several years ago i found this post on some finnish humor site. it was in finnish so i decided to translate it bcs i wanted that others could enjoy it too (and no, the original finnish version wasnt any more coherent than my translation, the only mistranslation in this post is that the “paper” should probably be “paper towel”). then i posted the translation to tumblr. suddenly.. the notes kinda just blew completely and this got posted on whole bunch of other sites too. and it spread everywhere.
i still see people using half of this post as reaction images and i still see fandom specific edits of this floating around every now and then and it haunts me. this post haunts me. i will never be free.
Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.
Dad loves you and feeds you. But he is also dumb and feeds you a wonderfully done wagyu steak. You are 3 days old.
Okay, but check out this video from mid-May 2022 of a Kestrel Dad who just kept piling up voles and mice beside his babies when the mom was injured/killed/mia’d by owls…but then watched one of his babies just swallow a lizard and went “OH. I can feed them small food!” and learned to tear it apart!
EDIT: There’s a not-zero percent chance that this could be the same dad???????? The source is the same–Robert E Fuller–but they could be different birds.
UPDATE: Not only has Mister Kes learned to feed his chicks all on his own…
….the three chicks who were taken out of the nest for intensive care after the mom disappeared were put back in, and he just started feeding them, too.
He’s a single father of six who does not possess the instincts to feed even one of his offspring, but he learned and adopted that behavior without difficulty and is now hunting and providing for six kids all on his own.
[Image description: a digital illustration of a child with the head of an old television monitor, standing in a hallway. Emerging from the back of the television are four, large, red tentacles, each holding a bouquet of flowers. On the tv monitor is a grainy, pink toned image of a child standing in a field against a blue sky. The child in the hallway is wearing a blue jacket, grey shirt and blue shorts. The hallway is dark, except for a wedge of light appearing to come from an open doorway in front of the child. The child is holding a bucket of toys, and there are others scattered on the floor. There is a partially open door behind the child also. An artist tag reads ’@ Livous Art’. /end ID]
*coughing blood and covered in wounds, on one knee, gripping my sword planted on the ground… And yet, smiling* Heh… And yet, despite everything… *I start glowing with mysterious power* I stay silly!
