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Tan Eggs

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"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"


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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

These birds are not picky and will eat almost anything they can fit in their beak and digest. They actively hunt insects like ants, crickets and termites; millipedes; and other arthropods and small mammals.[

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl

Guess it's good it doesn't fit, huh?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Maybe the gov drone isn't 100% sure about the fit & is still deciding, sizing.

The smol mammal on the other hand is in love with the big flamboyant dommy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well, galliformes in general are kind of murder beasts. I've had some deluded roosters decide to pick a fight with me and I personally wouldn't want to tango with a full grown tom turkey. Never really dealt with peafowl, but I'd imagine they're about as nasty as their cousins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are cassowaries in this branch as well?

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

Nah, they're closer related to emus.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

And emus are worse, I'd rather not fight a bird that won a war against Australia.

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

I was gonna say. Seen videos of horse and cows chomping down on chicks. Birds are a little less, uh, restrained.