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[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I actually got to play with a toucan once, their beaks aren't very powerful, and they can be very friendly.

Very silly screechy little fellows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

They look like nightmare pets but oh boy do I want to play with one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Have toucan, can confirm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

OK but what about the video I saw last week of toucans catching and eating fucking BATS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Different video, they're just eating a bat in this one, but there's a video somewhere of two toucans sitting high in a tree literally just waiting for the bats to swarm close enough and when they do they get snapped up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Not to be the annoying one, but they also are famous for eating eggs and even young birds from the nest, and I consider that very metal

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Please don't stop. Your posts are gold lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ever thought about what a Toucan would look like without a beak? It's haunted me ever since I thought about it myself.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The truth revealed

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

what would you look like without a jaw?

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

Joke aside, there is a legitimate point to be made, because plant - herbivore interactions can be modeled similarly to predator - prey interactions. That also works to s certain degree for parasite - host interactions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I always dreamed of being an or perhaps a berry!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

It still counts if the prey dies of laughter!