I got to pet one once, he closed his beak on my fingers but because of how long the break is, he couldn't apply real pressure. It was pretty interesting to feel a bird play with your fingers who couldn't actually hurt you.
This is compared to my little conures who instinctively nip out of fright if my partner pulls back the shower curtain in the other room haha. Ah... My poor fingers.
Ya know, I could have happily lived the rest of my life without knowing that and thinking of it every single time I'll be seeing a toucan from now on, but noooo...
21 Comments
PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 2y
he Beak Too Big For He Gotdamn Head
ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Ma spoon is too big
Schorsch@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
I am a bananaaaaa!
nxdefiant@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
you have made my day, thank you
Speculater@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
That one guy at work that "knows everything."
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y
I got to pet one once, he closed his beak on my fingers but because of how long the break is, he couldn't apply real pressure. It was pretty interesting to feel a bird play with your fingers who couldn't actually hurt you.
This is compared to my little conures who instinctively nip out of fright if my partner pulls back the shower curtain in the other room haha. Ah... My poor fingers.
gregorum@lemm.ee · 29 pts · 2y
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 2y
For anyone else interested, here is an Interesting Wikipedia read on the composition and properties of toco toucan beaks.
Toco toucan beak
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y
It is skull? If anything, it is beak
thefrankring@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Classic example of big mouth and no brain.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
Why isn't the skull just as colorful as the beak at this point???
MonkderDritte@feddit.de · 10 pts · 2y
Where brain?
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 2y
Schorsch@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
Not much brain. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
They probably could have determined this without beheading the poor critter.
c0ber@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
it would be unscientific to not make sure
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
It was natural causes.
Bashnagdul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Wooden sticks are natural, being hit by a stick could be classified as natural causes.
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Heart failure. Coincidentally right after the decapitation.
pigup@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Look like a peanut 🥜
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Ya know, I could have happily lived the rest of my life without knowing that and thinking of it every single time I'll be seeing a toucan from now on, but noooo...
hperrin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
No.