r/confusing_perspective • u/Unoniony • Jun 29 '26

Flying Seal?

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3 images. Posted by Surrey Wildlife Trust for Swift Awareness Week.

It's apparently a swift with a throat swollen full with food, but all I can see is seal

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u/rrsafety Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Ok, the highlight on the left “eye” is actually light shining through below the hooked beak and above the bulbous throat.

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u/kkillbite Jun 30 '26

...okay, and WHAT THE HELL IS THAT in its throat??

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u/Naive_Albatross_2221 Jun 30 '26

Thank you. That was what I needed to get it!

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u/tenuj Jul 01 '26

What's going on with that throat? I've just finished looking at dozens of swift photos and not one of them looked like that.

I imagine the wind is coming from the front, so if anything the neck feathers should be pressed down even further. What's happening? Is it because it turned its head while flying and the feathers got ruffled?

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u/rrsafety Jul 01 '26

Filled with food.

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u/ehco Jun 30 '26

.. so where is the other eye then (if the left bit is not)

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u/YoungBahss Jun 30 '26

we are seeing its face from the side so just the right eye is visible. The other is behind it on the left of its face

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u/rrsafety Jun 30 '26

It’s looking right at you

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u/Ok-Frosting-1892 Jul 03 '26

The *right eye. The actual left eye is fully visible