Spoon Fed

Literally!

This tiny Spoon-billed Sandpiper chick is the only species of bird born with a spoon shaped beak (thank you BirdLife International).


Via BuzzFeed

16 comments … read them below or add one

  1. sugitomo says:

    Fuzzy blorpness is here to feed you your medicine.

  2. Kari Callin says:

    Make. My. Day. ;)

  3. Gigi says:

    If his spoon beak was silver he could star in that old sitcom with Ricky Schroder.

  4. Kar says:

    I am dying to flick that sleepy out of his right eye.

  5. I can’t help but bow down to that evil look he has going on.

  6. blair says:

    slurpee-ready

  7. minime9 says:

    “I’m not happy about this” :D

  8. Saffron says:

    Not impressed until I see a bill shaped like a spork… :D

  9. Fird Birfle says:

    *books next available flight/ ticket to the beach areas of Russia or Myanmar…*

    *pokes a few airholes into an empty suitcase for the return trip….*

  10. JenDeyan says:

    Okay. How does that bill even work? I wanna see a pic with it’s mouth open.

  11. Wren says:

    That little sandpiper is just adorable, but he’s not the only type of bird born with a spoon-shaped bill. Check out Spoonbill on Wikipedia: “Spoonbills are a group of large, long legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes ibises.”

  12. Iva says:

    Oh my goodness I just lurve Spoon-billed Sandpipers <3

    They're actually critically endangered from habitat loss and hunting. These people are working to save them: http://www.saving-spoon-billed-sandpiper.com/

    You can help these adorable birds out by donating to Save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper!!!