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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you should add that the tredemark American eagle movie sound Americans know and love it actually a hawk not an eagle

[–] Jargkra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

These are cool eagle facts. Keep up the good work.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think we knew that the California Condor existed when they made that decision

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I mean it doesn't look like he had any ill will towards the condors. It seems like he got into a bad situation, attempted to cover his ass unsuccessfully, and got fined.

The condors were discovered in the late 1800s by both explorers/outdoorsmen and loggers coming up from San Francisco, San Diego, and El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, as well as loggers and explorers/outdoorsmen coming south from the ports of Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA/CA.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was joking, he was methed out. :)

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ahhh, I see.

Bit of a shame, that. My smoke shop sells psilocybin gummies, chocolate, and candies. I think he might have done better micro dosing psilocybin, but I don't have much room to talk. I've only macrodosed on psilocybin, LSD, and 2CT-7. Apparently micro dosing can help with depression and anxiety. All I know as a person with ADD is that macrodosing hallucinogens help me to re-focus into what I need to be paying attention to when I'm lost, every decade or so.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And? What's the conclusion?

[–] notabot@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't paraglide near Australian Wedge Tail Eagles?

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But you haven't done anything!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Didn’t they???

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Wedge-tailed Eagles are fucking cool, even if we get their name wrong on silly graphics since the rest of it isn't entirely accurate either.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tbh the American dropbears aren’t much to write home about either

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Their platypi are a unique shade of teal, which is pretty cool.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The plural of platypus is platypuses if you’re being normal, and platypodes if you’re showing off at a dinner party no one wanted to attend.

it’s actually Greek (platys = flat, pous = foot)

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Okay, but it's kinda unfair to compare literally anything to the country where every living thing will kill you if you look at it funny!

/s

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

That's the saddest looking bald eagle. Aww, buddy.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

They used to circle above my primary school. I wonder if they ever managed to snag one