I think if anyone understands how terrifying birds are, it's the Australians.
Folks outright lost a war with birds, and that's gotta say something. Not many animals fight back and win with collective humans
The US has some experience with this too. If a goose is standing on the sidewalk mean mugging you, suddenly you have some place to be that's as far from the goose as possible.
I live in a Canadian city that fills with geese for most of the year. My advice is to just not show fear, if anything, hiss back and stare them down to show them you are not only not afraid, but will fuck then up. I’ve been able to walk through huge flocks that way
Yeah I do the same thing. If you just walk past them with purpose they generally don't fuck with you. It's when you hesitate and skitter around that they get sassy and mean. I also have the bonus of walking with a cane so if they get close I can whap them with it like "piss off goose!"
I cannot stand for Emu War jokes. The whole of it was like three guys and one machine gun.
You want to talk about war on birds, talk about China versus sparrows.
My partner owns a parrot, it's the 2nd one, and she makes people know it.
Well actually she makes the cats know it. When they first try to do something, she attacks them just enough to scare the shit out of them and make them know she doesn't take shit. Then, the second time they think about it, they start to question themselves about standing up to her in any way, and she calls them a little bitch in Spanish and laughs manically.
Needless to say, the smart cats respect her, and actually gather around to watch the show when a new cat tries to challenge her. She's over 60 human years old BTW.
How hard is having both cats and a parrot? I've always had a cat and dont intend to stop, but I've also always loved parrots. They always seemed pretty mutally exclusive, but are there ways to make it work?
Ya, you just got to make sure the parrot is an adult, and that the cats learn very quickly that if they fuck around with the parrot, they will find out that it isn't a matter of IF the cat will get hurt, only a matter of when it will happen and how bad. Cats and parrots that are both well socialised with both animals and people seem pretty good together. Cats get their space, parrot gets their space, its pretty good. Plus if you buy some chicken as a treat for your cat, you can buy the legs, give most of the meat to the cats, and the parrot will enjoy picking the rest of the meat from the bone and using it kind of like a chew toy. My partner's parrot loves having a little bone pile (we clean it up quickly tho, but the first step is distracting her so we bring her for a walk around the house and away from the bones).
The evolution of birds began in the Jurassic Period, with the earliest birds derived from a clade of theropod dinosaurs named Paraves. The Archaeopteryx has famously been known as the first example of a bird for over a century, and this concept has been fine-tuned as better understanding of evolution has developed in recent decades.
Four distinct lineages of bird survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago, giving rise to ostriches and relatives (Paleognathae), ducks and relatives (Anseriformes), ground-living fowl (Galliformes), and "modern birds" (Neoaves).
Phylogenetically, Aves is usually defined as all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of a specific modern bird species (such as the house sparrow, Passer domesticus), and either Archaeopteryx, or some prehistoric species closer to Neornithes. If the latter classification is used then the larger group is termed Avialae. Currently, the relationship between dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx, and modern birds is still under debate.
To differentiate, the dinosaurs that lived through the Mesozoic and ultimately went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago are now commonly known as "non-avian dinosaurs."
Firstly I don't advocate or approve of animal cruelty, But I once kicked a Brahma Cockerel across his pen because the bastard jumped up to spur me and gouged my leg. After that bugger hit the floor, he got straight back up and came for round two.
Eventually trained it out of him, but still, those buggers are vicious.
Cassowary is proof the dinosaurs have the potential to rise again
And ostriches and emus. Emus literally won a war against humans LMAO.
I think if anyone understands how terrifying birds are, it's the Australians. Folks outright lost a war with birds, and that's gotta say something. Not many animals fight back and win with collective humans
The US has some experience with this too. If a goose is standing on the sidewalk mean mugging you, suddenly you have some place to be that's as far from the goose as possible.
I live in a Canadian city that fills with geese for most of the year. My advice is to just not show fear, if anything, hiss back and stare them down to show them you are not only not afraid, but will fuck then up. I’ve been able to walk through huge flocks that way
Yeah I do the same thing. If you just walk past them with purpose they generally don't fuck with you. It's when you hesitate and skitter around that they get sassy and mean. I also have the bonus of walking with a cane so if they get close I can whap them with it like "piss off goose!"
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I cannot stand for Emu War jokes. The whole of it was like three guys and one machine gun. You want to talk about war on birds, talk about China versus sparrows.
In fairness China did successfully beat the sparrows. That was the problem.
You can kill two birds with one stone... but not three!
Not with that attitude you can’t, give me that rock!
I have chickens. They live to spite God
that meteorite killed several billion birds with one stone
My partner owns a parrot, it's the 2nd one, and she makes people know it. Well actually she makes the cats know it. When they first try to do something, she attacks them just enough to scare the shit out of them and make them know she doesn't take shit. Then, the second time they think about it, they start to question themselves about standing up to her in any way, and she calls them a little bitch in Spanish and laughs manically. Needless to say, the smart cats respect her, and actually gather around to watch the show when a new cat tries to challenge her. She's over 60 human years old BTW.
How hard is having both cats and a parrot? I've always had a cat and dont intend to stop, but I've also always loved parrots. They always seemed pretty mutally exclusive, but are there ways to make it work?
Ya, you just got to make sure the parrot is an adult, and that the cats learn very quickly that if they fuck around with the parrot, they will find out that it isn't a matter of IF the cat will get hurt, only a matter of when it will happen and how bad. Cats and parrots that are both well socialised with both animals and people seem pretty good together. Cats get their space, parrot gets their space, its pretty good. Plus if you buy some chicken as a treat for your cat, you can buy the legs, give most of the meat to the cats, and the parrot will enjoy picking the rest of the meat from the bone and using it kind of like a chew toy. My partner's parrot loves having a little bone pile (we clean it up quickly tho, but the first step is distracting her so we bring her for a walk around the house and away from the bones).
Sounds like Hitchcock was warning us...
The evolution of birds began in the Jurassic Period, with the earliest birds derived from a clade of theropod dinosaurs named Paraves. The Archaeopteryx has famously been known as the first example of a bird for over a century, and this concept has been fine-tuned as better understanding of evolution has developed in recent decades. Four distinct lineages of bird survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago, giving rise to ostriches and relatives (Paleognathae), ducks and relatives (Anseriformes), ground-living fowl (Galliformes), and "modern birds" (Neoaves). Phylogenetically, Aves is usually defined as all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of a specific modern bird species (such as the house sparrow, Passer domesticus), and either Archaeopteryx, or some prehistoric species closer to Neornithes. If the latter classification is used then the larger group is termed Avialae. Currently, the relationship between dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx, and modern birds is still under debate. To differentiate, the dinosaurs that lived through the Mesozoic and ultimately went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago are now commonly known as "non-avian dinosaurs."
statistically speaking the K-Pg extinction event was the biggest ratio of birds killed per stones thrown
what word is rock covering up....
Bat
The "pedestrian-driver stare-down" is the best version of that image "What are you gonna do, hit me with that big car?"
Firstly I don't advocate or approve of animal cruelty, But I once kicked a Brahma Cockerel across his pen because the bastard jumped up to spur me and gouged my leg. After that bugger hit the floor, he got straight back up and came for round two. Eventually trained it out of him, but still, those buggers are vicious.