this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
839 points (98.5% liked)

Science Memes

11189 readers
2912 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 35 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago

AND flight.”

- Geese

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Chickens naturally fly. Not well or far, but they can get in a tree to roost if they want. That's why they get their wings clipped.

Farmers take that away from them, so all they have left is fight.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Imagine if someone came along and clipped all the fingers off your hand...

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's more like clipping some of your toes so you couldn't run too far.

[–] Gladaed 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More accurately toenails. Only the feather is cut, as far as I know.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think both ways are done. Never felt the need to do either with mine though. They know when to come in for the night regardless.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago
[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I also want to include turkeys even though they're not included in the image. Turkeys like running down hills, since they're perfect runways for takeoff. Then they land in lower-hanging sturdy branches.

It's quite cute.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

turkeys straight up fly, they're not even semi flighted like chickens

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Chickens can fly, they just choose violence each time they can.

Can confirm, I repeatedly got the shit kicked out of me by a really aggressive rooster when I was like 10

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

You don't see kiwis here because they don't fight physically. Instead they'll ruin your life by trapping you in financial and legal problems.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

Fight or flight. Backwards, why?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Its funny how most people don't know chickens can really fly. A wild or yard bird roosts in the tops of trees.

Begun, the Emu Wars have.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Crosspost this to c/linuxmemes !!

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the first two are really "holding" their weapons à la veggie tales

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Veggie tails holds weapons? That christen propaganda is a lot more hardcore than I remember.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Well Ok then.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's fantastic. Now I will no longer feel any guilt whatsoever while rocking out to the cheeseburger song.

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why Dodos never get a fair shake I'll never know.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, if dodos had a Glock they would not have been hunted to extinction now, wouldn't they ?

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Truly, dinosaurs with guns ! Glocks to stave off the extinction of the species ! What a wonderful idea, I would have never thought of that, somehow I must have heard about it somewhere before, surely !

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It's their continent, they are just letting us live on it for now

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some people argue that penguins "fly" under water since their movements resemble flying much more than the swimming of other swimming birds

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And some people are serial killers

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True. Most of them flightless for real fr

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, most? There are some penguins that can fly?

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was about the "some people are serial killers" and as I pointed out in my first comment, most penguins fly under water since there movement resemble flying much more than swimming

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn, the 5 year old idiot in me was so excited there for a second before reason and reality killed his spirit yet again.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I'm glad I gave you 5 secs of pure joy. That's alot in an adult life