You’re about to have your MIND BLOWN…
Because you might be surprised to learn that the iconic Big Bird from Sesame Street is not always yellow…
Take a look at the evidence.
Image Credit: Twitter
Which, I mean…is he supposed to be a giant canary? A finch? There aren’t that many yellow birds, and none of them are really big (except maybe parrots)?
But I digress.
I, too, assumed he would be big and inexplicably yellow no matter the country in question.
We were all so wrong.
https://twitter.com/neilscully/status/1357071904880877571
Also, his name is not always Big Bird.
In the Dutch version, he’s big and blue.
Image Credit: Twitter
In Mexico, he’s called Abelardo, and also he resembles an actual parrot, which is kind of nice.
Image Credit: Twitter
In Turkey, he’s a shade of orangish-red that’s at least as garish as his American yellow plumage.
Image Credit: Twitter
Big Bird has confirmed that he has cousins from all over the world who look like him but not really, which basically proves they’re family, I guess.
Sooooo what do we do with this information, y’all?
First we’ll take a moment to freak out. That’s allowed.
I don’t think I’m yet to recover from learning this
— Becca Puyk (@rebeccapuyk) February 4, 2021
And then obviously we’d like to see them all together. For comparison purposes, maybe?
All the big birds need to come together for a crossover ep
— Chris JP 🏳️🌈🐝 (@CrystalChris099) February 4, 2021
There were some technicalities to hash out.
Wait…
ABELARDO IS ONLY A MEXICAN THING?!
BUT HE APPEARS ALONGSIDE BIG BIRD, OR IT’S JUST MY IMAGINATION???
— Efra (gato pendejo dibuja) (@Efra1004R) February 4, 2021
Maybe there were some vague references about bird families, we’re not really sure.
Yeah I think I remember them saying big bird has family in other countries.
— Chris Gutierrez (@bullyart07) February 5, 2021
Who knew?!?!
