Comment on predatory giraffes

• GandalftheBlack@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not a dinosaur, but yes

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• Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And where exactly will you hide?

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  • BCOVertigo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My money is on heron style since they can stalk around and look down through cover:

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We scared up a Blue Heron at the swamp last month. Seen plenty of them from a slight distance. They are monsters up close.

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