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submitted 1 year ago by Lowburn@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world

Didn't even know such a thing existed. At first I thought it was a baby hummingbird until I got closer and saw the fur and antennae.

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[-] jrwperformance@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago
[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Lol, I don't know why but I feel kinda bad for laughing at that, poor cute non-dinosaur birb

[-] hutchmcnugget@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Is this an example or convergent evolution or mimicry? Or something else I'm not aware of?

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Yes (convergent part), but I would say that it's more like the bird(s) one is converging to take the classic infect job

[-] laurel@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Holy shit this is amazing. Stunning capture too! What did you use to ID?

[-] Lowburn@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I used Google Lens to reverse image search and then cross referenced the results with my state’s biodiversity page.

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

I love these little guys, they were all over our garden when I was a kid. It's been a few years since I've seen one unfortunately :(

[-] Alchemy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Beautiful shot. We get to see them around where I live luckily.

[-] Lokisan@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Beautiful shot considering how fast they move.

[-] yenahmik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Absolutely beautiful shot! It's stunning.

this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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