As a person on the record (our #podcast) as being afraid of birds (looking at you Sagittarius serpentarius -- for details: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagittarius-the-archer/), I'm honestly not sure if I think it makes a bird more or less scary to imagine it with a human head a la this siren...

📷: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254295

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Decorative Victorian floor tiles in a tenement close in the Hillhead area of Glasgow.

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