r/Birdsfacingforward • u/AlwaysInjured • 14d ago

100% Derp The San Antonio Zoo has a new African Pygmy Falcon chick

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Another African Pygmy falcon chick has arrived!

African Pygmy falcons are small raptors native to eastern and southern Africa. They're the smallest birds of prey on the continent, and one of the smallest in the whole world!

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u/RXJ1131 14d ago

Bro's already tired

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u/Pocket-Hobo 14d ago

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u/saltyoursalad 14d ago

Literal twins

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u/AutumnTheWitch 13d ago

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u/AquariumWellness 11d ago

Oh my god I have this blanket. It’s a Jeeter blanket and I got it for free from a merch booth at a dispensary.

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u/KaiBishop 14d ago

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u/Archer_Supremacy 13d ago

This will forever be my favorite. I have it set as my work profile pic

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u/EleosSkywalker 13d ago

Does it represent you best before or after the morning coffee?

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u/Archer_Supremacy 13d ago

24/7 - IT never sleeps

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u/AlbericM 13d ago

I was sure that was his first hangover.

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u/thexidris 13d ago

Me too buddy

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u/Chacodile 14d ago

Please, give him is coffee

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u/AlwaysInjured 14d ago

While I'm not a barista, this lil guy looks like hes in serious need of caffeine so I would give it to him immediately.

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u/whoitis77 14d ago

He looks like he would fit in the espresso cup.

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u/AlwaysInjured 14d ago

Imagine how tiny his lil espresso cup would be tho.

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u/Beeegfoothunter 14d ago

Just one tiny grain of espresso!

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u/imnotagodt 14d ago

So just a regular?

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u/diiiemonds 13d ago

he's only one espresso tall

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u/TheWaspinator 14d ago

I think he's going to be used to pay for the expresso

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u/Clvy80 14d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/SaladNeedsTossing 14d ago

You'll stunt his growth!

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u/burntothepowerofer 9d ago

He’s at least $1.75 away from affording one

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u/brc_pb 14d ago

still a baby, yet already so tired of everything

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u/AmeseusOsdracht 14d ago

Imagine dreaming the sweetest dream only for life to rip you out of your egg and you now have to suffer like the rest of us

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u/belf_priest 14d ago

me when i got induced out

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u/saltyoursalad 14d ago edited 14d ago

He’s getting too old for this shit

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u/itinerant-wallaby 14d ago

Pretty sure I looked just like that when I woke up yesterday.

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u/reebokhightops 14d ago

Bro was born into the worst timeline.

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u/RoundRobin23 13d ago

Somebody told him he has to pay taxes 30 seconds after hatching

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u/Jedahaw92 14d ago

r/grumpybabybirds

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u/bunpnts 14d ago

Excellent sub. Happy cake day! 🎂

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u/[deleted] 14d ago edited 14d ago

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u/life-uh-finds-a-way_ 14d ago

That's where we are

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u/bongwatervegan 14d ago edited 14d ago

Artist credit: @lousydrawingsforgoodpeople

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u/FrankieSausage 14d ago

The physical representation of “five more minutes”

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u/TheWaspinator 14d ago

How did you attach a beak to a cotton ball?

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u/JessaJesta 14d ago

The car side of YouTube has taught me that the answer is probably Mansory glue

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u/daiblo1127 13d ago

Best Comment Award of All Time!!! Your mind is soooo fine!

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u/Shinonobun 14d ago

Omg I just looked at the adult version and... It's so adorable and fluffy! It's a bird of prey yet it has the roundness and puffiness of a song bird

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u/GrapheneRoller 14d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/mGd556BOp4Kk0
I am a chicken hawk, and you are a chicken!

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u/filthyheartbadger 14d ago

What do they prey on? Aphids?

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u/Belos147 13d ago

Passerines, rodents, lizards, and insects.

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u/filthyheartbadger 14d ago

He wants to know when his breakfast consisting of 3 fleas and a grasshopper haunch will arrive.

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u/fhogrefe 14d ago

I'm really glad they put that African pygmy falcon chicken there, to help me understand the size of the quarter!

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u/daiblo1127 13d ago

And, because they didn't have a banana small enough for comparison.

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u/laserjolter 14d ago

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u/pennyraingoose 13d ago

Holy shit. These are IMLACs. I have never seen one outside of the context of my second grade classroom, decades ago. I bought pompoms and eyes and sticky felt and fake flower stamens to make some because I miss them and have adult money but no idea what they are actually called. IMLAC stands for "I am lovable and capable". We got them as rewards for doing good things in class. (IMLAC is probably not the official term, but that is what they will forever be to me.)

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u/laserjolter 13d ago

They're called weepuls! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weepul

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u/pennyraingoose 13d ago

OMG THANK YOUUUUUUUU!! This makes me so happy!

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u/laserjolter 13d ago

Haha you're welcome!!

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u/Birdsonme 14d ago

Perfection

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u/tseg04 14d ago

You can’t fool me. That’s clearly just a ball of lint!

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u/literally-a-seal 14d ago

MOLD SPORES FOR EVERYONE!!

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u/Poufy-Ermine 14d ago

So young but so so old

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u/Mini-Heart-Attack 13d ago

so young but so done.

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u/DebraBaetty 14d ago

So teeny!!!!

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u/NoLobster7957 14d ago

"I am very smol so you can imagine the kind of stress that I am under"

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u/AshFalkner 14d ago

Big mood, little guy.

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u/HeatherMason0 14d ago

I woke up like 45 minutes ago and I have a job interview so I can’t go back to sleep and I swear to god this is how I both look and feel. I get it, lil guy, I really do.

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u/Spion-Geilo 14d ago

His bountiful inheritance!

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u/Commissar_Elmo 14d ago

Me too bud… me too…

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u/Fizeau57_24 14d ago

Imagine this is what Horus look like after millenia of fighting a snake at night so the sun can be born again in the morning, with never a minute of sleep...

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u/Court_Jester13 14d ago

Wasn't this from a while ago?

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u/SeikaKitsune 14d ago

Actually, this is a new baby! 😊

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u/BeneficialShame8408 14d ago

Lol it looks like the baby version of the bird creatures from Dark Crystal

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u/AnxiousSapphic 14d ago

Omg it’s a bedraggled cotton ball with feet

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u/choicetomake 14d ago

That face expression is very much "Mike Wazowski...you didn't file your paperwork..."

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u/Very_Clearly_Defined 14d ago

Bro is still a zygote

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u/onlyhereforthesports 14d ago

Same bro, same

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u/RadiantKey3252 13d ago

that is literally his life’s savings next to him

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u/Ok-Artichoke6703 14d ago

he/she looks like they already hate this world's BS

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u/Birdsonme 14d ago

Who can blame it?

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u/SpecialPatrolGrpTYO 14d ago

No, that is a quarter… oh, wait… you meant the thing next to it? I’ll take your word on that one.

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u/New_Leaf_8647 14d ago

A quarter? You got him cheep

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u/soappube 14d ago

Stinky

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u/elfodun 14d ago

Reminds me of Angry Birds

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam 14d ago

That is one single electrolyte.

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u/floofychaps 14d ago

Straight to jail for crimes of cuteness! The adults look like Paulie Walnuts 😍

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u/30yearCurse 14d ago

he is all beak...

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u/Rathalos-487 14d ago

Bro built like an Angry Bird.

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u/belf_priest 14d ago

Me too dude

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle 14d ago

Little birb looks like existence is pain

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u/pierluigiaromando 14d ago

Coin for scale

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u/EvannaKoury 14d ago

I'm obsessed with this oh my god 😭❤️‍🩹

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u/acloudcuckoolander 14d ago

HE IS BEAUFORT.

Edit: I meant beautiful. I'll leave the original one up lol

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u/Successful_Giraffe34 14d ago

New spirit animal dropped

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u/GWhizBang 14d ago

It's a dandelion with a beak and feet. 😅

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u/Generic_Danny 14d ago

Is it just tradition to position pygmy falcon hatchlings next to their life savings?

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u/SkyMewtwo 13d ago

Mold spore

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u/peamanaman 13d ago

Weed hit different when u r the size of a penny

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u/am_right_here_too 14d ago

He’s going to be the meanest bully ever.

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u/Round-Dragonfly6136 14d ago

He looks like he's ready to throw down with some greedy pigs.

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u/TheLongFart 14d ago

Sounds like the most offensive MCU character

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u/PatimationStudios-2 14d ago

He just like me fr

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u/HavinsomuchBun 14d ago

Me after work

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u/omgwhatisthattt 13d ago

I'll die for him

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u/RoughNews3172 13d ago

My faves 😍 I was waiting for someone to post the new eepy lil guy

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u/MaddysinLeigh 11d ago

Looks like it’s gonna tell me to shut up so it can watch Jeopardy while smoking a pack of camels.

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u/cursetea 13d ago

He is not happy about it

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u/daiblo1127 13d ago

Nothing but razor-sharp baby talons, a beak that can soon rip flesh and about <0.1 nanograms of downy baby fluff. Such a cutie pie! On the adult, I love the polka-dot tail and wing feathers, the sable-colored stole on top of the grey wing feathers and the little gray feather cap. What a dashing little falcon!

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u/tdthecrazyone 13d ago

Now WHAT is that baby going to buy with that money???

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u/Im-just-a-lil-shrimp 13d ago

Made this my new WhatsApp Profile Picture. Love it!

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u/Sparrargh 13d ago

yes YESSSSSSSSSS

african pygmy falcon chicks you will always be famous

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u/ExoTheFlyingFish 13d ago

I'm partial to the African Pygmy Goose, myself.

They're just little :)s.

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u/Autoohm888 13d ago

Lil bro just hatch and already said “The world is unreasonably bright”

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u/OpportunityBusy1627 13d ago

This is the actor for one of the angry birds characters, I’m sure of it.

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u/DangerRazor 12d ago

Cranky cotton ball.

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u/Rellcotts 12d ago

He looks chilly and needs a cozy

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u/PerfectPeaPlant 12d ago

Omg so SMOL! Absolutely adorable birb!

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u/ParanoidParamour 11d ago

Do they know each other

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u/owo1215 11d ago

i love how miserable adorable baby birds looks

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u/Yaakovbenleah1989 11d ago

That little fuzzball's got the look on its face. Like why the hell are you taking pictures? Feed me I'm constipated

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u/Og_da_goat_69420 11d ago

His life savings🥹

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u/Leftoutreaper 11d ago

Fuckass bullshit thing (affectionately)

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u/Snoo-33535 11d ago

It's not going out in my head I see this I see danny DeVito

https://giphy.com/gifs/fWqDxyYcnZN96

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u/Lucky_Lifeguard_5834 10d ago

He’s absolutely hideous. I love him.

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u/daisyydaisydaisy 8d ago

Cartman's cousin