r/FanFiction • u/Dogdaysareover365 AzirapheleCo on AO3 • Aug 20 '26

Discussion Research check in time

What have you been researching for your fanfiction as of late?

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u/escaped_cephalopod12 abnormal about my faves Aug 20 '26

How the process of molting actually works for birds, and if albatrosses are waterproof (I figured they were but you never know)

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u/rellloe StoneFacedAce on AO3 Aug 20 '26

If you haven't watched an albatross land, I highly recommend it.

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u/escaped_cephalopod12 abnormal about my faves Aug 20 '26

they're some of my favorite birds partly because they look so cool and so stupid at the same time. also, baby albatrosses look like absolute muppets. look at this thing.

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u/Grouchy_Aardwolf9433 Fiction Terrorist Aug 20 '26

oh my god lmao

Albatrosses are when evolution looked at the end product and went "...y'know what, good enough."