Piotr Walicki 📸 🦅In case if you wondered if birds yawn, here's a #portrait of a yawning wood pigeon (Columba palumbus, 🇩🇪 Ringeltaube, 🇵🇱 grzywacz) for you.
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muıııo@zvrt I'm now interested in the name, because in Bulgarian it's гривяк (grivyak) and it's very obviously related to the Polish 🤔
@muiiio The names in all Western and Southern Slavic languages are indeed related to indicate the distinctive white "mane". However, they are not related in Russian (вяхирь) or Ukrainian (припутень).
@muiiio You can check https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/cowpig1/cur/introduction to find out about the names in different languages
merigold@zvrt I know now, not because you said so, but because I yawned just by looking at this little dinosaur :)
@merigold I'll bear that in mind when I post a picture of a sneezing bird :) Yes, birds sneeze too, even though they don't have a diaphragm and therefore don't hiccup.
@zvrt OK, and can they vomit to get rid of something foul they ate? Because I know they "vomit" to feed their youg.
@merigold They are not exactly vomiting when they feed the chicks. Birds store swallowed food in their crops before it reaches their stomachs. This is where they regurgitate food from to feed their young. Vomit from the stomach would be too acidic.
@merigold Pigeons, flamingos and some penguins can even produce a milky substance in their crop to feed the chicks. It is called "pigeon milk" (hence "ptasie mleczko" I guess)
Marcin Wichary
ReverendD@zvrt I have a modest polk active subwoofer in my garage. About a year ago my wife decided to buy chickens and we set up a small area for cold winter nights.
If I turn on the sub (even at lower volumes) all the chickens nearby will repeatedly adjust their crops at the same time so it looks like they are singing.
@ReverendD well, this is where my knowledge of birds stops. Thanks for something to investigate!
Nyx
Wurzelmann@zvrt wonderful pictures! I always loved their eyes, always looking like someone put some google eyes sticker on their faces.
peachfronttell funnier jokes! do better! this yawning birb can be saved from Sudden Onset Nap Syndrome... 🤣
(Seriously, birb is too cute ❤️ what a capture)