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minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoI can only imagine what those huge beaks were for. Like diving from the sky at some prey, simply punching it straight through it like a huge spear.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agothey’re giant chopsticks, the image in the OP shows how it’d probably look as they walk around picking unsuspecting lizards from the ground.
minus-squarebcovertigo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 days agoMy money is on heron style since they can stalk around and look down through cover:
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoWe scared up a Blue Heron at the swamp last month. Seen plenty of them from a slight distance. They are monsters up close.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoAnd where exactly will you hide?
I can only imagine what those huge beaks were for. Like diving from the sky at some prey, simply punching it straight through it like a huge spear.
they’re giant chopsticks, the image in the OP shows how it’d probably look as they walk around picking unsuspecting lizards from the ground.
My money is on heron style since they can stalk around and look down through cover:
We scared up a Blue Heron at the swamp last month. Seen plenty of them from a slight distance. They are monsters up close.
And where exactly will you hide?