strange but true
Jun 19, 2023 | 1:36 PM
Crowded tall.
Birdwatchers have taken the internet by storm with a video of a “mutant pigeon” with bulging breasts and legs, so long that viewers suspect it’s an AI deepfake.
The video of the stretch fight is currently trending on TikTok with over 18.6 million views, amid debate among viewers over whether the animal is real.
This seemingly species-ignoring clip, shared by UK-based @pigeonsTV, shows an awkward-looking bird strolling along a table with legs that stretch for a mile and a full mast with bulbous breasts spread out. is reflected.
Its towering, top-heavy physique is reminiscent of an ordinary pigeon that follows Ozempic’s therapy strangely wrong.
Meanwhile, this ferocious bird’s relatively lean feet and claws are covered in trouser-like feathers fringed with natural feathers.
But after all, the bird actual According to Backyard Poultry, the English Powter Pigeon, a type of homing pigeon, “is the tallest breed of flamboyant pigeon, with the largest being up to 16 inches tall.”
Flamboyant feather sacs are known for their ability to inflate their bodies, the muscular sacs on the inside of their necks.
The result of centuries of breeding, the Fancy Pants Powter is often referred to as the ‘supermodel’ of the pigeon world due to its spectacular appearance. Think of it as the bird equivalent of the French Poodle.
Needless to say, the pigeon’s “Dr. Seuss-esque silhouette raised a lot of eyebrows on social media.
Some joked, “Stage 3 Pigeon Pokémon, it’s an evolved one,” while others compared it to what celebrities wear to the Met Gala.
“It definitely has two pigeons under the trench coat,” said another.
“I drew a pigeon from memory,” joked one witty TikTok wit.
Another wrote, “What is the true nature of AI-generated pigeons?”
Some even thought the bird was an ordinary pigeon that had been plucked like countless videos of dogs with botched haircuts.
In the strange field of ornithology, however, the nagging know nothing about the blue-feathered Victoria Crested Pigeon (the world’s largest species, named for its extravagant, showgirl-like headdress). do not have.
Or what about the Nicobar pigeon, which boasts a mane of multicolored dreadlocks worthy of a hacky-sack salesman?
The “mutant pigeon,” however, isn’t the first poultry creature to make headlines this year. In May, a feisty pigeon hilariously sabotaged a Florida meteorologist’s weather forecast, and in January, two Canadian pigeons were arrested for carrying “drug smuggling” backpacks. March respectively.
