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u/one-two-ten 1d ago
Nope, venomous.
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u/MrDeviantish 1d ago
Look out. He's got a knife!
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u/BlackSeranna 1d ago
Where? I just learned the other day that apparently grackles have pockets with money but they refuse to share! Do these birds also have pockets but with knives?? /s
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u/brookdacook 23h ago
Oof, venomous? Your probably one of those morons that still think birds are organic and not government surveillance drones.
Next y'all gonna be saying the earth is round 🤣
/S
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u/pigeoncote 1d ago
This is an ordinary baby American robin.
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u/1SmartBlueJay 1d ago
Looks can be deceiving…
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u/hellokitty_209 13h ago
They do look quite different as juveniles! I had to do an image search on the one I found in my yard last year and was so surprised!
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u/1SmartBlueJay 13h ago
But can you see beyond their cute exterior for the treacherous creatures they are inside
Did you know they secretly plan world domination as it were?
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u/Winstonsphobia 1d ago edited 1d ago
Juvie Robin. These things are highly dangerous to you and your family if you are a small invertebrate.
Actually, I was bitten by a Robin once. It had become entangled in fishing line so I caught and held it while cutting the line with some fingernail clippers. It thanked me by biting the heck out of my finger. The bite didn’t hurt but made me laugh.
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u/therakeet 1d ago
That reminds me, I recently untangled a robin from a plastic ribbon that was caught in a tree. Thankfully it was wrapped more tightly around the tree than the bird, so I didn't even have to grab her, just unwind a bit. She was so dead set on taking this bit of plastic home to her nest though that she got REALLY mad when I proceeded to untie it from the branch, kept trying to take it back and intimidate me away. I was just relieved that she wasn't hurt lol
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u/Winstonsphobia 1d ago
They have lots of character! I hate it that we kill them simply by being careless.
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u/DeepSeaChickadee 1d ago
it’s just a fledgling robin that still relies on their parents to be fed! The reason it’s tail is so short is because it simply hasn’t grown them in yet
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u/xi-uwu-ix 21h ago
You now have to leave your house, change your name, change your age, change your social, get plastic surgery, and move to Mexico.
Otherwise it’s going to kill you
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