☆ Birdy Nest ☆

the mixing of eridian and human languages (and not just english! even english speakers use phrases from other languages! youre telling me grace isnt c'est la vie-ing this entire goddamn trip?) and idioms and body language and various non-word sounds is going to be a sonic nightmare for humans and eridians alike.

in the short window of the story they've already morphed several, now multiply that across the entire trip!

i keep thinking about rocky picking up gesticulation from grace, but on erid it's the equivalent of a human talking with a hand in front of their mouth.

and i shudder to imagine all the scientific short hands they come up with to speed up research! hey rocky thanks for solving the astrophage problem too bad no one knows what the fuck you're trying to explain to us!

manners! social customs! they're fucked!

1. Did you know that magpies mimic sounds better than lyrebirds? It’s harder to tell because they incorporate mimicry into their songs!

2. They can recognize faces of people and other birds. They are one of only a few bird species that can recognize their own face in a mirror.

3. They cleanse themselves of parasites by sunbathing

4. They create HUGE domed nests that take a month to build

5. They lay up to 6 eggs a year

6. Many magpies stay within 10km of their birthplace

7. Magpies are monogamous

8. Magpies, like other corvids grieve

9. Magpies aren’t actually attracted to shiny objects

it's you twin :D

(yes I know you probably know ts already)

New feather necklace!

This one is metal, unlike the previous two (both of which were painted leather), which means it should hopefully be a bit more durable, if less pretty. The leather ones get grimy fast lol.

Requested by: Anon

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