Jean-Philippe Dec 13, 2022

These are *NOT* birds

They may look like birds, but they are flowers called Magnolia Liliflora.

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Show threadChris C.Dec 13, 2022

@JeanPhilippe I don't know who's confused here, or not, but the OP's images have been manipulated. The only mimicry in plants I'm aware of is for insects. Those are remarkable enough on their own.

Here's what the Magnolia liliflora's flowers really look like: https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/magnolia-liliiflora

Magnolia liliiflora | Landscape Plants | Oregon State University

Show threadAzazelDec 13, 2022
@ecomaniac @JeanPhilippe the image is not manipulated, the scientific name is wrong. This is magnolia denudata, or the yulan magnolia
Show threadChris C.

@WolfChristensen @JeanPhilippe

Thanks for the name correction, but I still don't buy it for two reasons: 1) lack of an apparent evolutionary benefit; and, 2) If you perform a search, it seems to be the same images over and over.

For more info, see this substack discussion: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52975/does-the-yulan-magnolia-flower-bud-look-like-a-bird

Does the Yulan Magnolia flower bud look like a bird?

This GreaterGood article, Yulan Magnolia Flowers Look Like Beautiful Birds, shows pictures of flowers that look like birds, including these images from the planetsavioursuk Instagram account. They...

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