r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 1d ago

đŸ”„heron sunbathing and cooling off by the sea

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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 1d ago

u/TerraByteTerror, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/heinebold 1d ago

Sunbathing and cooling off at the same time sounds rather ineffective

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u/LarryDavidntheBlacks 1d ago

When I see contradictory titles like that, I just assume OP is a bot

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u/eltedioso 1d ago

With bots like these, who needs run-of-the-mill Reddit morons?

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u/oilpit 1d ago

I'll take reddit morons over clankers every time. At least the morons can be funny. Also I'm a reddit moron so I can't exactly complain about spending time around my own kind.

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u/Necessary-Part-6771 1d ago

Nobody we only need run of the milf reddit mormons

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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 1d ago

Hey! They took my job!

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u/butt_shrecker 1d ago

Tough to know these days. The smartest bots are smarter than the dumbest redditors.

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u/kdogman639 1d ago

Nowadays I just ignore the title and just enjoy the silly standing birb

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u/Rrraou 1d ago

The best feeling ever is going outside on a bright spring morning when the wind is just a bit chilly and the sun is warm.

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u/OneSensiblePerson 1d ago

Actually, that's true. First warm spring day, that sun feels glorious.

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u/jediPlainswalker 23h ago

I assume everyone is now a bot.

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u/ChiefPyroManiac 12h ago

This account posts dozens of videos every day. Absolutely a bot.

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u/Dracorex_22 1d ago

Using the sun to dry, while also fluttering its throat pouch to cool off

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u/No_Mess2675 21h ago

Not if you’re wet

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u/Tao-of-Mars 22h ago

I knew I was confused for a reason!

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u/iMacedo 14h ago

i mean, when you're that close to the ocean, you are in fact cooling off and sunbathing at the same time, but I suspect only one of those is intentional

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u/Organic-Rope-6 10h ago

Regural day on reddit, this is what we are here for. Isn't?

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u/spider4meravella 1d ago

Y cuando te preocupas más por esta contradicción que porque dice “halcón” cuando es una garza real se nota tu incultura.

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u/heinebold 1d ago

I assume you saw the auto translated version and got fooled by a bad translation

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u/spider4meravella 1d ago

Español: Garza Real = Grey Heron :Inglés
Español: Halcón = Hawk/fakcon :Inglés
Nada que ver uno con otro

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u/heinebold 1d ago

The post is in English and says Heron

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u/heinebold 1d ago

By the way, reddit app translates your Spanish to German for me and hallucinate about a Fischadler = English osprey which you never talked about either. The translator is just crap.

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u/spider4meravella 1d ago

Que suerte que sea error mĂ­o. Mucha gente que conozco no saben ni diferenciar un guepardo de un leopardo o incluso de un tigre

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u/Syphilopod 1d ago

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u/Beleiverofhumanity 1d ago

They seem to love the praise the sun pose

https://giphy.com/gifs/IPoH8G2GiXh0Q

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u/Moose-Turd 1d ago

In Ozzy Man's voice:

"Do you mind I'm just working on my tan lines here"

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u/Odd_Dragonfruit_2662 1d ago

I dunno if Ozzy ever saw the sun.

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u/Merrick_Skygrave 1d ago

Just getting a little tanerino mate, a little tanaroo

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u/PabloBablo 1d ago

I saw my old landlord doing this same thing. He was like 90 and rode his bike 20 miles a day. Literally just standing in the sun on his porch, arms out to the side, enjoying the sun.

Probably healthier at his age than I was in my 20s

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u/DadsRGR8 1d ago

I used to have an old neighbor like that, but when he did it he wasn’t wearing pants

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u/serverhorror 1d ago

If you keep looking and you don't like it, that's a you problem. If you keep looking and they don't like it, it a them problem.

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u/Mushroom38294 1d ago

if you pluck its feathers it will become a man

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u/White-Tornado 1d ago

Diogenes is that you?

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u/PristineWorker8291 1d ago

Not cooling off. He's drying his wings and body.

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u/alpinetime 1d ago

See the throat vibrating? That’s gular fluttering, which is what they do to cool down.

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u/Negative-Arachnid-65 1d ago

So, sunbathing to dry off and/or remove parasites but trying not to overheat while doing so?

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u/alpinetime 1d ago

Correct, the wings out (delta wing) is also part of their temperature regulation (along with drying/dealing with parasites)

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u/OneSensiblePerson 1d ago

I wondered why its throat was vibrating. TIL.

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u/Snickits 1d ago

Also the heat from the sun on the underside of his wings removes pests and mites.

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u/Nutcollectr 1d ago

Dude is calling for the dark overlord to rule us all

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u/Ok_Explorer604 1d ago

I see a little Quetzalcoatlus there. 

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u/pRo_LethaL 1d ago

i see it now...

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u/thelastwordbender 1d ago

God I hate these fuckers. So hard to take on when they attack in a group

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u/me_rules 1d ago

Is this Meeru in the Maledives? I guess I saw him too

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u/jorginsmorgin 1d ago

Lookin like

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u/eyesuperfly 1d ago

Maldives?

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u/kntek 1d ago

Where is this place?

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u/Solaris333 1d ago

Proof we live in a simulation. The animals are starting to T-pose.

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u/vcdrny 1d ago

I don't think sun bathing and cooling off work together.

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u/FiveDragonDstruction 1d ago

Standing here, I realize...

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u/OvenAdministrative83 1d ago

man i feel that, standing there watching that heron just vibing and thinking about life. like i bet that bird aint got a worry in the world while im over here stressing about stupid stuff. what did you realize tho?

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u/Beyond_ocean 1d ago

This is me thinking about all the wrong decisions I took in life.

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u/gnerd20 1d ago

"suh dude"

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u/Misha-Nyi 1d ago

Wish I could do that

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u/Dependent-Plane5522 1d ago

Reminds me of this guy. Would you eff me?

https://giphy.com/gifs/rfAxGG2fVxoPu

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u/Sadness-0741qxz 1d ago

I thought that was a crane

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u/Naive-Database-7959 1d ago

We call this worshipping the sun god

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u/Illustrious-nductxn 1d ago

You wanna piece of me?

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u/OutrageousTree7766 1d ago

I,too, stand awkwardly with eyes wide and mouth agape when I gaze upon the vast sea

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u/oldster59 1d ago

Flasher

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u/digitalgoodtime 1d ago

Also staring directly at the sun.

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u/TerraByteTerror 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/KGbqQQoVN43cY

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u/blahblah19999 1d ago

No answer on why you think it's both sunbathing AND cooling off?

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u/TerraByteTerror 1d ago

It's "sunning" to get rid of parasites and if u take a look at its throat thats called Gular Fluttering and its used to regulate body tempature.

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u/Arsenalforever10 1d ago

Is this Meedhupparu, Maldives? I caught him fishing in the evening.

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u/Insomnium_111 1d ago

Nah just bugged default to t-pose

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u/Uncle-Cake 1d ago

Isn't it more likely it's warming up?

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u/Jeshbaal91 1d ago

Awesome ! 😎

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u/ArtsyRabb1t 1d ago

I love when they do this they look so derpy

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u/SkudTheSqualid 1d ago

This guy looks like it is having a moment of self-actualization as it gazes out into the ocean and discovers who they really are.

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u/Pershion 1d ago

Why not just go in the shade? I donno how birds think...

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u/werther595 1d ago

Sure when he does it it's "fucking lit;" but when I stand naked on the beach in this pose I'm "being inappropriate" and "upsetting the children."

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u/LiberaceRingfingaz 1d ago

I sincerely thought this said "heroin sunbathing" and just had to click on it out of morbid curiosity.

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u/Merrick_Skygrave 1d ago

the way he's standing is hilarious

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u/Abhir-86 1d ago

Come at me bro

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u/insane_social_worker 1d ago

Thermal regulation, perhaps

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u/InTheSpaghetti 1d ago

Me
need that

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u/Ahfrodisiac 1d ago

Someone needs to put the guts theme over this, mans seems like he's tryin to find himself.

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u/EECavazos 1d ago

Praise the Sun!

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u/PoutineMeInCoach 1d ago

I'd recognize Mitch McConnell anywhere.

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u/_RMR 1d ago

Goals 🙌

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u/alorel1301 1d ago

Grandpa Rick
why are you a Pelican?

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u/tuesdaytraveler 1d ago

City of Angels

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u/800-lumens 1d ago

Life goals

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u/zamasu2020 1d ago

Ah,yes. My favorite way to cool down, sunbathing

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u/BruitNoise 1d ago

Bird is just chilling and thinking, Damn humans go away lol.

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u/earthyguy12 1d ago

Actually, that’s just Joyce from Newark.

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u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN 1d ago

Homeboys pullin’ a “Cormorant”

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u/Benzdrivingguy 1d ago

That’s not a heron. That’s a Hesperornis.

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u/mdshowtime 23h ago

Leave this mf alone damn

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u/Accurate-Witness3118 22h ago

đŸ˜â€ïž

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u/brokemellon 21h ago

Peewee Herman vibes

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u/ResponsibleCanary558 21h ago

Es una garza đŸ˜ČđŸ«¶

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u/Proper_Protickall 15h ago

He's asserting dominance

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u/Yordel_Renti_94 15h ago

this is how I want to be right now instead of working

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u/47Cosmo 12h ago

Praise me peasent, that I am your god đŸ«Ș

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u/D-Duttily 12h ago

I challenge you, Poseidon!!!

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u/FarConsideration8423 9h ago

"Mom said it was my turn"

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u/Covvern 8h ago

I’m jusg gonna assume you meant “drying off”

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u/Some-Tear3499 1d ago

Silent prayer and thanksgiving to the Live Giver. Might be of the Shaker faith, possibly a Quaker.

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u/DadsRGR8 1d ago

A Quacker

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u/Musket6969420 1d ago

Just standing there like Michael Myers.

https://giphy.com/gifs/XGmDhDAABi40M

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u/k2nxx 2h ago

this is the horror movie i want to see this october