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Topic: Crow mystery solved!
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FaithFool
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Member # 20150
|  Posted: 1:11 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 |     |
Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern they may have died from Avian Flu. A bird pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.
MTA then hired an ornithological behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
The ornithological behaviorist very quickly concluded the cause: When crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.
The conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say "Cah", none could say "Truck".
DDay: June 15, 2008
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20 years of OWs, WTF?
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Posts: 16057 | Registered: Jul 2008 | From: Canada |
really trying
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Member # 5311
|  Posted: 1:18 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 | |
funny FF!
Me: late 40's
XH: A parasite and that might be a compliment
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Married 5/93 D-Day: 11/18/03
Divorced 5/19/08
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imagoodwitch
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Member # 23375
| | Posted: 1:20 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 | |
Omg, you're killing me here!
I am just your ordinary average everyday sane psycho supergoddess - Liz Phair
It's all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.
Posts: 5074 | Registered: Mar 2009 | From: Munchkinland |
sad12008
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Member # 18179
| | Posted: 1:42 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 | |
"Everybody's life is hard. You look at life, and it's not a cakewalk. You've got to be able to bounce back." --Neil Young, father to two children with CP, another with epilepsy, and otherwise experientially qualified to comment
Posts: 3626 | Registered: Feb 2008 | From: a new start together |
lynnm1947
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Member # 15300
| | Posted: 1:47 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 |  |
Thank God I wasn't drinking anything!
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
Posts: 6575 | Registered: Jul 2007 | From: Toronto, Canada |
DragnHeart
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Member # 32122
| | Posted: 5:06 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 | |
I just scared my kids because I burst out laughing...
Posts: 2695 | Registered: May 2011 | From: Canada |
caregiver9000
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Member # 28622
| | Posted: 5:23 PM, July 27th (Saturday), 2013 | |
FF, that is funny!!
 because the laughing smileys didn't convey that already...
Me: 43, independent, happy, despite co-parenting with a lower muppet
FT "Stretch" (and Skew!) ;)
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D 12/2012
Posts: 4767 | Registered: May 2010 | From: a better place |
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