• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        25
        ·
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        Region-locked to all across Asia around 45°N ('stans, Mongolia) and in spots all over Europe, especially Poland. A very interesting range, including the Mediterranean coast and Himalayas.

        Good luck taming one, though. Also, only males are “bearded”.

        • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          9 months ago

          I need to use Stans for regional definitions way more often.

          The canadian Lynx stans most of Canada sans their arctic islands , and Alaska.

          I need to hear this on ZeFrank and CasualGeoraphic.

          • wieson@feddit.de
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            16
            ·
            9 months ago

            I don’t know if this is a misunderstanding or if you’re deliberately using an additional second meaning for comedic effect.

            But @ChaoticNeutralCzech meant ‘stans’ as ‘central Asia’ because of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgisistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

            • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              edit-2
              9 months ago

              Yeah the second meaning is also ‘Stan’. It got popularized five? years ago now when there was some superfan of a celebrity called Stan who knew everything about them. So if you’re super into something like Eminem or a KPop group, you’d say, I stan Taylor Swift.

              So if an animal stans the Himalayas, that means they love it so much they live there.

          • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            9 months ago

            I need to hear this on ZeFrank and CasualGeoraphic.

            ZeFrank is suddenly way more active than he used to be. I thought he’d quit YouTube but apparently he’s back now.

        • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          9 months ago

          Given their range, I wonder if their bulkiness functions to reduce their surface area to volume ratio. Since small birds need to eat a shittone of food compared to their body weight.

          • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            9 months ago

            Probably. Also, it likely helps that they are omnivorous, and they chonk up for the winter. Some also migrate relatively short distances (blue on map).