Submitted 14 hours ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Man fuck cuckoos. Raise your own children, you little fucking parasites.
I mean they literally lay their eggs in another bird’s nest, and then the chick kicks out the other eggs when it hatches, so that another bird mom will think it’s their own and mistakenly raise it, while screwing over the other chicks before they even have a chance to be born.
I wish these fuckers would go extinct.
Nest parasitism is not unique to cuckoos and you can’t really put a value judgement on evolution. Brown-headed cowbirds are the most common nest parasites in North America. There’s lots of species where the parents kill their own children if they either think they aren’t strong enough to survive or if the food supply is too insecure to care for them. It’s just nature.
you can’t really put a value judgement on evolution
I can and I will and you can’t stop me!
(/s for safety)
I can and I will. No /s. I’m 100% serious.
Its pure evil and proof there is no god. I wish all parasitic creatures would fuck off and die. The world is fucked up enough as-is.
Fair, but let’s not extinct another species because of how we feel about its adaptations.
Yeah but then what would the Swiss use for clocks? Seagulls?
I mean it sure would sound hilarious.
"Tik tok tik tok tik tok kchchch AAAAAAAHH!!!”
The squirrels in my area like to eat pine cones…
They probably like to eat baby birds, too. They’re a lot more vicious than people give them credit for.
Guess what a cuckoo chick does to the other birds in the nest.
Don’t fool yourselves, a squirrel would murder you and everyone you loved given the chance
I eat pine cones…
Yeah but if they try you can just peck at his eyes until he stops. Give hem the old HEY SHITASS D’YA MIND?
Well, great! Now you told them! Poor guy is going to need a new hiding place now
So that’s why I’ve never seen one!
Thought this was two pine cones until I read the description.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 hours ago
“Hey guys, check out what happens when you toss a pinecone in the fire!”
chucks bird; bird screams; tries to fly off; sets woods on fire
“Huh… Usually they just kinda pop…”
oxideseven@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Biologist here,
that pinecone pop is always fun, cus it’s like unintentional biology lesson time when people do it.
It’s by “design” (evolution) that they do that. So that the specific species can spread.
It’s why fires are important for forests. Just you know not like 90 trillion fires in 1 summer…
ekZepp@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
😱