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chalk drawing of raven
Ravens are all black birds but I wanted a brighter look so I used purples. These large birds gesture to communicate. They point with their beaks. Ravens can also use their beaks to rip objects open. They can use tools to get food.
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Searching For Food Early in The Morning Painted Storks in Kukkarahalli ...
#youtube#Birds#Storks#Painted Storks#Large Wadders#Large Beaks#Long Feet#Colourful Plumage#Fish Eaters#Wetlands#Kukkarahalli Lake Mysore#Kukkarahalli Kere
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The (now extinct) utosai, the last of the great lacetors.
Lacetors are a clade of warmblooded reptiles that fill niches as large grazers. The only genera surviving in the contemporary are relatively small (averaging about the size of cattle), but many older species grew bigger than elephants. Utosai were the last remaining members of this branch, dwindling towards extinction as their once vast grasslands experienced rapid desertification over a period of a mere few millenia, becoming the massive, mostly uninhabitable desert region colloquially known as the Deadlands.
They would historically live in herds consisting of one male, several (sometimes dozens of) females, and their associated young, which would migrate vast distances to follow seasonal rains. Males would fight each other to gain control of their mates or tempt away singular females, with young males roaming in bachelor herds. As reliable grasslands grew sparser, these herds grew much smaller, with the last remaining utosai being found largely as small bands of females and lone, wandering males that would opportunistically mate when they were lucky enough to find each other.
Utosai had very thick scaly skin that folds in plates, in part a vestigial defense mechanism against large predators that had LONG vanished. Like many other lacetor, they had partly bony facial pads that grew large and colorful in males as display features. Their tremendous curving horns served predominantly as additional display features, while the smaller, jutting horns partly figured into intraspecies combat, with males standing side by side and front to back and swinging these horns at each other in ritualized combat behavior.
These horns were clearly of value to the people who once inhabited the same ranges as utosai, as their ivory figured heavily into their craftwork and holy objects and can be found near-ubiquitously in the burials of high ranking people in the east interior Deadlands. These surviving utosai ivory artifacts are of tremendous value, with the mere prospect of obtaining them tempting many graverobbers and other such wealth-seekers into the remains of ancient human settlements (a mostly futile and often deadly task, most accessible tombs have already been plundered and those still left in peace are hidden deeply beneath the sands).
Utosai lasted far longer than many of their counterparts, surviving on (and trapped within) dwindling patches of coastal grassland fed by ocean rains, too isolated within stretches of desert for any chance of migration to grasslands further from the equator. These last fragmentary populations were discovered by traders and treasure seekers sponsored by the early 2nd Burri empire, with many hatchling utosai being taken back overseas hundreds of miles north. It is unknown when the last wild utosai died, but all but the tiniest fragments of their coastal grasslands are gone and the great beasts are nowhere to be found.
The captive animals were bred in Bur and eventually produced a relatively large (and heavily inbred) population, probably maxing out at around 1000 individuals. They were never truly domesticated but could be made tame and well accommodated to handling, which eventually developed into their use as mounts, forming an elite cavalry unit used in warfare. A war utosai was outfitted with a shielded tower upon its back from which archers could fire from height, and would be driven by a rider on its neck. Their use was functionally similar to irl war elephants, being utilized for intimidation, to scatter enemy formations, and to lead (or break) charges. These were the largest animals that most people would have ever seen, and were often reckoned as nigh-invulnerable. The utosai was heavily used in Bur's wars of conquest, and became an esteemed animal emblematic of the second Burri empire's might.
Very few consistently effective counters to the war utosai were discovered during the duration of their use. One very famous, very successful counter was used by the pre-Wardi Ephenni tribe in its war of independence against the second Burri empire (which was already beginning to collapse). The province of Ephennos was of key import to the empire as a breadbasket, being highly fertile lands and providing much of the grain that sustained the empire. A cavalry of ten utosai (a VERY excessive number against a less well-trained, less well-armed group of soldiers) was brought overseas to assist in crushing dissent and were devastating in battle, with only two of the ten being killed in three years of protracted warfare.
In an act of cleverness, desperation, or both, a trio of khait were covered in pitch and set ablaze, and spurred into hurtling towards the bulls in the utosai cavalry. The utosai panicked and fled, trampling many Burri soldiers in the process and utterly destroying their formations, with three of the eight utosai falling onto their sides (weighed down by their towers) and killed by Ephenni soldiers. This allowed for victory in battle, and this victory ultimately turned the tide in favor of the kingdom of Ephennos and its eventual independence. A motif of three khait wreathed in flames is still widely used in this region and as emblematic of Ephenni heritage (who, while broadly assimilated into Wardi nationality, still retain a sense of individual identity, and pride in their city-state being a center of power and birthplace of kings within Imperial Wardin).
The use of utosai in warfare dwindled after the discovery of this fairly effective counter. They were no longer reckoned as nearly invulnerable, and the great cost of transporting and feeding these animals became increasingly inviable. Captive breeding began to dwindle along with their use in warfare. The last utosai were lost, killed, or slowly died off in the Burri wilderness during and after the empire's tumultuous collapse. Some folklore describes hidden populations surviving in some wilder areas- there are several places in Bur where people claim to sometimes see the silhouettes of these great beasts against the horizon, and the rural parts of Ephennos are rumored to have a few of them (perhaps descendants of the surviving war utosai, perhaps their ghosts). Otherwise, they are lost to the world.
#creatures#Probably should have saved some of this for a wip sketch of a war utosai but ehghgjhgjjhgjhggghghjghghghgcgjhdgfkhlfnvjhgier;klh2iuwi#Also lacetor are ceratopsianoids there Are some non-avian dinosaurs in this setting (but at this point Only these)#I use 'oids' because I take a lot of liberties with the notion that a lot of my creatures are Derived from irl prehistoric animals but#followed different evolutionary pathways into the present. So not a literal speculative ceratopsian but something derived from something#Like That#They notably differ in being built specifically for grazing- they have large flexible lips and broad beaks hidden within for selecting and#cropping grass#They also don't have the frills#and a lot of them have indian rhino-esque armored skin because I think it looks cool#I think there's rhinos in other parts of the setting not dead sure though
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I was so scare when i saw this
Rei.... what are you going to do to those slimes where my party is at serious risk of die
#instantly imagines rei running after them in his thigh high boots like#get in my beak(er)#aims a comically large straw at the slimes and increases clacking speed#sorcerer's trials#nu carnival rei
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my pigeon recently learned that he can rip the newspaper at the bottom of his crate so i’ve been waking up to the sounds of loud paper noises in the morning
#thank u plum very cool#u know how pigeons violently shake nest materials in their beaks to make them smaller?#yeah#it’s louder then my alarm#this ALSO means that i have to change the newspaper out more often bc there’s just. large holes in the newspaper now#and for those who are wondering: yes i give him nest materials all the time no this does not stop his destruction
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So I put the power of friendship and impractical outfits into Metroid Dread. No suits, no shields: we die in a giant laser hand cannon fight like true warriors.
#raven beak#chozo#a lot of effort for a bit#i thought back to that one piece i did a few years ago where i put raven beak in bikini armor and i said#'wouldn't it be funny to see him actually fight in something like that?'#because as we all know exposed flesh in combat is very humorous when large guns that shoot beams are involved#and then my train of thought fell to 'wouldn't it be funny if Samus was covered more than Raven Beak is'#'to subvert the sexy outfits thing a little bit but also drive home the 'god-emperor of Chozo Victoria's Secret' look he has going for him'#So the original sketch was created July 21 2023. And I redid it on April 10 2024.#and built Raven Beak bulky like a pro wrestler to really drive home the drama/hamminess of the situation but also to make him look stronger#my outfit design continues to be lacking but my commitment to the bit remains unmatched#... it's also so much easier to draw silly bikini armor that makes no sense than it is to put characters in regular clothes. or armor.#if you want a 'lore justification' for the lack of armor let's just say Raven Beak doesn't need the suit to be powerful.#and Samus is about to demonstrate that he has sorely underestimated her. by a mile. or a kilometer.#anyways the differences in their outfits match their upbringing and general philosophy#Samus opts for the more practical leotard offering her mobility and lightweight motion#Raven Beak guns for the full regalia that shows off as much muscle as possible while not skipping out on symbols of rank#and he NEVER leaves home without a cape#the cape is a must if shoulder-mounted black hole generators aren't available.
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jonnit is so cute 😂 I love him. and this metaphysician and his office are great. he's got a degree! he went to university!
#telomirage.txt#campaign skyjacks#'I'm also kinda getting from this [physical] that you are a seer so you might have a spiritual eye#that connects you to the universe at large' and jonnit covers his forehead 'NO. no! uh uh. just a kid!' his attempt to change the subject#that startled orimar right after that made me laugh out loud#LMAO ALSO knocking travis on the beak to wake him up
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I had a dream last night where I was in like... some kind of a video game and/or competition, where the contestants had to explore an area/level, going room to room and figure out the way to the next (the rooms would sometimes loop back to previous rooms, almost like a Spyro level), and eventually find a secret treasure that was hidden somewhere on the level
And I found the secret treasure, somehow! Not that the contents of the treasure were a secret, it was going to be a magic potion that either... God I can't fully remember, I think it was either going to turn you immortal (or something else, I forgor) or turn you into a dragon, one of the two. I had been hoping it'd be the former, but alas, drank the potion immidiately after finding it and it was the dragon potion. Wasn't particularly happy about it but it could've been worse. To be more specific the potion gave you the ability to transform back and forth so it wasn't like you got turned into a dragon forever, I was now a dragon-shapeshifter. Which was still kinda cool
But man, what really got me was how cool the dragon design kinda was. Like, it was like a bipedal vaguely humanoid dragon, completely white. The body had like the same soft shapes as Toothless does (with chonky hands and feet, like Megaman lmao) but the head was more like that of an iguana or a komodo dragon... I dunno man it was cool as hell, I really loved that design
The dream continued from there on because there was still like shit to find and things to explore on the level (and places only I could now reach because I could fly! Wheee) but I can't remember anything, like the plot of the dream has left my mind, all that remains is the neat dragonsona
#Moon posting#Dream I had#Years ago I was assigned a bird-sona in a dream so like. Sure I'll make this my Dream Assigned Dragonsona too#(The birdsona was like a crow or a raven with a comically large beak and a big green hat (like Ralsei Deltarune))#Look I normally just have fucked up nightmares so having what was actually a pretty cool dream was a nice change of pace#And an actual delight#Like the last dream I remember I had was another fucking pregnancy nightmare. Sparing y'all from that one but it was fucking BAD
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............ i’m starting to worry that all the talk of “trash pandas” and people calling themselves raccoons have unfairly given people the idea that raccoons are safe or docile or easy to handle
like, the original wish to talk of them in more endearing terms was in reaction to the overarching narrative that they’re pests and should be exterminated, but that absolutely DOES NOT mean you should get close to raccoons nor treat them as pets. they are still a dangerous animal that you shouldn’t disturb, much less come within biting distance of a raccoon.
#all the care guide says is 'biomass'#this is in reaction to both the poll going around about fighting a goose or fighting a raccoon#(the goose. you should pick the goose.)#(those ''teeth'' that you see are used to filter out water from their beak)#(they cannot break a human femur with their wings)#(geese are just very good at spooking large animals like us because we are much more dangerous to the goose)#(plus even if we havent domesticated canadian geese we HAVE still domesticated other types of geese and thus#we are familiar with some broadly similar ways to deal with geese regardless)#but also in someone being. surprised that raccoons were banned as pets.#again. raccoons are one of those batshit pets that are terrifying to see being kept as a pet at all.#this isnt even about rabies either (though its absolutely a huge risk factor)#people just WILDLY overestimate their ability to handle mammals#which i kind of blame dogs for#there's a reason aggressive dogs have to be put down and its because the sheer mechanical damage of even#a medium sized dog biting and meaning it#is very very bad and rough#i know someone who lost a finger to a chipmunk and has a scar running down to her elbow#do not touch the wild mammals
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Malabar pied hornbill, Dandeli, December 2022
#hornbill#malabar pied hornbil#malabar#pied hornbill#large birds#Indian birds#trees#perches#wildlife photography#black birds#big beaks#Forest#branches#karnataka#ganeshgudi#dandeli
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(via "Three poppies and a swan" Mouse Pad for Sale by KnowingWonder) Swans are known for their beauty and elegance. They have their own constellation.
#findyourthing#redbubble#knowingwonder swans poppyflowers strong beaks long necks strong fliers fast runners large birds related to geese relate
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Every goddamn time i see a shoebill stork I am stunned. I think to myself, This thing is an animatronic. It's 3d animated. It's elaborate speculative biology. But no. Against all better reason, this bird is real.
#i think its a combination of the large haunting grey eyes and enormous beak#and. yanno. the general wierd dino- bird-ness of the damn thing.#shoebill stork#critters#every night I go to bed haunted by the visage of the shoebill.... its piercing gaze and bird/dino mannerisms terrify me....
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Highly Excited Blue & Gold Macaws
#youtube#Birds#Macaws#Blue & Gold Macaws#South American Birds#Large Birds#Strong Beak#Highly Colourful Birds#Planet Earth Aquarium#Planet Earth Aquarium Mysore
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i wish i knew how to mod just so i can make a bird race in bg3
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@absolut--kurant!
Wiping off a black glaze wash from the heron bell 🛎
#good morning! here's something elegant and oddly mesmerizing#i know very little about the pottery glazing process i admit so this was fascinating to see))#have you ever seen herons in real life? i did only once when i was doing postgrad with the geese and ducks 😆#(i wonder what all those goosebabies are doing now.....)#one morning i got up around 4am and made the walk to the library for an early morning booked slot#this was around may so it was very bright outside despite the early hour#and i saw a heron skating across the water and settling on a fence railing only meters from me#it was smaller than i thought up close but still a pretty damned large bird#and its dangerous beak! i stayed well back 😅#there were probably many herons on that campus what with the large lakes around but that's the only time i saw one#just a nice little memory))#please have a good day today! 💖💖💖💖💖#heron#birds#cute#aesthetic
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Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence
Northern Cardinal, 4/10
I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys.
American Robin, 1/10
Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing.
House Sparrow, 10/10
You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end?
Tufted Titmouse, 1/10
A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back.
European Starling, 9/10
Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you.
Carolina Wren, 3/10
This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves.
Eastern Wood-Peewee, 0/10
If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 6/10
It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism.
American Crow, unrated
For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business.
Great Crested Flycatcher, 5/10
Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera.
Stay tuned for more criminal activity!
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