Dang, just today commuting I saw some guy in a chopped up F250 he had 2 decals on the back window, one was 'Race Ready' which of course typically innocuous enough, took on a wholly different meaning juxtaposed above the other one, an Iron Cross. And as I came up level to him I gave him a good look, since I just wanted to see what kind of person just goes through life invested in racism like that.
He honestly didn't look that hard or intense, but he definitely saw me looking at him and he just picked up speed, 'rolled coal' because of course he had that type of mod too. And what I could do, but shrug it off and get on to work.
Peel out ahead of him and drop caltrops?
Use your wrist-mounted grapple cannon and tether their front bumper to the ground.
I was driving from Seattle east through rural Washington today and found myself behind a Toyota Tacoma with some kind of wooden brace installed in their truck bed, so obviously a worker/handyman or something. which not to judge, but that kind of profession in that region lends itself to certain leanings. they had a bunch of bumper stickers on their back window, and the first one I noticed was a big US flag at the top (uh oh) and underneath it said "America: If you don't like it..." (oh no) "...give it back!" (err?!)
I think it was pro-indigenous? there was some more iconography below it but I couldn't get close enough to figure it out. I also couldn't make out any of the other stickers - one of them looked like it said "Pebble Beach" with a big Cancel symbol over it, but I can't imagine that's what it was
anyway, that's my contribution to the twitter thread
I suppose as a wretched disgusting amoral wild animal ticks must be admirably nutritious what with all the pilfered blood on top of the bug parts people like to tell you are so good to eat
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
I suppose as a wretched disgusting amoral wild animal ticks must be admirably nutritious what with all the pilfered blood on top of the bug parts people like to tell you are so good to eat
nothing more wholesome than eating the tick that's eating you
I suppose as a wretched disgusting amoral wild animal ticks must be admirably nutritious what with all the pilfered blood on top of the bug parts people like to tell you are so good to eat
nothing more wholesome than eating the tick that's eating you
The red-billed oxpecker is a mutualistic passerine bird in the oxpecker family.
An adult will take nearly 100 blood-engorged female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus ticks, or more than 12,000 larvae in a day. However, their preferred food is blood, and while they may take ticks bloated with blood, they also feed on it directly, pecking at the mammal's wounds to keep them open.
The red-billed oxpecker is a mutualistic passerine bird in the oxpecker family.
An adult will take nearly 100 blood-engorged female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus ticks, or more than 12,000 larvae in a day. However, their preferred food is blood, and while they may take ticks bloated with blood, they also feed on it directly, pecking at the mammal's wounds to keep them open.
The red-billed oxpecker is a mutualistic passerine bird in the oxpecker family.
An adult will take nearly 100 blood-engorged female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus ticks, or more than 12,000 larvae in a day. However, their preferred food is blood, and while they may take ticks bloated with blood, they also feed on it directly, pecking at the mammal's wounds to keep them open.
This has been a longstanding thing I've noticed in my life. I'm generally speaking a big animal person, always have been. Spent my childhood around a small variety of animals (pets and farm animals, the standard), went to zoos whenever possible, spent some time wanting to become a veterinarian, the works. Y'know, a real ZooBooks kid.
And like, I do find a lot of animals cute even. I'll still happily bop from exhibit to exhibit at the zoo with my mouth wide and my hands clapped to my cheeks, I love looking at animals.
But I hate it when they're supposed to be cute. As soon as someone is presenting an animal to me with the idea of "Look how cute this is" I am not into it. Cartoony cutesy animals are the absolute worst offender of this sort of thing (foxes are a frequent personal bane, as one of my favorite animals), but it frequently happens with real animals just being presented that way too. Part of what I like about animals is that they're animals, and part of being an animal is that they are red in tooth and claw.
GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
Honestly I just think there’s more to actually talk about in weird animal facts than cute animal pictures. But rather than try to intellectualize it I’ll just admit this is a grouch thing from my grouch brain where anything attempting to chipper me up is viewed as condescending.
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Grossness is an unnatural and perverse concept the last time I was on wikipedia I read about the wonderfully complex lifecycle of ascaris worms, first you eat some dirt or shit with worm eggs on it and the worms hatch in your lower intestine and invade your intestinal mucus which for some reason is a viable pathway to your lungs where they "penetrate the alveolar walls, ascend the bronchial tree to the throat, and are swallowed." The worms fully mature in your small intestine and multiply and rip you up until you die. Imagine that, living human intestines, heaving and bursting apart from the volume of beautiful healthy thriving worms! Is that gross? Do you denigrate the majesty of life? Fiend? Monster?
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reVerseAttack and Dethrone GodRegistered Userregular
Fun fact about red-billed oxpeckers: they really hate women.
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Use your wrist-mounted grapple cannon and tether their front bumper to the ground.
I dunno what's gross about this
I think it was pro-indigenous? there was some more iconography below it but I couldn't get close enough to figure it out. I also couldn't make out any of the other stickers - one of them looked like it said "Pebble Beach" with a big Cancel symbol over it, but I can't imagine that's what it was
anyway, that's my contribution to the twitter thread
nothing more wholesome than eating the tick that's eating you
little hairy grapes
Does this count as auto-cannibalism?
It’s great
Ticks all the boxes for me
Bird's got that face like it just realized what it put in its mouth isn't food
edit: spoiled for grossness
An adult will take nearly 100 blood-engorged female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus ticks, or more than 12,000 larvae in a day. However, their preferred food is blood, and while they may take ticks bloated with blood, they also feed on it directly, pecking at the mammal's wounds to keep them open.
Ahhhh
must not make... bad joke... hrrngh
I love nature. Even the gross bits.
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especially the gross bits.
Buhhhhh disgusting
The name pretty much lays its whole deal out
Yeah but what about its cousin the yellow billed oxpecker, what’s its deal hmmm
This has been a longstanding thing I've noticed in my life. I'm generally speaking a big animal person, always have been. Spent my childhood around a small variety of animals (pets and farm animals, the standard), went to zoos whenever possible, spent some time wanting to become a veterinarian, the works. Y'know, a real ZooBooks kid.
And like, I do find a lot of animals cute even. I'll still happily bop from exhibit to exhibit at the zoo with my mouth wide and my hands clapped to my cheeks, I love looking at animals.
But I hate it when they're supposed to be cute. As soon as someone is presenting an animal to me with the idea of "Look how cute this is" I am not into it. Cartoony cutesy animals are the absolute worst offender of this sort of thing (foxes are a frequent personal bane, as one of my favorite animals), but it frequently happens with real animals just being presented that way too. Part of what I like about animals is that they're animals, and part of being an animal is that they are red in tooth and claw.
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Same as the red-billed except they only eat the ticks, they don't peck at wounds like their red faced jerk cousins.
Oh, are red-billed oxpeckers the gamers of the avian world?
An unofficial goal in the board game Wingspan is to collect the bird with the most obscene name.
Boobies are good, of course, but I have a sweet spot for the giant woodpecker and the American woodcock.