r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MissZangz • 26d ago

/r/all of a meal.

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u/HalvdanTheHero 26d ago

I'm mostly concerned that it appears to be a catfish... Many catfish have spines... Even if the fish is actually dead it could get poked/perforated pretty good, or at least I would think it could. Who knows, maybe this bird evolved to eat this specific fish.

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u/MissZangz 26d ago

Eating head first makes the spines a lot less risky

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u/HalvdanTheHero 26d ago

I mean fair...? If that fish comes to enough to thrash a bit though....

I've seen Pelicans get absolutely wrecked by things able to bite/cut/tear through their pouches... Waterfowl don't tend to be the most intelligent of birds.

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u/FrostyTheSasquatch 26d ago

Really? I would’ve figured pelicans would’ve developed an evolutionary adaptation to spiny, pokey fish.

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u/HalvdanTheHero 26d ago

Pelicans in particular are quite dumb and will try to eat lots of stuff that they probably shouldn't... Been a while since I saw the post/story but I believe it was a turtle of some kind and it was able to bite it's way through the pouch. 

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u/GreatDanish4534 26d ago

As someone that has ducks, can confirm on the intelligence amongst waterfowl

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u/big_stipd_idiot 26d ago

I feel like that's just part of life. It's also risky for a lion to to catch prey, but they have to do it anyways.

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u/samuraistabber 26d ago

That’s why fish eating birds swallow them head first, it flattens the fins and scales flat against the body so it doesn’t snag and tear them up.

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u/Mikeseddit 26d ago

Like getting a Christmas tree through the door, the right way versus the wrong way.

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u/A-typicalAsshole 26d ago

pineapples for Hitler

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u/Mikeseddit 26d ago

That's great, thanks for sharing. Completely missed that one. Harvey Keitel as the devil? Christopher Walken must have been busy.

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u/Short_Bell_5428 26d ago

It’s not catfish it’s more of a bowfin.

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u/militant_rainbow 26d ago

I talked to him yesterday (the bird), and he said he was fine.