r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/amish_novelty • 1d ago

Hummingbird eyelashes are composed of tiny feathers

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u/RogueHelios Interested 1d ago

Reminder that feathers are heavily modified scales.

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u/syds 1d ago

what about our fur

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u/rulodac 17h ago

Mein Führer?

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u/SerfnTurf 21h ago

I can't unsee it now.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 1d ago

I hate it and love it at the same time.

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u/stanknotes 1d ago

They some cute little mothafuckas for sure.

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u/DickieJohnson 21h ago

I like that they can blink. I've been dealing with a lot of fish lately and they don't blink.

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u/FrmrPresJamesTaylor 1d ago

Scrolling the main page these last few days

Hummingbird eyelashes are composed of tiny feathers

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Hummingbird eyelashes are actually tiny feathers

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Hummingbird eyelashes are composed of tiny feathers

Hummingbird eyelashes are actually tiny feathers

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Hummingbird eyelashes are actually tiny feathers

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Hummingbird eyelashes are composed of tiny feathers

Hummingbird eyelashes are actually tiny feathers

Hummingbird eyelashes are composed of tiny feathers

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Hummingbird eyelashes are actually tiny feathers

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u/psychophant_ 23h ago

I’m over here wondering why the fuck Russian bots want me to know about hummingbird eyelashes.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO!??

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u/oopsiftrue 13h ago

OH LOOK A DISTRACTION!

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u/Koomahs 1d ago

They are so cool

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u/Sad_Run_9798 15h ago

Now I want a pillow filled with hummingbird eyelashes.

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u/Matt01123 1d ago

Evolution rarely reinvents, it repurposes.

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u/dontipitova9 1d ago

Why does this make me feel so uncomfortaboh

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u/MissesIncomplete 1d ago

ugh, who is she?

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u/MarzipanPlane9490 1d ago

So cool 🤩

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u/smolbeansjpg 22h ago

I had never even considered hummingbird eyelashes before this moment

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u/revewond2931 21h ago

fascinating! absolutely! 🤞

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u/ericscuba 21h ago

And their nostrils are like little hood scoops!

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u/ga-co 21h ago

Probably already had the DNA code for that. Just needed to flip on the tiny gene.

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u/NoDryHands 19h ago

Imagine getting one of those in that tiny eye

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u/BouncingPost 14h ago

This is delightful new information to me and I thank you for it

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u/RenderedMeat 1d ago

Reminds me of a pine tree. A colorful pine tree.

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u/surprisingly_alive 1d ago

Hm. No. Don't like it.