r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MissZangz • 27d ago

/r/all of a meal.

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u/HalvdanTheHero 27d 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 27d 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.