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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
 Posted - 08/12/2005 : 12:18:21
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Hi guys, sorry, I've been away on other net sites.
When I read this I just cracked up and wanted to share it with you all. While it is a bit tragic and could have gone under the health forum as such, I thought laughing would be a better attitiude to take.Maybe you all won't be struck laughing at this picture as I was but here it is from ProMed infectious disease watch.quote:
To track the birds when they leave, the WHO asked the Chinese government to begin tagging them. International scientists and Chinese park rangers have only a vague sense of where the birds go and what routes they fly to get there.
Mr. He says he is trying to comply with the WHO's request, but he and his team haven't been able to catch a single bird. He has even stayed up until 5 a.m., lurking on the shores of the lake where the birds live, hoping to sneak up on them while they sleep. Whenever he manages to get within a few dozen feet, though, a bird acting as a sentry alerts the others and they all fly away. "It seems we have to wait to do it until next year" when hatchlings are unable to fly, says Mr. He, deputy chief of Qinghai Lake National Conservation Bureau.
Sneak up on birds? Are they serious?
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
 Posted - 08/12/2005 : 12:22:53 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
Hi guys, sorry, I've been away on other net sites.
We here at SFN feel very, betrayed, beskeptigal...  |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 12:44:20 [Permalink]
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Ah, don't they know anything? You can catch any bird if you shake salt on their tail feathers.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
| Edited by - H. Humbert on 08/12/2005 12:51:06 |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 12:52:06 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Cuneiformist
quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
Hi guys, sorry, I've been away on other net sites.
We here at SFN feel very, betrayed, beskeptigal...
Blame it on the lure of compulsive shopping, Ebay. I still love you guys more. |
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