• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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    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”.

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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        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.

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      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.

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        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).