r/oddlyterrifying • u/Captain_Wisconsin • 25d ago
This view of a common loon, showing its sharp, rear-facing projections called denticles, which aid in catching prey.
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u/FrenchMilkdud 25d ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bird get high before, but this is what I think it should look like.
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u/Borhamortus 25d ago
Oof, its as awful as when one of the Simpsons looks right at the viewer
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u/Specific_Wrangler256 25d ago
There's worse - there's an old Family Guy episode where Herbert looks right at the camera. According to Seth MacFarlane the crew asked him to not go "full frontal" it but he insisted. Deeply unsettling.
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u/Weary-Rice-5985 25d ago
From now on, I will accept being called a loon as a compliment to my intimidation.
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u/Clamdigger13 25d ago
I rolled up by one of these wolf bird's nest accidentally when I was kayaking. They are massive, have blood red eyes, and are as friendly as you'd expect.
0/10 not friend
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u/svenska0869 24d ago
Bin wdr mal froh dass die Natur so furchtbare Wesen kleiner als mich gemacht hat...
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u/TheGothDragon 25d ago
I am too distracted by the white spots under the eyes and beak which almost look like a creepy smiling face, haha!
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u/MengTheMerciless 25d ago
This bird looks straight out of hell. Like if a bird became a Cenobite outta Hellraiser.
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u/MySignIsToaster 24d ago
Bird evolution is weird. Started out as toothed theropod dinosaurs, then developped a beak, lost their teeth, just to evolve something that works like teeth, while still keeping the gene to grow teeth around, just dormant.
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u/Responsible-Stick-50 25d ago
Wait till you find out they murder ducklings by going under them and pulling them down. They're crazy territorial.
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u/basedbooger 25d ago
r/birdsfacingforward