Reposted by Whispering Doctor 👁️
I commissioned @aledthompson.bsky.social to draw my favourite bird, the Hamerkop! In Zulu folklore the bird (a person-sized version) is the manifestation of impundulu ("lightning bird"), a creature said to summon thunder and lightning with its wings and talons. Aled drew it in both forms! 🤩
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me after a minor inconvenience: i hope i get hit by a [remembers i'm anti car-centric infrastructure] pedestrian](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreic423t5vi35z2oe7fhuxv4qijux4yhmitmvfyxnxsfseyyevpv3c4)
