Oh, that poor baby! At least this one has a happy end and serves as a reminder to regularly check what we dumb humans can cause out of ignorance.
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Cake day: July 28th, 2024
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Hens and roosters don’t fly
That isn’t completely true. The wild ancestors of our chickens needed flight as part of their survival strategy.
The different breeds of chicken that still exist today have varying degrees of ability. In general they aren’t good or persistent fliers. Of course humans are at fault. They kept and bred chicken for meat and egg production. That’s why chicken mostly kept or developed even bigger muscles but their wingspan didn’t keep up with their body weight. Smaller breeds with regular feathers can fly a short distance and reach a height of about 9 to 10 meters. That’s why my grandfather regularly clipped the wings of his chickens and still had a high fence surrounding the area he kept them in. The chickens were still able to fly up into the small bushes and trees.
71·13 days agoI don’t know about Spain but the weather forecasts and warnings in Germany have become kinda more sensationalist (or you could argue err on the side of caution for official warnings). And though we do have worse storms, people often experience that for their region it wasn’t as bad as predicted. That’s also why authorities avoid giving real orders. They don’t want to be blamed or held reliable when it doesn’t turn out to be ‘that bad’.
And a lot of people still don’t realise (or remember) how fast the elements can turn dangerous. And while employees might be forced into work, don’t underestimate how ignorant people in general can be.
That’s just my explanation.
It’s still absolutely horrible and a huge tragedy. I hope that aid will be swift and that no more lifes will be lost.
Looks like he experienced a real Oh-Shit!-Moment.
Ok, I’ll see myself out…
I just found out that my app offers a restore function. The comments are back.
Federation issue on my part and a cute idea on your part. Sorry, I deleted the doubles - before your comments appeared in my inbox 😞
With the sequence of pics it almost looks like ballet performance.
With the sequence of pics it almost looks like ballet performance.
With the sequence of pics it almost looks like ballet performance.
BBC’s obituary:
Farewell Ixonia!
And the town of Ixonia really should add her on their Wikipedia page. Without her I wouldn’t know about it.
Sorry, I’m late. Dis it work later or via browser?
The info on Breyer’s page is from July 11. There are two countries listet in opposition. Germany and Poland. I’m not sure if that won’t change for Germany :/
Expect readers of Astérix to flex the proverbs they learned.
I’m offended. Why particularly at me?
The Sandwich part sent me on a little goose chase (pun intended)
There’s also the Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/sandwich-tern
and the nēnē, aka Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis)
https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=EDB18078B9A2C905
And Wikipedia helped with the rest:
The Sandwich Islands is Captain James Cook’s name for the Hawaiian Islands in 1778. He chose the name of his patron, the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
I love Eulenschwalme (German name of frogmouths - still descriptive but less insulting). I’ve learned of their existence through an Australian TV series named Golden Pennies where one of the bad guys kept a frogmouth as pet.
And an article called: What Instagram Can Teach Us About Bird Photography: ‘The Most Photogenic Bird and Color Preferences’ declared frogmouths the be most ‘instagrammable’ bird species.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8073730/