science_memes·Science Memesbyfossilesque Helpful diagramsView original on mander.xyz386Comments16Reply
bborth sh.itjust.works3Hide 3 repliesHow does this make more sense? They can't bend their beaks the same way we can bend our thumb and finger14Reply
EEscanortheArrogant replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyTouch the tip of your index (also known as fore finger)to the tip of your thumb. There is no bending involved and you can generate a decent amount of force and pick things up that way.10Reply
llemmingnosis replylemmy.worldThis changes everything. Only going to use my beak for eating now.5Reply
JJimmyeatsausage lemmy.worldFrom the foundational textbook "Garden of Earthly Delights" by H. Bosch et al8Reply
bbeebarfbadger lemmy.worldHas science gone too far? Find out in the scattered audio logs left behind in the mysteriously abandoned research complex.4Reply
PPlease_Do_Not lemm.ee3Hide 3 repliesI'm sorry I still don't totally understand. I don't mean to be dumb, I just really wish they labeled the different parts.4Reply
EEscanortheArrogant replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesSee my reply to the other person in this thread.2Reply
EEffortlessEffluvium lemm.eeI just want to know if birds go around thinking, “Crushing your head! Crushing your head!”4Reply
eeestileib replysh.itjust.worksA bunch of birds have prehensile beaks; it just means "grasping". Macaws, parrots, and cockatoos for example.4Reply
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Before AI, we just had insane people.
Before AI we have Silent Hill.
Birds with hands
How does this make more sense? They can't bend their beaks the same way we can bend our thumb and finger
Touch the tip of your index (also known as fore finger)to the tip of your thumb. There is no bending involved and you can generate a decent amount of force and pick things up that way.
This changes everything. Only going to use my beak for eating now.
Some kind of can. But not really the same way.
From the foundational textbook "Garden of Earthly Delights" by H. Bosch et al
Has science gone too far? Find out in the scattered audio logs left behind in the mysteriously abandoned research complex.
I'm sorry I still don't totally understand. I don't mean to be dumb, I just really wish they labeled the different parts.
See my reply to the other person in this thread.
But where's the mouth functionality?
I guess that orange arrow from the left points at that place
I just want to know if birds go around thinking, “Crushing your head! Crushing your head!”
Ah yes because so many birds have prehensile beaks lol
A bunch of birds have prehensile beaks; it just means "grasping". Macaws, parrots, and cockatoos for example.