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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 16 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

These are from the calendars this guy makes.

[–] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 4 points 5 hours ago

Why does this exist?

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago
[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Nice tit bro

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Woodpeckers don't even seem to have penises, at all?

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago

This is what I've been saying my entire life. Bald eagles are a scam.

Imagine how disappointed I was the first time I saw a picture of a titmouse.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 6 hours ago

Let's see their drawing of a blue footed boobie.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 39 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Red-bellied is completely accurate, you just normally don’t see the belly:

a red bellied woodpecker goofily hanging off a branch, showing off the red underside it’s named for

Red-headed was already taken:

a woodpecker with a completely bright red head and a black and white body.

[–] DavidP@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I think it should be renamed "red-capped woodpecker".

That photo captured one with a very red belly!! The ones in our backyard have just a blush of orange.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

I think red-capped would be a good name too! In general I’m a fan of birds having as many common names as makes sense, haha

[–] lime@feddit.nl 32 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago

Far better names than most others get. What the hell does a C. elegans elegans look like?

[–] Una@europe.pub 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 12 hours ago

It depends on the part of the goat being sucked I suppose. The goat may be fine with it, we need more information.

[–] Hope@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I must say, the legs on that last bird are amazingly accurate, perhaps the best depiction of any bird I've seen!

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Wouldn't hurt a deer? Dude they're called that because they're shouting about it all the time (that's what their call spunds like). Racist little fuckers.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 12 hours ago

There's also the black-headed gull, only the males have a black head and only during the mating season. The vast majority of the time the black-headed gull has a white head, just like the other 11 billion gull species