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jmowreader

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11. Compared to non-tit birds, the great tit isn't so great

Reply to LakeSuperiorView (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 06:06 PM

Jan 2019

According to its Wiki page, a great tit is 12.5 to 14.0 cm in length. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' great tit page gives their weight as 18 grams - an ounce is about 30 grams, so there's not much meat on these things.

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Great tits are killing birds and eating their brains. Climate change may be to blame. [View all] LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 OP

...and I thought this was about a soft-core zombie exploitation flick! Fozzledick Jan 2019 #1

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Great tits fuck with my brain too! Glamrock Jan 2019 #3

They ate my brain a long time ago. Iggo Jan 2019 #4

Tits (Europe) are close relatives of chickadees (North America). The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #5

Hahahaa.... yikes... FirstLight Jan 2019 #19

Heh.. Fuzzpope Jan 2019 #6

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Bet if they were brain-eating he wouldn't be so complimentary. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #9

I think that's WHY he's so complimentary. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #10

It's amazing, LividModerate Jan 2019 #8

Compared to non-tit birds, the great tit isn't so great jmowreader Jan 2019 #11

There is a lot of spunk the those few grams! csziggy Jan 2019 #15

I've always been partial to smaller tits. They are great. GulfCoast66 Jan 2019 #18

Maybe that's why Trump is the way he is. Great tits ate his brains. betsuni Jan 2019 #12

LOL! skylucy Jan 2019 #13

Great Tits would starve to death eating Trump brains. Elwood P Dowd Jan 2019 #14

I realize that this story is ripe for legendary verbal titilation, however, Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #16

Thanks for the mammaries. nt Atticus Jan 2019 #17

raise your hand if you read the OP title more than once Takket Jan 2019 #20