minus-squareSergio@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyz•*pat pat pat*linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoYeah, I didn’t realize that when I first heard it. I guess that’s why it’s a punishment. If they just hung a tiny parakeet off his neck, it wouldn’t be much of a punishment. linkfedilink
minus-squareSergio@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyz•*pat pat pat*linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 days agoOriginal Illustration to Samuel Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, 1798 (not colorized). linkfedilink
Yeah, I didn’t realize that when I first heard it. I guess that’s why it’s a punishment. If they just hung a tiny parakeet off his neck, it wouldn’t be much of a punishment.