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[–] ada@friend.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait until you encounter the folk that call them egrets!

proudly flashes "no egrets" neck tattoo

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] ada@friend.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

@A_Union_of_Kobolds I mean, it depends

The Great Egret is from the genus Ardea, which is a genus of herons...

But, the White Faced Heron is from the genus Egretta, which are egrets...

Egrets resist the boxes we want to put them in :P