Megafauna

2 years ago by fossilesque to c/science_memes

FuglyDuck 88 points 2 years ago

there's some freaky perspective shit going on there. They're big. but they're not economy car big.

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Forester 29 points 2 years ago

The wingsman can easily be 8 to 9 ft if it's female

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FuglyDuck 14 points 2 years ago

Look at the first picture, wings aren’t spread. The largest baldies are recorded as having 8 foot wingspans- in alaska. They tend to be smaller closer to the equator.

For comparison, if that’s a Hyundai Elantra behind it, it’s 15 feet long. (Close enough for 4 doors whatever it is.)

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Forester 31 points 2 years ago

From what I can see : The car is down slope and probably 35 ft away. The eagle is on the slope and probably 15 ft away. It has an 8 to 9-ft wingspan roughly.

I've had one of these land on my boat before so I'm familiar with raptor sizes from the Mid-Atlantic East Coast, USA.

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FuglyDuck 22 points 2 years ago

yes. it's forced perspective. which is what I alluded to by saying "some freaky perspective shit going on"

not saying the bird is actually ginormous. just that it looks ginormous. they're big birds. Big, dumb birds. (I agree with with Franklin. turkeys > bald eagles. also there's something hilarious about them trying to get crab apples

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SwampYankee 4 points 2 years ago

Can I subscribe to Mid-Atlantic Raptor Facts?

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groet 19 points 2 years ago

Yeah the bird is on a flat roof maybe a garage or something similar on the same height or slightly below the window

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Forester 11 points 2 years ago

Brother, the eagle is standing on grass

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 7 points 2 years ago

Grass roofs are amazing.

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xpinchx 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah whatever surface it's on, it's slightly elevated. It's a big bird but there's some optical illusion going on.

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groknull 5 points 2 years ago

Need banana for scale

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Viking_Hippie 4 points 2 years ago

Moped big at most, since we're measuring in vehicles.

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AngryCommieKender 2 points 2 years ago

E-bike is the best I can do.

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Viking_Hippie 2 points 2 years ago

Sold!

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Rolando 35 points 2 years ago

I think there's oil in that there yard.

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AngryCommieKender 18 points 2 years ago

Cue red tailed hawk screaming in the distance

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Alteon 21 points 2 years ago

Please correct me if I'm wrong.....but I'm fairly certain that's a vulture.

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geogle 19 points 2 years ago

Seems like an eagle to me. At least in North America, Bald eagles can be considerably larger than vultures. Oh and baldies are also carrion eaters.

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marcos 3 points 2 years ago

Does the US have unusually small vultures? Mexican vultures are famous, and much larger than a bald eagle, but even here in Brazil our vultures are about the size of a bald eagle.

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ILikeBoobies 6 points 2 years ago

https://avianreport.com/...

Bald Eagle 201 cm

Vulture 171 cm

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marcos 2 points 2 years ago

Condors are vultures too.

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DoctorWhookah 4 points 2 years ago

I think so too. The pic on the left its easier to see its head.

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NeatNit 15 points 2 years ago

Thought the title said "Magafauna", which also works

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drcobaltjedi 31 points 2 years ago

Well, no, not really. Back during the 2016 election don poorleon did a photoshoot with a bald eagle and the bird attacked him. I still love the pure symbolism there, the symbol of American democracy considered him a threat.

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samus12345 6 points 2 years ago