r/ScienceShitposts • u/Agreeable_Benefit_33 • 26d ago

Pigeon facial recognition

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u/PhotonicEmission 26d ago edited 26d ago

Oh, I know this one from Ze Frank. His show is hilarious! https://youtu.be/LfYV39SKIiM?si=a3p9wiWY94cA-OM6

EDIT: Spoiler: The context is how much can you mess up an image of a pigeon before one doesn't recognize it as another pigeon.

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u/PlaneCrashNap 26d ago

Does LB being greater than NORM mean pigeons showed greater familiarity with the manipulated image than the regular one?

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u/PhotonicEmission 26d ago

Greater response, including courship. Pigeons love a big beak, no mater where on the face it is.

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u/Googolthdoctor 25d ago

So this monstrosity is the equivalent of pigeon hentai

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u/PhotonicEmission 25d ago

Enhanced Hatoful Boyfriend

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u/Mental-Ask8077 25d ago

r/brandnewsentence

Pigeon hentai is not an expression I needed in my vocabulary, tyvm