Consider these nightmarish baby finch mouths.

https://www.audubon.org/news/whats-weird-mouths-these-finch-chicks

Peer into the mouth of a hungry African Silverbill, Gouldian Finch, or other Estrildid finch chick, and you’ll see something unexpected, intriguing, and maybe even a little unsettling: strange mouth markings. These marks—such as beaks rimmed with a black lining or glow-in-the-dark beads, and mouth roofs covered in trypophobia-inducing holes—are so disturbing to some that they’ve inspired comparisons to aliens.  

Gouldian finch chicks

Feeding a finch chick

That last one is some scary gear.

They do look like some kind of weird sores or oral parasites or suchlike.

dv said:

Consider these nightmarish baby finch mouths.

https://www.audubon.org/news/whats-weird-mouths-these-finch-chicks

Peer into the mouth of a hungry African Silverbill, Gouldian Finch, or other Estrildid finch chick, and you’ll see something unexpected, intriguing, and maybe even a little unsettling: strange mouth markings. These marks—such as beaks rimmed with a black lining or glow-in-the-dark beads, and mouth roofs covered in trypophobia-inducing holes—are so disturbing to some that they’ve inspired comparisons to aliens.  

Gouldian finch chicks

Feeding a finch chick

That last one is some scary gear.

At least mum and dad can see the target.

not sure that looking in a human mouth is less scary

My mouth is purty I’ll have you know

Cymek said:

My mouth is purty I’ll have you know

Bet it has heaps more germs in it than a cockroach has on its feet.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Consider these nightmarish baby finch mouths.

https://www.audubon.org/news/whats-weird-mouths-these-finch-chicks

Peer into the mouth of a hungry African Silverbill, Gouldian Finch, or other Estrildid finch chick, and you’ll see something unexpected, intriguing, and maybe even a little unsettling: strange mouth markings. These marks—such as beaks rimmed with a black lining or glow-in-the-dark beads, and mouth roofs covered in trypophobia-inducing holes—are so disturbing to some that they’ve inspired comparisons to aliens.  

Gouldian finch chicks

Feeding a finch chick

That last one is some scary gear.

At least mum and dad can see the target.

OMG. Lovely.