This series of unbelievable images by African photographer Dillon Marsh, titled Assimilation, captures the nests of sociable weaver birds built around telephone poles in the barren landscapes of the Kalahari Desert. They construct these enormous nests using twigs and grass – not only for their own kind but for many other bird species as well. After all, there is safety in numbers.
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Oh holy!! Wow!! That’s slightly disgusting. It’s a giant lump. So surreal. Really amazing!
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I have a theory that Dr. Seuss must have visited Africa. There are so many amazing birds and creatures and sights there!! Thanks for sharing these.
Pretty incredible that birds make these giant sculpture-like nests one twig at a time.
The photographs are beautiful and really capture the nests in a lovely way.
Thanks for sharing!
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These images are CRAZY! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I’m always fascinated to see birds build there nests, but I didn’t know about the social weaver this is amazing.
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Oh my goodness that is absolutely amazing. Beautiful photographs of one of natures wonders.
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amazing pictures! it’s unbelievable that birds make these things!
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They certainly are industrious and generous to build for themselves and other birds as well. Those nests must protect them from the extremes of the Kalahari Desert. As the temps get both extremely high and low. What incredible photos to show the process, stages and sizes.
these are fantastic images! at first glance i thought the nests themselves were some sort of human-made art installations, but to think they are a natural phenomenon! wow.
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This is pretty cool! Amazing.
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This is amazing, I’ve never heard about these birds, the nests they have built are unbelievable
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Those are absolutely amazing!
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I love that the 4th one down looks a bit like a buffalo’s head (or is that just me?)
Wow, those are absolutely incredible! Even the tiniest of animals can be brilliant engineers. They almost look like art installations.
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Stunning! I’ve never seen these before. Thanks for sharing.
that is so weird and beautiful!
Wow.