• Chais@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    People really argue about which birds are the best birds, but everyone can agree that seagulls are the worst.

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      1 year ago

      Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs described them best. Rats with fucking wings.

      • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Turkeys are stupid and angry. I think the only bird less intelligent than a turkey would be a guinea fowl, but they have the edge of just being suicidally dumb. I’ve had a Guinea run away from my car and then back in front of it in confusion, but never have I had one openly charge my vehicle. I’ve had a turkey do that, though.

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      1 year ago

      Wait. Are seagulls worse than black swans? Are they worse than Australian Magpies? I mean these surely got to be the top three worst birds, personally I’d prefer a seagull to a swan, but I’ve met enough magpie haters so I wouldn’t be so sure everyone agrees

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      1 year ago

      They may be the worst, but someone who kills out of annoyance needs to be on a watchlist.

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        1 year ago

        Everything we complain about regarding pigeons are traits humans intentionally bred into them across millenia.

        Pigeons did not invade cities. We abandoned them there, after they helped us coordinate building and connecting them. And we inexplicably treat them like the invaders after abandoning them the second they were no longer deemed useful.

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          I can explain. They carry diseases, shit everywhere and I actually need to be careful not to step on them and dodge when they fly near the ground because, they are absolutely not afraid of humans and also stupid af.

          I totally support controlling their population, because they’re nothing but a plague. Apparently swapping their eggs wirh decoys is very effective. Because they are stupid af.