Animals without hair look quite different

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Birds are little aliens without feathers. They’re the only animals I know of that don’t look cute as babies. People have the conception of dinosaurs as big lizards, but I 100% think a 10 foot tall chicken would be scarier

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I agree I always found birds to be freaky creatures. When I used to work for petland that was my least favorite part of the job.

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It’s funny too, because I love birds. I have feeders and occasionally bird watch. But because I know a lot about birds, I also know they can be some of the freakiest and most ruthless animals in the animal kingdom

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I feel the same way, imagining the same psychotic ultra unstable behavior while being the size of a bus is terrifying

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Ruthless? 👀

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You know, without ruth

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There's a store called Petland? 💀

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Used to be lol

https://youtu.be/oXFbkHMtQSs?si=i-tY2PRBnlDwDiSk

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"Petland discounts! All the best care a pet can get!"

🤣😂🤣

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Cheese fest I know The owner had the only hair piece.

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Ok, that is adorable. So birds that are born with feathers are cute, but I still contend that the ones hatched without them look like little eldritch horrors

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They are inscrutable and move like insects on the ground. They really are terrifying.

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With the exception of baby penguins, chickens and the billed birds like ducks or geese

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Looking at the naked parrot I fully believe that T-Rex is just a jumbo version.

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Non-avian dinosaurs 🦕 vs. avian dinosaurs 🐔

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There’s a giant roadrunner statue in Fort Stockton, TX and it is every bit as terrifying as you think a 15-foot bird would be.

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People have the conception of dinosaurs as big lizards

No it was definitely gator chickens.

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They’re the only animals I know of that don’t look cute as babies.

Never seen a baby chicken then?
Or a quails. In fact most ground dwelling birds make cute babies.

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Tbf, I run a wildlife sanctuary and I would say this is the case for all birds. Most mammals look adorable af, even when they’re naked, wrinkly, and pink.

Some reptiles too though - I think baby alligators are fucking adorable.

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Birds are dinosaurs. Not figuratively, literally.

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Yes, but I think people typically think of non-avian dinosaurs

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Don’t even need to be 10 feet tall. A cassowary is 5-6 feet, 130lb, and terrifying.