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Feb 5, 2023 2:33 AM
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TCGView
700 sounds impressive, but remember that an acorn is a dense nut.
Fargus57
bongmitzfah94
There are squirrels planning a raid for that epic loot
Perturaboss
That's for sure not 700 lbs in the pictures, unless there are a lot more elsewhere?
yougotredonyu
That’s some Chip n Dale V Donald Duck shit right there.
SJBSavageInk
I'm raspy glad those are nuts and not egg sacs
duckshooter
Deez nuts
Jamnew60
That woodpecker had a stash!
LtKernelPopcorn
BluePaladin42
BigBuckeyeZ
Cargobiker530
Some California woodpeckers live in clans that work together. Boss said fill the hole....
CaptainThePirate
‘Where’s my 700 pounds of food?’ -really fat woodpecker about to be sad.
lizardbones
he lost 700lbs of food, he's probably underweight
ITellBadPuns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRl3r4q_dUY
UrbanArmadillo
Had a similar thing happen, but it was squirrels filling the engine bay of my truck with walnuts.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
Yeah squirrels fill my everything with pinecones
ProudAussie
How good of natural insulation would that be as long as they didn't germinate?
CommunCreator
1) Mediocre at best. There’s lots of gaps between the nuts for air to flow through. 2) It’d attract LOTS of pests. Like, biblical plagues
dasklaus
Air is excellent insulation, and the only question would be whether the acorns hinder air flow or not.
CommunCreator
That’s the point; they wouldn’t obstruct airflow at all. Broken shells would be … less crappy by creating pockets. And there’s still pests
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
For all the nerds saying woodpeckers dont eat acorns or that acorns dont look like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_woodpecker and
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
there are hundreds of species of oak. Acorns range from the size of peas to the size of large walnuts. The world contains multitudes.
boiphamet
Guarantee camera person pulled those undies up to hide a crack before that last photo
CanuckleheadChick
Were they edible?
Skywatcher16
depends on how they fared in storage and if acorn weavil grubs got to them. provided none began to rot or were victims of the bugs, sure
Skywatcher16
though acorns must be processed to be edible. they have mildly toxic tannins in them that need to be washed out first.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Yee. Bad taste and really fuck up the digestibility
commentsivehadafew
Maybe tighten that belt a notch or two
misterpipe
Fr did we really need the crack pic at the end ?
SkeletorOverlordofEvil
jisn064
is this the guy that fights a cow?
SkeletorOverlordofEvil
spooktree
a woodpecker drilled holes
Woestkonijn
Pecked holes?
MapleSyrupMafia
A battery drill isn't that heavy, an european woodpecker could easily carry it.
TheRockDude
Ok but are they migratory?
DonkeyGoat
Wow. It's acornucopia.
namtrohs
AskThisGuy
Lickitysplitted
This is perfect but without audio is missing a big part of the joke
MoltarsGhost
Thank you.
shakeplissken
I was hoping this would be one of the top comments. You are my hero.
Fyreworx
Deez nuts. The bird probably.
jesusisherelookbusy
“Ha goteem!”- bird probably too.
CelestialSea
Woodpeckers do not eat nuts. If that were the case why evolve a specialized way to open holes in trees when the nuts are on the outside?
HCBailly
jinbee
...acorn trees?
TsubakiTragic
yeah, that one blindsided me too.
Aksuuuh
Kinda like when you plant sunflower seeds and they grow into sunflower seed flowers
DeamgonDork
Was probably pretty good insulation
DickbuttPrivate
When they rot, your house will rot.
blockberd
Suddenly, tree in wall.
DickbuttPrivate
Nature reclaims the land!!
Dudedeedood
That's nuts.
DaveSamsonite
Weird looking acorns
lucindamarie18
Them nuts....
beepbeepmeow
Goddamn it
IsolatedAsshole
How corny.
narniasreal
That's extreme
Rivenhelper
Got a genuine chuckle out of me
MrKnowItAll1903
Deez Nutz!
IMPICKLERICK
Walnuts
Doismellbacon
umbrellamaker
Those were nuts
Flamingnub
And these nuts are crushed.
PineappleLoopsBroether
Starlatan
Gottem
Starlatan
foundplayer
THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS!!!!
ForUnlawfulCarnalKnowledge
This as .gif should be top comment.
TheAbominableToastMan
YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT!!??
ifteguy2
ARE YOU SORRY?!
SirRichardOfHead
WiuuwiuwiuwiuuuuuuUUU!!
BodgeandScarper
Woodpeckers don't eat nuts. They can't, unless they're entirely different there compared to here. Something else is to blame, or gets credit
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_woodpecker The world contains multitudes my dude. Your backyard is not representative.
ifmusicbethefoodofloveplayon
All I'm thinking after reading that is about this poor woodpeckers granary! All that work for nothing!
BodgeandScarper
Well, sh*t. I'm wrong. Like, wrooong, wrong. In California, amongst other places, there's a species called "Acorn Woodpecker". I'll hush now
AFrugalMoogle
I was indignant too and came here looking for this comment. I also got educated today. You taught me something new!
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Oop missed this lmao.
dogbeachesarethebestbeaches
Isnt it fun finding out new facts! Lovin it
AusSpyder
Good on you not only admitting you were wrong but not covering it up and actually learning something. We need more people capable of this.
davyclam
Yes, but he's only faking it because he thinks it will make hime more attractive to women.
BodgeandScarper
Omg, that ship sailed long ago! Best outcome is to avoid open scorn!
AusSpyder
Well, I mean it might. If we as a society knew what would attract women we wouldn't still be screwing it up so badly today.
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Huh, is that some California breed of oak? Or something that happens over time to them? I've never seen an acorn that looked like that.
bfmama
Apparently there's more than one type of oak tree, with different acorns. I just learned that when this was posted earlier. :-)
Sternfeuer
European acorns also look more elongated. As a German i always thought the acorns from US cartoons looked strange becasue of this.
stickywiggit
Yep! Live oak. They're EVERYWHERE here. The leaves are spiny and very painful to step on barefoot
Andersen81
Everything reminds me of her...
Skywatcher16
most likely. theres many species of oak tree, and there are definitely differences between the acorns that drop from them.
Gestalt7
The same rules that apply to the beaks of birds apply to seeds ?
iplaytrombone
Moving from the Midwest to the West Coast, I was confused at first, but acorns and leaf shapes are similar enough to see the resemblance.
SomeGuyWhoSaysStuff
I'm 45, from the East coast and never knew there were different shaped acorns like that
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Right? That's why I was so surprised. I genuinely thought all breeds of oak had the same shape acorns. Learning is fun. :)
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Something like 500 species of oak worldwide and california has a good few of em. Lots of diversity in acorn size n shape.
melangemaster42
Yeah, acorns I am familiar with are pretty round, not oblong.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Depends on species
dasklaus
German acorns are oval. It's one of these things where you think you're all thinking of the same thing until someone posts a pic.
Koztericard
Phone number on the tshirt was from Massachusetts.
RobertTheBruise
You mean the shirt with all the wrinkles?
KareBear1980
The tweet literally says it happened in California.
davyclam
I recognise that guy, he's a plumber from Barnsley in Yorkshire.
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HillOfBeans
Yeah, I think squirrels are involved here. It doesn’t make sense for one, maybe two birds to gather this many (?)
RobertTheBruise
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Acorn_Woodpecker/id
jesuisgur
Trypophobia triggered
MosquitoHawker
A: what is an acorn? A: it’s an oak tree, in a nutshell. … I’ll show myself out
Hoopdajon
They look like coast live oak acrons (Quercus agrifolia).
dorenavant
Acorn jalapeños
BenderBenderBender
Yeah! Where are their little hats?
feryooday
They fall off easily.
Hibs06
There from Oak trees. I know this because I grew up in the town this story is from which is Santa Rosa, California.
Krakencrotch
If you bothered to read the comment you're replying to, you could see they already know it's an oak, you genius. They asked for a breed.
Krakencrotch
Breed != species
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Yeah, after getting confirmation I went to look it up. Appears to be known as Black Oaks or Kellog Oaks. Fascinating stuff!
ThroughTheFireAndTheFlamesOnExpert
My mom's best friend lived there, the huge fire they had made them leave though
CommunCreator
Which fire? Middletown? Mark West Springs?
HedonistBeard
From what I have heard about california you probably mean "a huge fire" because "the" implies there are few enough that one can be special.
paladindansesgirlfriend
Good point
hnngh
Yeah, all the acorns I found growing in California were shaped just like this.
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Interesting. Nature really is fascinating.
aminalhouse
Biggest understatement across the breadth of human consciousness. Haha but agreed! Best part of being here is contemplating it
Cheomesh
Quite different from those here in MD; ours are shorter and do not taper nearly as sharply.
metroid2
Ya the acorns on the east coast are tiny. The ones I found were like the size of a dime.
Cheomesh
Some are that small, but where I grew up they had some size and could ding the hell out of your car.
stonecoldpuma
It's okay, it's not the size that matters.
Unholytrashpanda
Acorns in NH look like this
MisterG00dkat
MN looks like this. This is a White Oak. The long “California” one is a Valley Oak.
Cheomesh
Yeah ours are similar. Longer, maybe a little less blunt.
EeganMcMeegan
What!! That's some fairytale acorn shape! Growing up in California I always thought these were made up. Sick
Unholytrashpanda
I wouldn't have recognized the acorns pulled from the wall as acorns, it's cool that they are so different! I love the idea that our acorns
verukt89
Yup that's how they look in Canada too, at least across ontario
IrrelevantHandle
I haven't seen any acorns in Alberta or Saskatchewan but they look like that in BC.
Jagernot
They look like this in New England:
Rhysers
And Texas
WonderingTrees
Jagernot
JaccoW
https://www.startlijsten.nl/storage/pages/Eikels_giftig_voor_paarden.jpg
IamtheJubster
Thank you
JaccoW
Those look like hazelnuts to my untrained European eye. (also, ours are inbetween those two)
nicoleoftheeast
Definitely acorns
prosper020
And Michigan
whirlydoodle
They look so delicious, it's kinda heartbreaking ?
iExplainTheJoke
There’s a complicated process of soaking and it boiling them in water but they can be made edible
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
You can eat them lmao. Just need to leech the tannins out first. Native americans used em for flour and oil for a long time, at least some
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
of the easier to manage species.
mwoodman
Having eaten one as a child, I can assure you they are not delicious.
rbudrick
You gotta boil em 2 or 3 x to get the nasties out iirc.
nomorehate
Cousins dared to me to eat one as a kid. My aunt was not happy when I puked all over the van afterwards. So bitter.
StudioDerpster
Proper preparation prevents puking