In my post about Cedar the Screech, I mentioned being surprised at the lack of real structure plumicorns have, and they’re just really a small group of feathers they have muscle control over.
I came upon this photo today by Shawn Pilkington that really shows off the angle I got by holding little Cedar, so I thought I’d share this so you can sorta see what I saw.
It’s a neat adaptation. Breaks up the silhouette and makes them look so much more dangerous when really it’s just a tuft of feathers haha
But damn if they don’t look evil when their whole face contorts and those definitely-aren’t-devil-horns go up!
I’m still not sold on them being for camouflage due to the proportions, but they are great for non-vocal communication. While they aren’t the ears, they get used to signal things like dog or cat ears do.
I wonder why our ears just sit there and don’t do anything…