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Kiwi egg compared to it's body size (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Everytime I see this, my brain focuses on the bone cupping the bottom of the egg, and it hurts me. I don't know what actually happens, but I know it hurts. Poor little birdy. What fruit in what garden did you eat, little bird?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Everytime

I was going to lampoon the comma splice but the made-up words for your response helped a lot. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

made-up

Boy howdy do I got some bad news for you about all them other cromulent words. Do you even grok descriptive linguistics?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And yet bbc had the audacity to gloss over this and claim the male does the hard work. While paternal care is normal for birds related to the ostrich, the male kiwi, has it the easiest.