It is a grue jay only if it will devour you in the dark. It seems we have failed to properly educate our children. It is ignorance like this this makes me believe that civilization is doomed. But we only have ourselves to blame
Why would it devour you in the dark?
So What Should We Call This – A Grue Jay?
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#12It is a grue jay only if it will devour you in the dark. It seems we have failed to properly educate our children. It is ignorance like this this makes me believe that civilization is doomed. But we only have ourselves to blame
Why would it devour you in the dark?
It’s a reference to the classic interactive fiction game Zork: https://zork.fandom.com/wiki/Grue
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#13Bleen Jay. It's more blue than green, and and also forms a mildly amusing pun, which is good for marketing.
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#14It looks a ton like the California Scrub Jay: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/302371821-1... (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Scrub-Jay/pho...)
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#15It will be interesting to learn if the hybrids are fertile or not
They seem to think so in this article https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/10/21/blue-jay-green-ja...
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#16A gray jay sounds about right. I get that the changing weather might change their habitual latitudes but there was and is always some "boundary" between the two, no? So there was always a boundary but it moves north or south depending on warming or cooling climates (these birds have been around for millions of years). How did they only mate now?
> How did they only mate now?
A lot of the differences between species is due to behavior issues, not actual physical difficulty. It's likely that both species of jay mate at different times or display different mating signals. They've been separated for something like 75 million years which leaves plenty of time for their behaviors to change.
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#18why don't simply name "bluegreen jay" clearly from the colors we observe? As one of the users in comments said, it's ignorance (improper education reference) and we are only doing "mocking" if coming with such nicknames.
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#20>“We think it’s the first observed vertebrate that’s hybridized as a result of two species both expanding their ranges due, at least in part, to climate change,” said Brian Stokes
When all you have is a hammer…