There are species of nightjars native to North America. We tend to call them nighthawks here. They come out just before dusk and feed on swarms of insects that are hanging out in the dying rays of the sun.
I have a rescue parrot I've fallen in love with but man birds are freaky. I say this as my bird is singing along to Disney music and making fart noises, but seriously they're kinda terrifying.
It was a belief that they took the eyes of the dead. After eating enough, they would slowly start having more human behavior like the way our eyes curl when we laugh, or mimicking our voices. In fact, they were said to even think like us, like how you think this is real.
Those are just irises. Humans are actually kind of the odd ones out, having such prominent sclera. *Most* other animals' sclera aren't visible unless looking to the side, prevailing thought is that human sclera as so visible as a social feature. Make the face more expressive and make it easier to tell where someone is looking
LespritDeLescalier22
That’s a nice lookin pootoo ya got there
salunatics
lpooptoomuch
I too look like a log, call me nighthawk.
Silkyninja1
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Andunistar
Camo*
CPTBRUMBL3Z
"Bruh what was in that mosquito" fr looks high af lmao
Travelcedric
I have been lucky enough to get to hold one of these birds. Very lightweight and ya, that mouth is huge
cosinewave
There are species of nightjars native to North America. We tend to call them nighthawks here. They come out just before dusk and feed on swarms of insects that are hanging out in the dying rays of the sun.
SteveD31415
That does not look like any Nighthawk I've ever seen.
purjiri
I got super lucky with one hanging out on my fence last year!
Idfaptothat
I wonder what the wifi coverage is like? /s
Nathellas
They'll swoop right by you to get all the mosquitos you attract.
Frankasti
SubiBryant
Scary ass boid.
GentlemanScientist
Anyone still on this site that remember Hoot Hoot?
FrenziiTheSuccubus
I do the same thing at social events
SuckMyFatOne
Nice boid
VonSnootingham
Fuck off that's not a real bird. That's was made in the Jim Henson workshop but cut out of the Dark Crystal.
Revicus
Plot twist: It's both. All the creatures in The Dark Crystal were just weird animals Jim Henson trapped and filmed.
DorgEndo
Thought it was taxidermy until she moved
Illinifan88
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DRMemeWizardPHD
Brib is high right now please check back later.
OaksParcel
The kind of shit you'd see in a fever dream
prolorus
Thank you!
thelonepig
I have a rescue parrot I've fallen in love with but man birds are freaky. I say this as my bird is singing along to Disney music and making fart noises, but seriously they're kinda terrifying.
Sheldonian
They're dinosaurs after all
TheBlackRoy
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EmptyHouseBurglar
Looks like that off brand Chewbacca from the Christmas special
kilgoth1
Jesus christ. Thought it was a stuffed one until it moved.
NedGentz
Caprimulgids are very cool birds.
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
If you think they look like muppets from the side, you should see them looking straight at the camera.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
It's kind of a shame that there isn't a Tawny Frogmouth muppet on the Muppet Show.
offlinesuperhero
It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the Muppets
On The Muppet Show tonight
HughMann53
G'day fugly.
ClutterMonkey
Why does it have human eyes?
TNSCLuotaMEa4fVN
It collects them, and uses different eye colors for different events.
AnythingMuchShorter
Go in the woods without safety glasses and find out.
Destro24
It was a belief that they took the eyes of the dead. After eating enough, they would slowly start having more human behavior like the way our eyes curl when we laugh, or mimicking our voices. In fact, they were said to even think like us, like how you think this is real.
Spoonland
...and now I cannot unsee it https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1YnM0bTc4eTFob3VhOHU0bDV4b3czODM3em03Z2M5aXQxMzlmMjhyZiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/fNZXPcFlK5OYQw5hgI/200w.webp
eggmuffin
It doesn't. It has Tawny Frogmouth eyes.
KiKiVavou
Because it's soul is human.
annonymouse211
All the better to see you with, my dear
t3chtwo
Noooooooo , the creepy wooden bird from my nightmares!
vicvalour
To use those glasses, duh
IntelligentLake
It likes to collect them. Everybody who asked got their eyes stolen, so the answer is unknown.
Paoloc0mments
Stolen.
Asadsadsadclown
Just wait till you see the fish...
Kehy
pacu, heard they were tasty. along with piranha. They are tetras, relatives of the ever popular little neon tetra
JAVSmasher
Had a dream I opened my mouth and my teeth looked like this. Scared me awake
MaverickTitan
Well why do you have Tawny Frogmouth eyes?
ClutterMonkey
I found them. They are mine fair and square.
MaverickTitan
. . .
Where did you find ‘SQUARE’ Tawny Frogmouth eyes?!
OhIfIMust
How many humans do you know with yellow irises?
tclothingw
The ones with liver issues
ClutterMonkey
I was going to say my Uncle who passed last year but that was too dark even for me.
ClutterMonkey
Do you mean sclera?
ThatLoserTheFourth
Those are just irises. Humans are actually kind of the odd ones out, having such prominent sclera. *Most* other animals' sclera aren't visible unless looking to the side, prevailing thought is that human sclera as so visible as a social feature. Make the face more expressive and make it easier to tell where someone is looking
OhIfIMust
OhIfIMust
No, I mean irises; they're nocturnal, and their pupils are quite large.
MrNecrophile
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OhIfIMust
That wasn’t a dunk, that was an air ball: they’re completely incorrect.
MrNobodyWTB
MrNecrophile
Shit. I stand corrected. I can only apologise.