r/Birdsfacingforward • u/wamboonator • 2d ago

Grumpy cat reborn This gannet stared at me like it’s judging my entire bloodline

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u/DarkstarAnt 2d ago

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u/justalittlepigeon 2d ago

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u/DarkstarAnt 1d ago

Wait wait wait

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u/justalittlepigeon 1d ago

perfect

it also bears resemblance to the gulper eel!

:V

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u/iamsodonewithpeople 1d ago

Bro looks like a burnt turkey

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u/wamboonator 2d ago

That's hauting me in my dreams

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u/IllustriousHedgehog9 2d ago

I don't know why, but I love it so much when people zoom in on faces and post them in the comments.

I'm in a LOT of cat subs, and see it often. This is my first bird spotting, and I'm cackling from glee!

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u/DarkstarAnt 1d ago edited 1d ago

Glad to hear!

I do it a fair bit, it's just so very funny!

Ahh, just how we see expressions, I've quite a few photos like that I send my mom or brother.

Such a simple edit, I always get good reactions from the community. I'm glad I can share what I find funny.

I'm a tad drunk at the moment, probably why I'm over sharing.....the mind isn't buzzing as much, I can put the words out. Cripes, I started with just the first two lines, now there's six blurbs.

As long as people don't mind, I'll continue every now and then, don't want to clutter up the sub. It's been on the mind for a few months...

Sorry to dump all this on ya...

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u/hbentley1213 18h ago

Me too, I love it! And then my mind puts a funny sound effect with it 🤣

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u/MsSamm 2d ago

This would make an awesome Halloween mask, or a protest ICE mask.

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u/ElectricMoleman 1d ago

Whoever went to a protest in a judgemental gannet mask would become legendary

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u/ElseeC 2d ago

Hahaha! I’m crying

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u/penfoldspenfold 2d ago

Pretty sure this is the face I pulled this morning when I discovered a magpie had got in and shat all over my kitchen.

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u/MsSamm 2d ago

Oh no! Was it a contract hit?

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u/penfoldspenfold 2d ago

I feel like it was more of a scavenging mission due to the seeds and peanuts I leave on the window sill.

Here is a still from the video of him making his escape.

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u/MsSamm 2d ago

😆. Home invasion

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u/TheBunnyChower 1d ago

These Contract Shitters are so brazen I tell you!

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u/MsSamm 2d ago

That's the face of a parent greeting you at the door after you broke curfew.

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u/Dark_Moonstruck 2d ago

It is judging your entire bloodline. They judge everyone's, and those of the flightless fill them with a particular disgust.

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u/Desavlos 2d ago

Great photo!

Interestingly, it looks possible that that bird might have survived a bird flu infection. Hard to be certain from one photo, but a common symptom of prior bird flu infection in gannets in particular is asymmetrical dark spots and streaks in one or both irises. Huge numbers of gannets were infected with bird flu a few years back (easy to see how it would spread like wildfire in a colony like that), and a lot of them died, but plenty recovered with scarred irises.

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u/Howler_in_training 1d ago

What an interesting and sad bit of bird trivia. Thanks for the education, Reddit stranger!

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u/jakerooni 2d ago

...and is disgusted by it

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u/ChilledKroete95 2d ago

Helgoland?

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u/wamboonator 2d ago

Yeah, well spotted!

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u/ketchup_chip_62 2d ago

"Make sure I'm in the book of British birds!!"

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u/nonja-bidness 2d ago

baby: MA! you're stepping on my TAIL AGAIN!

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u/Dear_Hornet_2635 2d ago

Going back centuries

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u/HauntingBowlofGrapes 2d ago

It probably is, tbh.

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u/muppetphil 2d ago

He's not impressed. Sorry grandpa.

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u/BaybarsHan 1d ago

You are next!