Thread by @SteveStuWill

Inspired: Dan Baldassarre (@evornithology) submitted a joke science article to a predatory journal, to see if they'd actually publish it. They did. The paper is called "What's the Deal with Birds?" and it's hilarious. 😂 irispublishers.com/sjrr/pdf/SJRR.…

Come to think of it, though, what *is* the deal with birds? 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1251307235155701760

Seriously. Birds are really kinda weird…

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1223935367193092096

And a little scary… 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1250767954477608961

You know birds are dinosaurs, right?

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1232050353668943872

Some birds are really smart.

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1241358156178980864

Some birds like to play.

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1231579693129723906

And some birds just want to rock out, man. [🔊 on] 😂

So yeah: Birds are pretty weird. To be fair, though, they do often make great parents... 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1188945048173301760

And imagine being able to do this! 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1116823004774711296

Oops, almost forgot this great example of bird weirdness 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1230760929509306368

Here’s a new one: a thread on woodpeckers 👇

https://twitter.com/stevestuwill/status/1290087208993447936

Remember I said birds often make good parents? Well, they don't always. Consider, for instance, cuckoos...

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1309070314870054912

Aaaand then there's this 👇 (Trigger warning!)

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1314167090249560065