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[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

I hardly knew ye

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, I'm working on growing my own

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The bird right?

You're talking about an animal right?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

yes and thats worse than human tits... the tits are such beautiful and fluffy borbs...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Counter argument, titties are more fun to suck on than the bird.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Speaking from experience?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The great tit is currently "least concern." They're not even close to endangered.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

But the climate patterns haven't shifted that dramatically yet

They found that warmer winters and subsequent early springs cause trees to leaf earlier, which in turn prompts the larvae that feed on the plants to hatch earlier, and this can present a problem to the birds.

Great tits are among many species which depend on an abundance of larvae available when their chicks are newly hatched and growing.

Among populations of great tits, some birds’ young hatch earlier than others, and in a rapidly warming world with earlier springs, to begin with, these families of tits could survive.

However, using population models and comparing them against various climate change scenarios, the researchers concluded that eventually, if springs came earlier and earlier, the great tits would lose the race.

“When the climate changes, the interactions between different species changes too,” said Emily Simmonds, an associate professor at NTNU’s Department of Biology.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay, now I gotta do something about it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Make sure you appreciate the great tits in your life while you still can.