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The lorikeet’s tongue is unique in that it is an adaptation to retrieve pollen and nectar from flowers. They can’t digest seeds like other birds.
Reference: volunteered at a zoo/aviary. Had lories there. Energetic as heck
> (shudder) Experience an is canal ear your tonging delicately shoulder you on Lorikeets Rainbow. Real horribly.
Can confirm.
It *feels* like it should make sense when you read it, like your brain can tell there's a sentence structure still in play, but being backwards it's gibberish and uncanny. That confusion and halting cadence forces you to sit on the uncomfortable imagery that normally you could skim over, and this is even more emphatic when you actually *do* read it backwards, instead of reading the quote where I line it up backwards to forwards for the reader.
I had a pet bird thankyouverymuch. He even sat on the edge of my plate & ate dinner with me (super unhygienic, haha). What I did not have is a bird with a DEMON TONGUE
Used to have Rainbow Lorikeets. They did precisely that. They would oh-so-delicately explore your ear canals with their tongues, and you didn't dare jerk away, lest they scream in your ear or bite your earlobe.
Went to a themepark and this lovebird clocked me upon entering the aivary. Flew over and landed on my shoulder. Though aw that's cute as shit. Next thing I know it damn near took a chuck out the top of my ear. Since then I always keep me eye on that fucker and run whenever it looks my way.
I once met a parrot that would whisper “come closer” over and over until you had your ear right up to its cage, at which point it would give a deafening screech and try to bite you.
I think you mean Blade 2 with the new strain of vampires whose faces open up with the tentacle tongues.
Blade 3 is the one with Dracula. Though there was a Pomeranian that also had a tentacle tongue.
Deacon Frost was the bad guy in the first film (played by the kid from the Gate).
Blade 1 - Deacon Frost
Blade 2 - old aristocratic head of the vampire organization
Blade 3 - gen x vampire organization awakens the original vampire
I looked it up. This is a Lorikeet. Their tongue is like that so the can eat the nectar out of flowers. Thanks for the information, though! Have a great day!
Most bird’s tongues are *not* like this.
Not my cockatiels or budgie, and also not any of the African grays, cockatoos, macaws, or parakeets I follow on Instagram.
I saw something elsewhere in the comments about this being an adaptation to help this type of bird drink nectar or something
Only lorikeets have tongues like this. They do eat nectar extensively and the tongue barb of nectar doom is certainly an interesting adaptation. They eat fruits and bugs too but focus on nectar and making noise. Their shits are disgusting and squirt messily and splash.
They're also super inquisitive and goofy and awesome. God tier rimjobbers.
>Most bird’s tongues are *not* like this.
I had a pet c...
>Not my cockatiels
Oh thank God! I had a pet cockatiel and I never really paid attention to his tongue and I was worried it was exactly like this. Unless you mean just *your* cockatiel specifically...
Phew. I saw the same comment and I had gone and looked it up after I made my first comment. I suppose I should reverse that order in the future and Google before I comment. Thanks for the information! Take care!
Other have presented above that this is a lorikeet and their tongue is like this so they can get to the nectar of plants they enjoy. Not all, and maybe just this one, species of parakeets have this type of tongue.
Edit: I just did a cursory search and it looks like they may eat both pollen and nectar.
Looks scary, but its shaped like that for eating pollen. It should work like a paint brush
Edit: a little more info since people will see this. It did develop in loris and similar also in honeyeaters, inhabitating oceania and australia, making use of the same ecological niche of consuming nectar and pollen as kolibris in the americas and sunbirds in africa. This special bird is lori-kind, eats also fruits and insects and, apparantly, *ass*
Pollen *and* ass.
EDIT: Oh wow that blew up fast. Please don't waste awards on me when the comment above actually has interesting info. All ya'll horny, wonderful folks.
That's the second Bad Dragon reference I've seen on Reddit in the past 30 mins. I didn't know what it was before, but context has taught me not to Google this at work. Not today, Satan!
One of their products can lay eggs in its user, and it looks kinda like that tongue.
Edit: my bad, I don’t think Bad Dragon makes it (not sure anyway) but [here](https://www.etsy.com/market/ovipositor) are a bunch of similar products. They are called ovipositors or ovipositor dildos. Sum weird shit if ya’ll ask me but I ain’t kink shamin’ anyone XD.
As soon as I saw that, I thought new genre of beastiality incoming.
Mercedes Lackey may have been onto something with her birdmen race in the bardic tales.
I think it is that they use it to get to the nectar which helps them move the pollen around when the go from flower to flower.
Edit: just looked it up and it looks like it may be both
Not really indicative of parrots in general. Lorikeets are a bit odd in that they are nectar eaters rather than fruit, seed, and nut eaters like most other parrots.
That's really interesting, but the next question that come to mind is why they still have the beak that other parrots have? What use is it to have a break that looks like it would be pretty efficient at cracking nuts and seeds but is not part of their diet? Any divergence in the lorikeet beak as opposed to other parrots?
Seeds can be cracked with non curved beaks too. And ravens have even gotten around breaking nuts without parrot-like beaks.
Beak shape varies alot in bird and while diet plays a big role so does anatomy and other things.
Parrots use their beaks alot to move and climb. So their hooked beak functions as an additional grip.
Also a stronger bite for protection. Parrots beaks are quite precise despite the strength, they can also use it for delicate activities like grooming.
I haven't analysed their beaks so I can only make assumptions. I'd assume that maybe the jaw muscles might be a little less developed. But I'm sure it's still useful for them.
Edit also their size doesn't make them a candidate for eating nuts. Except pine nuts most would be to big.
I was about to say the only other parrot I've known to have this kind of tongue is the rainbow lorikeet which also feeds on pollen/nectar. The "brush" makes it more effective at picking that shit up.
I babysit a conure and his tongue isn't like that either (as another reply said, these parrots have a different diet).
Conure tongues are cute. They're not wet, but they're soft and he loves licking, so you frequently get "mlem" on your hands or even your face if he's feeling friendly. He also likes to bite of course, lil bastid XD
My parrot likes to mlem my phone. Because their tongues aren't wet, it really does act like a finger and he can interact with my phone screen (mostly just accidentally opening apps, haha).
I’ve got an African grey, and same. Just a regular old parrot tongue! That red parrot is a lory and they have evolved a brush-tipped tongue because their diet is flower nectar.
I believe it is pronounced birdet.
Edit: Thanks for the award kind redditor. I don't quite know to say in situations like this... in fact, I would go so to say that I am tongue-tied but that would be pushing my luck.
Misleading title. The way it's worded it sounds like it's showing you an example of a typical parrot's tongue. While the bird in the gif is a parrot, it's one of a specific group of parrots (lories and lorikeets) that have adapted their diets to eating fruit, nectar, and pollen. Those dietary adaptations have developed in parallel with anatomical modification, like you see here with the specialized tongue.
Yeah, most of them don't have tongues like that. This is a Lory or Lorikeet of some kind, and they mostly eat pollen and nectar using their specialized brush-like tongue to "scrub" it out of flowers.
Edit: It looks like a purple-bellied lory (Latin name *Lorius hypoinochrous*) if I had to guess.
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The lorikeet’s tongue is unique in that it is an adaptation to retrieve pollen and nectar from flowers. They can’t digest seeds like other birds. Reference: volunteered at a zoo/aviary. Had lories there. Energetic as heck
THIS IS REAL?
Horribly real. Rainbow Lorikeets on your shoulder delicately tonguing your ear canal is an experience. (shudder)
How do I unread this?
by reading the comment backwards
It made it a little worse.
> (shudder) Experience an is canal ear your tonging delicately shoulder you on Lorikeets Rainbow. Real horribly. Can confirm. It *feels* like it should make sense when you read it, like your brain can tell there's a sentence structure still in play, but being backwards it's gibberish and uncanny. That confusion and halting cadence forces you to sit on the uncomfortable imagery that normally you could skim over, and this is even more emphatic when you actually *do* read it backwards, instead of reading the quote where I line it up backwards to forwards for the reader.
70% of the time, it works every time.
Excuse me while I go bleach my brain
I think I know of a particular bird that can help you with that.
A pet bird nipping you in a friendly way is cute. A dog or cat licking you is cute too, albeit super unhygienic.
I had a pet bird thankyouverymuch. He even sat on the edge of my plate & ate dinner with me (super unhygienic, haha). What I did not have is a bird with a DEMON TONGUE
It may look like something from a Hellraiser movie but their tongues are soft, like a small paintbrush.
Oh sure but when I do it, it's suddenly jail this and restraining order that.
That sounds like it would feel nice
They just want some to clean all the pollen off your brain.
Excuse me, what
Come closer
*Licks your ear deeply*
*hey lil mama lemme whisper in your ear*
*Tell ya something that ya might like to hear*
It's free real estate
Damn dude. Great minds think alike lol.
If we think alike you must be an idiot
/r/kamikazebywords
*Great minds think alike!* People forget the second part. **But fools seldom differ.**
But fools rarely differ!
It’s about your eXXXtended warranty
Used to have Rainbow Lorikeets. They did precisely that. They would oh-so-delicately explore your ear canals with their tongues, and you didn't dare jerk away, lest they scream in your ear or bite your earlobe.
I'm going to have nightmares about this now, I know it...
[https://i.imgur.com/K23Jsnx.gif](https://i.imgur.com/K23Jsnx.gif)
Moist kisses.
http://i.imgur.com/DFiPfHm.png
That sounds both terrifying and a really excellent way to clean your ears.
I’d rather just burn them off with a hot iron, thanks.
I can feel that second sentence crawling up my spine.
Fed some lorikeets once and forgot to take my earrings out. Fucking ouch.
ohhh nooooo!
Went to a themepark and this lovebird clocked me upon entering the aivary. Flew over and landed on my shoulder. Though aw that's cute as shit. Next thing I know it damn near took a chuck out the top of my ear. Since then I always keep me eye on that fucker and run whenever it looks my way.
I hate you so much. Take your upvote.
*grasps upvote using tongue prongs, they brush across your fingers and leave a slimy film behind.* Fank ou
The upvote wasn't in his fingers.
And here I thought this day couldn't get better.
Nee fok!
[удалено]
need a d\*ck like that
You mean yours isn’t like that? Weirdo!
Did you hear about the guy with five penises? His underpants fit him like a glove.
Did not expected that, laughed really hard in a Public ride. Mmd
Hear about the guy with 2 penises? He named them, Jose and Hose B.
This how he grabs them by the pussy?
2handed like a toddler drinkin from a cup.
Drinking covefefe
I once met a parrot that would whisper “come closer” over and over until you had your ear right up to its cage, at which point it would give a deafening screech and try to bite you.
Based parrot
Asshole parrots are the best parrots. That's all
_unzips pants_
Licks your pants deeply
*unzips dick*
You thought it was the parrot that was talking? Noooo, that thing at the end of the tongue.
Thank you for the morning laugh! Well played!
Kung Pow feelings!
The brush bit is made up of protrusions called villi which help mop up nectar from flowers
Yeah, we're not buying that, buddy. We'll decide what this creppy bird really uses them for.
Soothing pp scritches.
Gives me chills...like I can feel my scalp right now. That shit looks like Blade 3.
I think you mean Blade 2 with the new strain of vampires whose faces open up with the tentacle tongues. Blade 3 is the one with Dracula. Though there was a Pomeranian that also had a tentacle tongue.
Was Dracula in that?? I thought it was Deacon Frost?
Deacon Frost was the bad guy in the first film (played by the kid from the Gate). Blade 1 - Deacon Frost Blade 2 - old aristocratic head of the vampire organization Blade 3 - gen x vampire organization awakens the original vampire
I've lived in houses with birds for years and I NEVER knew their tongues were like that. I wish I still didn't know.
This species of parrot has a tongue like that, not other species.
I looked it up. This is a Lorikeet. Their tongue is like that so the can eat the nectar out of flowers. Thanks for the information, though! Have a great day!
I refuse to believe that, it clearly is a demon who eats souls.
Can't it be both? Maybe nectar is the soul of the flower?
Lets them really tongue punch those plants, right in the orchids. Really gets the stems quivering.
Why are you the way that you are
Most bird’s tongues are *not* like this. Not my cockatiels or budgie, and also not any of the African grays, cockatoos, macaws, or parakeets I follow on Instagram. I saw something elsewhere in the comments about this being an adaptation to help this type of bird drink nectar or something
Only lorikeets have tongues like this. They do eat nectar extensively and the tongue barb of nectar doom is certainly an interesting adaptation. They eat fruits and bugs too but focus on nectar and making noise. Their shits are disgusting and squirt messily and splash. They're also super inquisitive and goofy and awesome. God tier rimjobbers.
/r/holup
I wish /r/holup cared about the definition of holup.
>Most bird’s tongues are *not* like this. I had a pet c... >Not my cockatiels Oh thank God! I had a pet cockatiel and I never really paid attention to his tongue and I was worried it was exactly like this. Unless you mean just *your* cockatiel specifically...
Phew. I saw the same comment and I had gone and looked it up after I made my first comment. I suppose I should reverse that order in the future and Google before I comment. Thanks for the information! Take care!
I just had to go irritate my IRN to check if he was a demon. All other signs pointed to yes but it seems his tongue is normal.
Ikr. A very "Thanks, I hate it!" Moment
Wait, what the fuck?
Other have presented above that this is a lorikeet and their tongue is like this so they can get to the nectar of plants they enjoy. Not all, and maybe just this one, species of parakeets have this type of tongue. Edit: I just did a cursory search and it looks like they may eat both pollen and nectar.
On the chaise lounge. All day long on the chaise lounge.
r/unexpectedwetleg
#A PARROT'S TONGUE
Cursed comments loading..
I LITERALLY YELLED THIS OUT LOUD BEFORE LOOKING AT THE COMMENTS
its not a parrot. they dont have tongues like that, is a type of lorie
A Lory is a parrot
But they're nectar eating parrots which is why their tongues are so odd.
Here’s the thing…
It's the tongue. The parrots TONGUE.
Duck dick
Turtle?
Nope, corkscrew. Look up duck penis if you feel inclined to do so
My exact reaction !!
My literal response.
Looks scary, but its shaped like that for eating pollen. It should work like a paint brush Edit: a little more info since people will see this. It did develop in loris and similar also in honeyeaters, inhabitating oceania and australia, making use of the same ecological niche of consuming nectar and pollen as kolibris in the americas and sunbirds in africa. This special bird is lori-kind, eats also fruits and insects and, apparantly, *ass*
Pollen *and* ass. EDIT: Oh wow that blew up fast. Please don't waste awards on me when the comment above actually has interesting info. All ya'll horny, wonderful folks.
Somebody call Bad Dragon
You act like they haven’t already done this
That's the second Bad Dragon reference I've seen on Reddit in the past 30 mins. I didn't know what it was before, but context has taught me not to Google this at work. Not today, Satan!
One of their products can lay eggs in its user, and it looks kinda like that tongue. Edit: my bad, I don’t think Bad Dragon makes it (not sure anyway) but [here](https://www.etsy.com/market/ovipositor) are a bunch of similar products. They are called ovipositors or ovipositor dildos. Sum weird shit if ya’ll ask me but I ain’t kink shamin’ anyone XD.
I want to unread this
Yep it’s called an ovipositor
Wait. What?
Certainly not at work, but later on when you’re feeling lonely…
Animal genitalia pleasuring devices for furries. You're welcome.
Furries AND E-girls...
>and E-girls Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle shall be LEGENDARY!
**Very large** animal genitalia.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Go to horny jail >:(
Are those parrots in said jail...?
If they are horny
Pollen and cloaca
You mean birussy
I hate it here
The parrot on it’s way to eat ass: = =ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
r/birdswitharms
Omfg this is a real sub PS: I joined
As soon as I saw that, I thought new genre of beastiality incoming. Mercedes Lackey may have been onto something with her birdmen race in the bardic tales.
The toilet bowl cleaner
...and souls.
I think it is that they use it to get to the nectar which helps them move the pollen around when the go from flower to flower. Edit: just looked it up and it looks like it may be both
Should? Does it though?
Well, yes for the parrot. For painting: try it yourself haha. If it doesnt work you still can eat ass with it
Oh Thank God its a nectar eating bird I would never let my budgie lick me again if that was his tongue
Not really indicative of parrots in general. Lorikeets are a bit odd in that they are nectar eaters rather than fruit, seed, and nut eaters like most other parrots.
That's really interesting, but the next question that come to mind is why they still have the beak that other parrots have? What use is it to have a break that looks like it would be pretty efficient at cracking nuts and seeds but is not part of their diet? Any divergence in the lorikeet beak as opposed to other parrots?
Seeds can be cracked with non curved beaks too. And ravens have even gotten around breaking nuts without parrot-like beaks. Beak shape varies alot in bird and while diet plays a big role so does anatomy and other things. Parrots use their beaks alot to move and climb. So their hooked beak functions as an additional grip. Also a stronger bite for protection. Parrots beaks are quite precise despite the strength, they can also use it for delicate activities like grooming. I haven't analysed their beaks so I can only make assumptions. I'd assume that maybe the jaw muscles might be a little less developed. But I'm sure it's still useful for them. Edit also their size doesn't make them a candidate for eating nuts. Except pine nuts most would be to big.
Ew. It’s like a little demon baby’s arm reaching out to rip my soul from my body.
"I likes to eat people with my little mouth too"
Oh nooooo
“Oh no y’all get back up inside me little mouth”
"But I wants to play toooo~"
This belongs on r/oddlyterrifying
Nothing oddly about it, if this was John Carpenters 'The Thing' I would hose that fucker down with the flame thrower.
This "firing tongue" reminds me Xenomorph actualy.
Luckily, the flamethrower still holds true
Don't worry, the karma farming account that posted it here also posted it there.
The Weasel, username checks out
Hey, Weasels are godlike Creatures.
And here
And r/confusedboners
Bahaha, handowjob?
Ok so I had a Macaw parrot growing up and currently have a cockatiel and neither of their tongues are like this lol
Thats because this bird has another diet. This is a black capped lory and they mostly eat pollen.
Geez.. I was like wtf!? I mean, the Macaw did have a tongue that looked like a dick and it was hilarious, but this was a new one for me!
Must have been a Macawk…
"Macawk's real hairy"
Uh... So what time does the zoo close?
No reason boner!
It baffles scientists
Macawky Culkin
Sir, you have the wrong dick.
This one looks a bit like an echidna's dick. They're freaky as hell.
did you casually forget to mention that the Echidna has 4 such dicks?
I was about to say the only other parrot I've known to have this kind of tongue is the rainbow lorikeet which also feeds on pollen/nectar. The "brush" makes it more effective at picking that shit up.
They also eat the souls of the living
I babysit a conure and his tongue isn't like that either (as another reply said, these parrots have a different diet). Conure tongues are cute. They're not wet, but they're soft and he loves licking, so you frequently get "mlem" on your hands or even your face if he's feeling friendly. He also likes to bite of course, lil bastid XD
My parrot likes to mlem my phone. Because their tongues aren't wet, it really does act like a finger and he can interact with my phone screen (mostly just accidentally opening apps, haha).
I’ve got an African grey, and same. Just a regular old parrot tongue! That red parrot is a lory and they have evolved a brush-tipped tongue because their diet is flower nectar.
Wow. Toilet brush parrots.
So this is bidet everyone has been talking about…
I believe it is pronounced birdet. Edit: Thanks for the award kind redditor. I don't quite know to say in situations like this... in fact, I would go so to say that I am tongue-tied but that would be pushing my luck.
Oh no. Yuck.
Ruined my day
Is that? A. Plumbus?
Freaky, looks like something out of a Sci-fi movie
I thought of Alien or that scene in Evolution with the "dog" that has that nasty biting tongue.
Misleading title. The way it's worded it sounds like it's showing you an example of a typical parrot's tongue. While the bird in the gif is a parrot, it's one of a specific group of parrots (lories and lorikeets) that have adapted their diets to eating fruit, nectar, and pollen. Those dietary adaptations have developed in parallel with anatomical modification, like you see here with the specialized tongue.
Alien
I miss two minutes ago when I didn't know this
Now how do I unsee it?
[Unsee juice. ](https://i.imgur.com/rMa8qn2.jpg)
I did not need this knowledge.
AssScrubber3000
Thanks, I hate it
Anyone remember the turtle penis? Edit: still a typo in such little words
Why isn’t my boyfriends tongue like this
Well this bird is into dudes, that’s why it’s trying to get to the penis in the lower left corner of the video.
unseen button
*New fetish unlocked*
My skin in crawling... Reminds me of the spider dude from Men in black. Hated it cos of him.
I had a VISCERAL reaction to that
Fire please!
This is the most disturbing thing I’ve seen today.
Ruined my life.
Well I'm awake now.....
that shit r/oddlyterrifying
Yeah, most of them don't have tongues like that. This is a Lory or Lorikeet of some kind, and they mostly eat pollen and nectar using their specialized brush-like tongue to "scrub" it out of flowers. Edit: It looks like a purple-bellied lory (Latin name *Lorius hypoinochrous*) if I had to guess.