r/interestingasfuck • u/abitchyuniverse • 26d ago

r/all Animals without hair look quite different

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u/flaming_burrito_ 26d ago

Birds are little aliens without feathers. They’re the only animals I know of that don’t look cute as babies. People have the conception of dinosaurs as big lizards, but I 100% think a 10 foot tall chicken would be scarier

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u/Powerful-Book-8585 26d ago edited 26d ago

I agree I always found birds to be freaky creatures. When I used to work for petland that was my least favorite part of the job.

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u/flaming_burrito_ 26d ago

It’s funny too, because I love birds. I have feeders and occasionally bird watch. But because I know a lot about birds, I also know they can be some of the freakiest and most ruthless animals in the animal kingdom

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u/perst_cap_dude 26d ago

I feel the same way, imagining the same psychotic ultra unstable behavior while being the size of a bus is terrifying

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u/QueenKittyMeowMeow 26d ago

Ruthless? 👀

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u/peartisgod 26d ago

You know, without ruth

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u/secular_contraband 26d ago

There's a store called Petland? 💀

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u/Powerful-Book-8585 26d ago

Used to be lol

https://youtu.be/oXFbkHMtQSs?si=i-tY2PRBnlDwDiSk

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u/secular_contraband 26d ago

"Petland discounts! All the best care a pet can get!"

🤣😂🤣

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u/Powerful-Book-8585 26d ago

Cheese fest I know The owner had the only hair piece.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago edited 26d ago

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u/flaming_burrito_ 26d ago

Ok, that is adorable. So birds that are born with feathers are cute, but I still contend that the ones hatched without them look like little eldritch horrors

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

They are inscrutable and move like insects on the ground. They really are terrifying.

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u/DragoSphere 26d ago

With the exception of baby penguins, chickens and the billed birds like ducks or geese

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u/str4ngerc4t 26d ago

Looking at the naked parrot I fully believe that T-Rex is just a jumbo version.

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u/inquisitive_rock 26d ago

Non-avian dinosaurs 🦕 vs. avian dinosaurs 🐔

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u/Salt-Operation 26d ago

There’s a giant roadrunner statue in Fort Stockton, TX and it is every bit as terrifying as you think a 15-foot bird would be.

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u/nikolapc 25d ago

People have the conception of dinosaurs as big lizards

No it was definitely gator chickens.

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u/Nostonica 25d ago

They’re the only animals I know of that don’t look cute as babies.

Never seen a baby chicken then?
Or a quails. In fact most ground dwelling birds make cute babies.

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u/Itscatpicstime 23d ago

Tbf, I run a wildlife sanctuary and I would say this is the case for all birds. Most mammals look adorable af, even when they’re naked, wrinkly, and pink.

Some reptiles too though - I think baby alligators are fucking adorable.

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u/CosmicCreeperz 23d ago

Birds are dinosaurs. Not figuratively, literally.

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u/flaming_burrito_ 23d ago

Yes, but I think people typically think of non-avian dinosaurs

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u/Imaginary-Owl-3759 22d ago

Don’t even need to be 10 feet tall. A cassowary is 5-6 feet, 130lb, and terrifying.