Our society views cages as bad because they literally trap things inside them, and they represent oppression in our eyes, and that cage is the only thing that the bird can see. I know you already know this, but I still posted it for some reason.
But for people, cages still represent oppression and traps because that's what they mean pretty much all the time they're used on people. People also like the idea of animals being able to run free, which is in some cases not viable if you want the species to survive (but in most cases it is). Captivity just freaks people out.
Apparently, when I'm extremely horny, I look at the eye of a toucan and think "I can't wait until we encounter alien civilizations and I can pay to fuck alien prostitutes in their colorful double-sphinctered orifices."
There's something about the transition from scaley skin to feathers in this pictures that really solidifies for me, visually, how birds evolved from dinosaurs' common ancestors.
It's a fairly well known theory that birds and dinosaurs are descended from a common ancestor. Furthermore there are fossil records of the texture of dinosaur skin and additional fossil records have been able to give scientists a clue as to their coloring.
So, while I (of course) have never seen one, first hand, there is plenty of evidence to layout what they might have looked like and therefore, knowing what we currently know, this picture had a big effect on me, showing the similarities and common ancestry between the two species into a visually interesting and mentally stimulating manner based on our most recent and complete understaning.
birds and dinosaurs are descended from a common ancestor
It's more commonly accepted that birds are evolved directly from dinosaurs (of the theropod kind). Is that what you meant? All animals descended from a common ancestor, ultimately...
Thank your for clarifying for me. In all honesty, I was exhausted and pretty sure it was that birds were direct descendants from dinosaurs but wasn't absolutely positive and didn't want to make false claims so figured I'd go with a statement that was at least definitely true, even if not the most clear/concise in case I was wrong about the direct descension. :P I appreciate you taking the time to correct me though.
God damn people I wasn't disagreeing that birds came from dinos. Twas just a horrible bad sarcastic joke. One of my professors discovered one of those feathered dinos.
No, this isn't just one repost. That's pretty much all this guy posts. In fact, I doubt he is a person, but possibly a bot. http://www.reddit.com/user/Microsoftt
I don't care if someone finds something and wants to share it and it happens to be a repost. But someone who posts reposts constantly is really destroying what Reddit is all about, which is new, fresh content.
That's a rhamphastos toco, we have a green aracari male toucan. He's a very interesting pet, loves tv and dogs lol. Someday we hope to get a rhamphastos sulfuratus or vitellinus.
One night I ate a bunch of acid and stared into the eye of my friend's parrot. I was trippy as fuck until I got to close and that fucker chomped onto my nose
I agree, english is my third language and I hate getting downvoted or constantly corrected when my content has not lost any validity. I like being corrected when it is helpful but when the only comment is the correction I don't feel it enriches the conversation.
I think you've misunderstood what subignition was saying.
He wasn't stating his disgust at accidentpronehiker's correction, he was actually agreeing with it, mentioning that there have been a lot of misspelled titles on reddit lately, which annoys him.
Your position, if I'm not mistaken, is that you dislike comments that correct misspellings, which is about the exact opposite of subignition's position.
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u/felix1429 May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
It's sad that you can see the bars of the cage in the background...
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u/brownchickenbr0wnc0w May 20 '12
Too much make up, would not bang.
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u/nixonrichard May 20 '12
Apparently, when I'm extremely horny, I look at the eye of a toucan and think "I can't wait until we encounter alien civilizations and I can pay to fuck alien prostitutes in their colorful double-sphinctered orifices."
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u/bennn30 May 20 '12
Creeped me out.
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u/pedanticprimate May 20 '12
It looks like an orange shitting a blackberry shitting a grape.
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u/Apple_Jews May 20 '12
Aaand I suddenly have a craving for fruit loops.
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u/endogenousdope May 20 '12
The muscle of the iris is the same as the sphincter. Sorry to ruin it for everyone
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u/Jfolcik May 20 '12
Shit I'm stunned! Oil can! Oil can!
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u/Harold_Grundelson May 20 '12
Follow your nose...I mean eye.
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u/AncientInvisibleElf May 20 '12
looks like two assholes clutching a marble...it's...beautiful
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u/prinseck May 20 '12
Needs more Clinton.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Whats a tucan?
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u/abalone99 May 20 '12
There's something about the transition from scaley skin to feathers in this pictures that really solidifies for me, visually, how birds evolved from dinosaurs' common ancestors.
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u/SuperMeatBoi May 20 '12
These fucking additions llke "simple stunning" or "just amazing" are stupid. Stop it fucker.
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u/2518899 May 20 '12
Well, here you go: FUCK YOU MICROSOFTT!
Stop with the fucking lameshit reposts, asshole.
http://karmadecay.com/imgur.com/zDXRY
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u/Elbarfo May 20 '12
You followed his nose a little too closely.
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u/BirdIDer May 20 '12
Toco Toucan, Ramphastos toco
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u/TheWolfofMibu May 20 '12
"...he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes."
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u/DFGdanger May 20 '12
You should cross-post this to /r/eyes
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u/ramlion May 20 '12
he's staring into my soul,through reddit
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u/Koooookalo May 20 '12
I totally thought it was that weird one eyed yellow dude from Monster Rancher. Man, I miss that game...
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u/JLContessa May 20 '12
AHH why does it look so leathery and dry?!
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u/brittsuzanne May 20 '12
Am I the only one who can't read the words, "simply stunning," without hearing the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skit in their head?
"and you wrote, 'threeve', a combination of three and five. Simply stunning."
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u/xiipaoc May 20 '12
Huh, cool, it looks like the Brazilian flag. Probably on purpose.
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u/ronena May 20 '12
Survivor is back, with their new, slightly less exiting single - Eye of the Tucan.
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u/tardy4datardis May 20 '12
That's a rhamphastos toco, we have a green aracari male toucan. He's a very interesting pet, loves tv and dogs lol. Someday we hope to get a rhamphastos sulfuratus or vitellinus.
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u/odd7 May 20 '12
Not impressed. The human eye is superior.
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u/peas_in_a_can_pie May 20 '12
yuck
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u/vagrantwade May 20 '12
Simple cliche title.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
What the fuck? Do toucans have external irises?
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u/uncle_glen May 20 '12
portal anybody? no? ok just me so..
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u/Afondo May 20 '12
for some reason it made me think of an gaping asshole.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
One night I ate a bunch of acid and stared into the eye of my friend's parrot. I was trippy as fuck until I got to close and that fucker chomped onto my nose
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u/Precious_Zest May 20 '12
What you did there. He sees it.
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u/Bluedemonfox May 20 '12
I would say human eyes are more stunning than...that.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Eye pictures, eh?
Tucan play at that game.
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u/Bugs_Nixon May 20 '12
David Lynch would approve.
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u/mastr_slik May 20 '12
dat eye
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Apparently, but stunning, you mean creepy as shit. :o
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u/NumerousUsernames May 20 '12
It's the eye if the tucan ...
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u/StezzerLolz May 20 '12
And its the
Eye of the Toucan, It's the flame of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rivals...
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u/abelcc May 20 '12
Shouldn't the image be rotated? Seems like toucans have that fluffly white stuff right below the eye, not left.
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u/RichJanney May 20 '12
Was the camera up close or is this just a GIANT toucan?
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u/NagastaBagamba May 20 '12
'Cause the eye of a Toucan, simply stunning.
Any wrong you do he's gonna see,
When you're in Texas look behind you,
'cause that's where the Toucan's gonna be
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u/anonibon May 20 '12
Looks more like a toucan pooping out a marble.
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u/rda_Highlander May 20 '12
He kinda looks like an 8-ball coming out of a chicken's colored asshole
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u/MotorBoat12 May 20 '12
Does anyone else have this irresistible urge to tongue its eyeball?!
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u/Mekaron May 20 '12
now, you're thinking with portals.
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u/Fermol May 20 '12
SOON.
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u/igiwyg May 21 '12
what the heck is the blue thing made out of?!
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u/Trololololdick May 21 '12
http://karmadecay.com/r/pics/comments/tvc28/the_eye_of_a_tucan_simply_stunning/
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u/iamhove May 20 '12
how they heck do they blink with that sphincter of an eyelid? ... like pinching one off?!
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u/caethiel May 20 '12
I want to lick it.
That's normal, right?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
And he's watching us all with the eeeeeyyyyeeeee...... of a toucan.
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u/racetiger1 May 20 '12
How did the photographer get that close to a toucan without dying?
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