Photo by Meade. The white duck/goose head shape pops as the dark beak and the true head shape recede.I asked Grok if there's any writing on the topic of this head-shape camouflage on the sandhill crane and it "searched extensively" and told me that I seem to have made "a unique observation." How can that be, with all the birdwatching that goes on?! I can't believe it. The fake head marking is so obvious!
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What do you get from cross breeding a sandhill crane with a mud hen? A Loam Duck
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Someday there will come along a sandhill crane that can pass for a swan.
A crane that identifies as a swan that are crane exclusive. Cranephobic? #DucksToo
A duck, no. A goose, perhaps. A clip here, a tuck there, an amendment to complete the simulation.
This is a beautiful photo. Thank you Meade.
They want to be seen as a goose or duck, but then when they open their mouths....
It takes more than a shapely head to make a goose.
More likely an evolutionary adaptation to attract mates.
The Sandhill Crane is The Ribeye in the Sky according to my hunting friends.
Big deal. What I'd like to see is an ORANGE sandhill crane.
“I can't believe it. The fake head marking is so obvious!”
Sorry, I just don’t see it. Is this one of those things you have to stare at cross-eyed or something?
You're asking too much of Grok. So it made up an answer that its creators think you might like.
I posted a couple of videos to my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/pTMqHtvbdKw?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/x63L6rB1b1s?feature=shared
@King Tofu: so glad you liked it!
I don't get Althouse's argument that the head marking is supposed to make the Sandhill Crane look like a duck or a goose. That crane's markings are virtually identical to the head markings of all adult male cranes, which hang out in massive flocks in which the (apparent) idea is to look like all the other cranes. Looking like a duck would get you singled out for predation.
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