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i have seen this post on my dash 7 times now and every time i think more loudly, ‘this is what Batman villain The Penguin’s dialogue sounds like when they let him be fun to watch.’
Australia learned this during the Great Emu War, which we lost.
Don’t hate me but I really believe the world would be a better place if pigeons were the ubiquitous avian pet instead of parrots 👀
Actually, the world would be better if pigeons were fucking extinguished
I think you need to sit and address why you hold such vitriol for a species of domesticated bird we have lived with for nearly ten thousand years, and redirect it towards something that deserves it. WE made pigeons homeless after we abandoned them as companion creatures. They are harmless and innocent and your hatred of them for existing is disgusting. Wanting a species destroyed because you don’t personally enjoy them is real fucked up and you should think about why you feel that way.
Edit: not to mention they are DOVES. They’re just doves! Ffs!
Mate it ain’t that deep lol I just don’t like them. I made this post ages ago and, obviously, I wouldn’t like for them to be extinguished.
BUT
I do consider them to be a pest, I do consider them dirty and they’re known for being vectors of multiple human and livestock diseases.
And from a Daily Pioneer article on pigeon pox, the strain of avian pox that pigeons are known for spreading - that can’t even spread to *other birds,* let alone humans.
Pigeons are not dirty and they’re not pests. They’re doves that we bred for meat, companionship, and carrying our mail, then threw out to fend for themselves in a wild they no longer belong in. The belief that they’re dirty creatures is bullshit, just like the belief that rats spread the black death is bullshit.
It IS that deep - it’s incredibly important to combat misinformation that affects wildlife, especially populations of wildlife that are regularly targeted by ignorant people because they’re an easy target. Pigeons are invasive because we made them invasive, and they crowd in our cities because they need humans to survive. They are pets, not pests, and spreading the “they’re gross and carry disease” line causes demonstratable harm to them. We need to be bringing them in and reducing populations through adoption rather than encouraging their death.
Please spend some time with beliefs like this and question where they came from and who it helps to hold them. Who benefits from it? Do you? Does the environment? Is it true? If not, why do you hold to it? Why do you spread it? These are important questions to ask before making statements about *killing animals,* especially. Pigeons are targeted by people all the time with violence for existing. Don’t contribute to that.
Ironically, that exact line of thought, that exact lack of concern for an entire species’ worth, already led to an entire species of pigeon going extinct. It’s not a hypothetical anymore.
Whether it was deep or not, that feeling already killed a species.
This is exactly like saying “we need to exterminate all cats bc there are feral cat colonies, things which largely exist bc of our shitty care of domestic animals.”
No, we need for people to recognize that doves/pigeons were our friends and then we abandoned them and it’s so fucking SAD and HATEFUL the way we treated them.
the crested barbet is a sub-saharan african bird. highly territorial, this bird is very defensive and has been recorded killing rats and snakes on their territory. males and females appear identical. both sexes participate in rearing of the chicks, of which they may have up to five broods of during a breeding season. they primarily feed on insects and other birds’ eggs, but they may feed on small animals from time to time. they roost & nest in hollow trees and logs. their markings are very distinct from other barbets, which often feature more blocky, less striped markings.
been going insane over Bruce in his eating dome for 24 hrs now
There is so much story telling here. A person got this pacific parrotlet named it Bruce which in and of itself is amazing but then this person went here my little bird friend a raspbebe for you to enjoy and Bruce said hell yeah and went cataclysmicly and irreversible ape shit ham on that berry. And that probably happened more than once. So instead of never again allowing this little dinosaur the joy of the succulent flesh of the delectable raspberry they went what can we do for our little baby boy. and then boom they got some kind of cake cover type deal and cut a door into it so that Bruce would Not Be Trapped in a fruit prison (altho truely it is the berries who are trapped in there with Bruce but none the less) and so he may go to his pent house and freak it as crazily as his little bird heart desires.
Anyway i love pets they are each distinct little guys who are carred for by the funniest ape to ever exist bc we love animal so much
I’m in this group and Bruce’s human posts eating dome updates when he’s done a particularly good job!
the red-chested flufftail is a small bird closely related to rails and finfoots, both primarily marsh-dwelling birds. this bird also prefers swamp and marsh habitats; they are found in portions of south & sub-saharan africa. they are named for their unique short, fluffy tail with exposed downy feathers. males have a rust-colored head and chest and black body marked with white dots. females have an almost entirely brown body with paler white dots. these birds are very secretive and rarely observed in the field.
you know that I have some sort of a love-hate relationship with Mourning Doves. I do find them comical and pretty but they can also be overwhelming when groups of 20 and more hit all the feeders and aggressively defend them. As with many of the more “dull” looking birds, they show fascinating details up close. Males and females almost look alike, but there are some differences. I looked them up to be extra sure but to be honest, I am not sure here. I tend to think it is a male because of the more rosy than tanned color, the vibrant neck feathers and the blueish top of the head.
At uni, my first project was to create a 10x scaled replica of a small object. I chose to do a chicken foot. I’m still not sure if I am crazy or not for choosing something organic. You know how ridiculous it is to try and measure everything out, then sculpt it up exactly 10x? It’s nuts. Anyway, this bad boy is the result of 3 months of hard work, 15 combined kilograms of welded steel, chicken wire, mod roc, and wax, and a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears. And burns.
This was a blast to make. It is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
Anyway, thought I’d take it down to the city farm and give it a go with some real chickens.
It should be installed so that the top part of it would be attached under a lifted chicken house just like a Baba Yaga’s chicken foot cottage
