Comments on: A Bird In Her Birthday Suit

A Bird In Her Birthday Suit

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:01:33 -0800

Lost Ray Harryhausen footage? No, it's a real bird that keeps itself fully plucked due to an unfortunate malady. Sort of cuddly in a leathery, scuttling way, don't you think?

By: mumkin

mumkin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:16:37 -0800

I do think. Thank you for that.

By: lilkeith07

lilkeith07 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:29:50 -0800

Ive always wondered what a birds wings look like without their feathers, I just couldn't picture it on a chicken or turkey, their wings looked so out of place. Now I guess I have my answer.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:31:58 -0800

Cuddly like a zombie.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:12:28 -0800

J.F. Sebastian's Senior Thesis, maybe...

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:35:37 -0800

She must be feeling down in the mouth.

By: nowonmai

nowonmai — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:49:32 -0800

Banhammer for weapons-grade pandemonium plz.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:49:50 -0800

Oh that is fucking HORRIBLE. I want one!

By: Countess Elena

Countess Elena — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:43:11 -0800

This will be my testimony: SLEDGE -- She's adorable, really. I loved seeing her one feather stick up with interest.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:05:22 -0800

The mother of an ex-boyfriend of mine had a budgie that had no feathers. It looked like a tiny little oven-ready chicken. But it was an idiot because it always, always tried to sleep with its head under its (bald) wing. And because it had no tail feathers to act as a counter-balance, it'd fall off the perch. Then it'd climb up again, fall off again, climb up again, and this would go on for hours (you could hear it falling and climbing in the dark) until, exhausted, it would give up and go to sleep on the floor of its cage.

By: emperor.seamus

emperor.seamus — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:14:37 -0800

She is really quite oddly cute isn't she? The absence of feathers makes her expression more noticeable I think, and weirdly enough, while watching her dance around looking like a plucked chicken, I could only think about how nice her face looked.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:25:02 -0800

Great. Now someone find me a picture of a shaved ape.

By: [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:36:07 -0800

Here ya go, sourwookie! Just kidding please don't hit me

By: gorgor_balabala

gorgor_balabala — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:19:33 -0800

"Eventually the disease will affect her beak and nails, and then we'll know that it's time." Poor thing.

By: gauchodaspampas

gauchodaspampas — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:52:30 -0800

Just kidding please don't hit me. But it's technically true. Haha! Sourwookie is an ape!

By: hindmost

hindmost — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:20:02 -0800

There is in fact an fpp about a shaved orangutan but it is a huge downer that will probably kill any faith you have in mankind.

By: Quonab

Quonab — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:20:36 -0800

If the feathers on her head are irritating her, why don't they pluck them for her?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:36:40 -0800

Shaved ape.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:51:00 -0800

Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:31:38 -0800

You can bet she's not pinin' for the fjords.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:41:04 -0800

Oh God, oh God, oh God. I never knew that was an actual disease, and it did kill my wife's second Nanday Conure. Rita (that was the bird's name) plucked out all of her feathers below the neckline and drove her (my wife) and me crazy. The other (older) conure was Pete, and he had all his feathers and I can't now believe that he managed to survive, because surely he was exposed to the virus as well. He lived several years after Rita, although both of their deaths upset my wife as well as myself. Dammit, dammit, dammit. I'll try to write something more coherent in a day or two. Dammit.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:21:28 -0800

At the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph in the late 80's they had several cockatials under permanent care because they would go insane and pluck all their feathers and even peck holes into their chests because they couldn't handle environmental changes. Apparently, small things like a hair style change in their owner could set them off.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:23:03 -0800

er...cockatoos not cockatiels....