This bird looks like it came straight out of angry birds
Me, a physics educator: “Interesting!” takes note
Fuck I wanna hug that guy so hard.
Region-locked to all across Asia around 45°N ('stans, Mongolia) and in spots all over Europe, especially Poland. A very interesting range, including the Mediterranean coast and Himalayas.
Good luck taming one, though. Also, only males are “bearded”.
Given their range, I wonder if their bulkiness functions to reduce their surface area to volume ratio. Since small birds need to eat a shittone of food compared to their body weight.
Probably. Also, it likely helps that they are omnivorous, and they chonk up for the winter. Some also migrate relatively short distances (blue on map).
I need to use Stans for regional definitions way more often.
The canadian Lynx stans most of Canada sans their arctic islands , and Alaska.
I need to hear this on ZeFrank and CasualGeoraphic.
I don’t know if this is a misunderstanding or if you’re deliberately using an additional second meaning for comedic effect.
But @ChaoticNeutralCzech meant ‘stans’ as ‘central Asia’ because of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgisistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
What a beautifully rotund creature
Mathematicians and physicists like this.
Nah, too much air
That can be neglected.
They are in their own taxonomic family but that still does not stop people from calling them “bearded tits”.
We Brits like to use the original name:
https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/bearded-tit
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bearded-tit
Big fan of tits.
My favorite r/CasualUK video: Tit in a tight spot + Pussy surprise (NSFW?!)
Nonsense, these three are clearly more spherical (Eagle owl)
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AC9BAX/eagle-owl-eggs-in-nest-three-bubu-bubo-spain-AC9BAX.jpg
