A Bird In Her Birthday Suit
April 20, 2008 8:01 AM Subscribe
Lost Ray Harryhausen footage? No, it's a real bird that keeps itself fully plucked due to an unfortunate malady. Sort of cuddly in a leathery, scuttling way, don't you think?
Ive always wondered what a birds wings look like without their feathers, I just couldn't picture it on a chicken or turkey, their wings looked so out of place. Now I guess I have my answer.
posted by lilkeith07 at 8:29 AM on April 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by lilkeith07 at 8:29 AM on April 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
Cuddly like a zombie.
posted by Dave Faris at 8:31 AM on April 20, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 8:31 AM on April 20, 2008
J.F. Sebastian's Senior Thesis, maybe...
posted by Dizzy at 9:12 AM on April 20, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Dizzy at 9:12 AM on April 20, 2008 [2 favorites]
She must be feeling down in the mouth.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:35 AM on April 20, 2008 [6 favorites]
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:35 AM on April 20, 2008 [6 favorites]
This will be my testimony:
SLEDGE --
She's adorable, really. I loved seeing her one feather stick up with interest.
posted by Countess Elena at 10:43 AM on April 20, 2008
SLEDGE --
She's adorable, really. I loved seeing her one feather stick up with interest.
posted by Countess Elena at 10:43 AM on April 20, 2008
The mother of an ex-boyfriend of mine had a budgie that had no feathers. It looked like a tiny little oven-ready chicken.
But it was an idiot because it always, always tried to sleep with its head under its (bald) wing. And because it had no tail feathers to act as a counter-balance, it'd fall off the perch. Then it'd climb up again, fall off again, climb up again, and this would go on for hours (you could hear it falling and climbing in the dark) until, exhausted, it would give up and go to sleep on the floor of its cage.
posted by essexjan at 11:05 AM on April 20, 2008 [4 favorites]
But it was an idiot because it always, always tried to sleep with its head under its (bald) wing. And because it had no tail feathers to act as a counter-balance, it'd fall off the perch. Then it'd climb up again, fall off again, climb up again, and this would go on for hours (you could hear it falling and climbing in the dark) until, exhausted, it would give up and go to sleep on the floor of its cage.
posted by essexjan at 11:05 AM on April 20, 2008 [4 favorites]
She is really quite oddly cute isn't she? The absence of feathers makes her expression more noticeable I think, and weirdly enough, while watching her dance around looking like a plucked chicken, I could only think about how nice her face looked.
posted by emperor.seamus at 11:14 AM on April 20, 2008
posted by emperor.seamus at 11:14 AM on April 20, 2008
Great. Now someone find me a picture of a shaved ape.
posted by sourwookie at 11:25 AM on April 20, 2008
posted by sourwookie at 11:25 AM on April 20, 2008
Here ya go, sourwookie!
Just kidding please don't hit me
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 11:36 AM on April 20, 2008
Just kidding please don't hit me
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 11:36 AM on April 20, 2008
"Eventually the disease will affect her beak and nails, and then we'll know that it's time." Poor thing.
posted by gorgor_balabala at 12:19 PM on April 20, 2008
posted by gorgor_balabala at 12:19 PM on April 20, 2008
Just kidding please don't hit me.
But it's technically true.
Haha! Sourwookie is an ape!
posted by gauchodaspampas at 12:52 PM on April 20, 2008
But it's technically true.
Haha! Sourwookie is an ape!
posted by gauchodaspampas at 12:52 PM on April 20, 2008
There is in fact an fpp about a shaved orangutan but it is a huge downer that will probably kill any faith you have in mankind.
posted by hindmost at 2:20 PM on April 20, 2008
posted by hindmost at 2:20 PM on April 20, 2008
If the feathers on her head are irritating her, why don't they pluck them for her?
posted by Quonab at 2:20 PM on April 20, 2008
posted by Quonab at 2:20 PM on April 20, 2008
You can bet she's not pinin' for the fjords.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:31 PM on April 20, 2008
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:31 PM on April 20, 2008
Oh God, oh God, oh God. I never knew that was an actual disease, and it did kill my wife's second Nanday Conure. Rita (that was the bird's name) plucked out all of her feathers below the neckline and drove her (my wife) and me crazy. The other (older) conure was Pete, and he had all his feathers and I can't now believe that he managed to survive, because surely he was exposed to the virus as well. He lived several years after Rita, although both of their deaths upset my wife as well as myself.
Dammit, dammit, dammit. I'll try to write something more coherent in a day or two. Dammit.
posted by yhbc at 8:41 PM on April 20, 2008
Dammit, dammit, dammit. I'll try to write something more coherent in a day or two. Dammit.
posted by yhbc at 8:41 PM on April 20, 2008
At the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph in the late 80's they had several cockatials under permanent care because they would go insane and pluck all their feathers and even peck holes into their chests because they couldn't handle environmental changes. Apparently, small things like a hair style change in their owner could set them off.
posted by srboisvert at 1:21 AM on April 21, 2008
posted by srboisvert at 1:21 AM on April 21, 2008
er...cockatoos not cockatiels....
posted by srboisvert at 1:23 AM on April 21, 2008
posted by srboisvert at 1:23 AM on April 21, 2008
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