Common Milkweed Pods look like Green Parrots

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Quills@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I so thought they really were parrots before reading the captions lol

dandroid@dandroid.app · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I thought they said "carrots" and I was like, I guess those birds do look like they have tiny green carrots hanging from their mouths.

DrZoidberg@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

I thought they were like a large, rare, green hummingbird with those long beaks that are actually just stems apparently.

outdated_belated@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y

c/misleadingthumbnails

ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

The way the seeds are layered in the pods is really satisfying as well.

Image is OC

Kronusdark@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Ha! Figure that one out AI.

intelati@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y

Screw you AI overlords

MrJameGumb@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

They look like parrots with hummingbird beaks lol!

lennster@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y

So those aren't parrots? Crazy 😂

Grass@geddit.social · 4 pts · 2y

That's kinda scary

Dumeinst@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

We call these 'papagei' in swiss german which is German for parrot. We also used to paint them with water colors

tictac2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

til

Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Who's a pretty pod? Who's a pretty pod?

Hard_to_deside@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y

I swear to god, the one in the back is a parrot.

ShadedCosmos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Damn you had me fooled