75 0 ReplyFuck I wanna hug that guy so hard.
23 0 ReplyRegion-locked to all across Asia around 45°N ('stans, Mongolia) and in spots all over Europe, especially Poland. A very interesting range, including the Mediterranean coast and Himalayas.
Good luck taming one, though. Also, only males are “bearded”.
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ebird.org is everything I wanted from twitter and more!
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They do the splits too, not a joke:
Very cool bird. :) https://birdfeederhub.com/facts-about-bearded-reedlings/
72 0 ReplyEat your heart out, Van Damme.
10 1 Reply"Can I help you?"
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62 0 ReplyMathematicians and physicists like this.
18 0 ReplyNah, too much air
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Chorb
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careful, you might start validating physicists. "Assume for the sake of simplicity that the bird is a sphere"
49 0 Reply“Assume a spherical bird in a frictionless vacuum”
26 0 ReplyCan we assume that all vacuums are frictionless? Makes the math easier.
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Borb
35 0 ReplyThey are in their own taxonomic family but that still does not stop people from calling them “bearded tits”.
20 0 ReplyWe Brits like to use the original name:
https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/bearded-tit
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bearded-tit
Big fan of tits.
8 0 ReplyMy favorite r/CasualUK video: Tit in a tight spot + Pussy surprise (NSFW?!)
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Please tell me it flies like a balloon.
19 0 ReplyIt flies like a balloon.
22 0 ReplyThank you for your service
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Would you say it looks.... angry?
16 0 ReplyI read this in John Oliver's voice
15 1 ReplyThis bird looks like it came straight out of angry birds
12 0 ReplyOne time I was in a bird enclosure at a zoo and there was this Asian pigeon in there which looked like a short, fat peacock (but without the long tail). It was by far my favorite thing in there because of how squat and round it was.
9 0 ReplyOh lawd he roun
10 2 ReplyMe, a physics educator: “Interesting!” takes note
9 1 ReplyAn actual Pokemon
6 0 ReplyRotund.
6 1 ReplyThis bird is in a black metal band
6 1 ReplyAm I the only one thinking it looks like Dr robotnik?
4 0 ReplyKnown as a Bearded Tit round these parts.
2 0 ReplyWhat a beautifully rotund creature
3 1 ReplyNonsense, these three are clearly more spherical (Eagle owl)
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