Yes it is. Apparently, the lack of feathers on the head and neck make it easier to clean than if it had feathers there, and also help it avoid disease that it might otherwise pick up off the carcasses it scavenges. I wonder if the diseased look make it look less appetising to predators.

It looks like it's been in an accident or got some terrible disease.

"From the moment we are born, we begin to die" but this bird starts a bit earlier.

That's science for you.

It works!

The silky fur and short tail look like a mole's to me.

Yes, it is. I've seen a smaller one getting eaten and that looked uncomfortable enough.

Thanks for the confirmation!

Thanks, Mark. Yes, it was relatively enormous. I spent a while watching the heron trying to manouevre the frog into a swallowable position. It kept dipping the frog back into the river, presumably to keep it slippery enough to go down easily(?). I didn't stay long enough to see the horror feast.

A psychopath who doesn't experience emotions so has to guess how to show emotion, but gets it completely wrong.

Saw the rock dove fledgling / Albert Steptoe a couple of months ago, and the Oriental turtle dove a couple of days ago (in Tokyo). Beauty and the beast. #BirdOfTheDay

"At all times I have followed all relevant legal requirements, and although my lack of moral compass was a qualification for my ministerial role, I understand that only you and Lammy are allowed to get away with such blatant hypocrisy"

Isn't that a difference between trying to create something in particular and just 'creating' an as yet unknown thing by using AI?

It doesn't matter how fine-tuned the prompts, AI users can't generate exactly an idea that they have in their mind – AI makes choices the prompter hadn't thought of.

You know how terrorists bomb places and kill people fairly indiscriminately? Well, PA are "violent" to buildings and planes.

And she concludes, "But I would want to say to people that this is not a non-violent government".

Brilliant! Thanks.