tmildlyinteresting·Mildly Interestingbytictac2 Common Milkweed Pods look like Green ParrotsView original on lemmy.world455Comments15
Quills sh.itjust.works3Hide 3 repliesI so thought they really were parrots before reading the captions lol28
DDandroid replydandroid.app1Hide 1 replyI thought they said "carrots" and I was like, I guess those birds do look like they have tiny green carrots hanging from their mouths.4
DrZoidberg replysh.itjust.worksI thought they were like a large, rare, green hummingbird with those long beaks that are actually just stems apparently.1
ChamrsDeluxe lemmy.worldThe way the seeds are layered in the pods is really satisfying as well. Image is OC 11
DDumeinst lemm.ee1Hide 1 replyWe call these 'papagei' in swiss german which is German for parrot. We also used to paint them with water colors4
I so thought they really were parrots before reading the captions lol
I thought they said "carrots" and I was like, I guess those birds do look like they have tiny green carrots hanging from their mouths.
I thought they were like a large, rare, green hummingbird with those long beaks that are actually just stems apparently.
c/misleadingthumbnails
The way the seeds are layered in the pods is really satisfying as well.
Image is OC
Ha! Figure that one out AI.
Screw you AI overlords
So those aren't parrots? Crazy 😂
They look like parrots with hummingbird beaks lol!
That's kinda scary
We call these 'papagei' in swiss german which is German for parrot. We also used to paint them with water colors
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Who's a pretty pod? Who's a pretty pod?
I swear to god, the one in the back is a parrot.
Damn you had me fooled