last time I went for a walk to get a snack at the local shop, I got scooped up by a giant shark and carried back to the water!

        • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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          Glad you recovered from being eaten alive!

          • P1k1e@lemmy.world
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            He didn’t, that’s the shark using a laptop

            • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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              Where is ComradeSharkFucker when you need them…

    • Findus_Falke@feddit.org
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      …but only in Sharknado.

    • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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      That one’s more like we climb into their dinner bowl dressed as food and start flapping our limbs around.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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        Yeah, they don’t want to eat you, they mistake you for food.

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    So is this is the fish equivalent of Bigfoot? Or like space aliens?

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      It’s a creature that comes from an environment where we cannot survive, and drags us back into its realm to eat us. I was thinking more the kraken, but maybe ‘space cthulhu’-type aliens work too.

      Don’t think Bigfoot is a particularly violent chap? Maybe a Wendigo might be a better match.

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        Someone said this bird eats insects, so it’s not violent for the fish at least.

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    I was reminded of this picture, kind of:

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    Sometimes the Fishies get their Revenge

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