Introducing... the Long-wattled Umbrellabird

[turk_diddler]

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The long-wattled umbrellabird is a large black bird with a body length reaching 51 centimeters in the males. Females are only about half the size of the males. In the males the head of these birds shows an impressive overhanging crest, extending over the bill, composed by hair-like feathers

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[volare]

Between the Elvis pompadour and the wattle becoming a pinecone here and there I'm dying here.... Thanks for the morning giggle!

[dinogrrl]

Nature, you crazy.

[mount_oregano]

Only discovered in 2003? How could this go unnoticed for so long?

[turk_diddler]

I think it was that the first nest was located in 2003, presumably the bird had been discovered before then.

[evilpettingz00]

It seems inconvenient to have something that long dangling in front of you like that.

Oh, my...What did I just say? ;P

[rose_cat]

Now, now...

[darth_biomech]

Nature, go home. You're fucking drunk!