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Hopping along like a little bouncing ball (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Given their range, I wonder if their bulkiness functions to reduce their surface area to volume ratio. Since small birds need to eat a shittone of food compared to their body weight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Probably. Also, it likely helps that they are omnivorous, and they chonk up for the winter. Some also migrate relatively short distances (blue on map).