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[–] 41 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

Are we going to completely ignore the fact that male birds are prettied up SPECIFICALLY TO IMPRESS THEIR LADY COUNTERPARTS? Holy mother of fuck

Like biologically these critters by and large are programmed to behave in “please like me and have babies” ways. If these dorks are going to make those comparisons they’d better start building impressive houses and wearing colorful clothes to make women happy.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    and the fact that female birds need to have that bland colouring as camouflage since they incubate the eggs

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    As a bird lover I do have to note that some female birds have intricate colorings that humans can't see given our limited visible spectrum capabilities. Birds are tetrachromats, they can see UV for the most part. Starlings are a good example.

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