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Strawbirbby (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] MSBBritain@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bold move claiming a finch can beat an owl on Lemmy...

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

Lemmings fear and respect the owl.

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks more like a fly agaric. (Oh god, difficult english words. In german we just call it a fly mushroom.)

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, but what crazy 27 letter word is mushroom in german?

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Old words with common use are short.

But fly fungus is Fliegenpilz.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Oh that one's fun, thank you!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Of the MS Paint lineage

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks for the heads up. I would like to subscribe to the animal release notes

Edit: oh I read this wrong and thought this guy was notifying us of a new type of bird

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

What if I have seen one before? Is it then some other type of bird? 🤔

[–] SneakyBird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Fancy fella!