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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Started conversation Feb 10, 2010
In the 1970s, a bird caused a sensation!!
Why??
What specific breed was it??
Where was it seen??
What was it doing??
As usual, Google and Wiki forbidden....
List makers beware! There are many klaxons for non-specific bird breeds!!!
Enjoy!! 
GT
QI - Watch the Birdie, Mariner
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Feb 10, 2010
albatross - hanging round a sailors neck
dodo - alive
passenger pidgeon - alive
kiwi - flying
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 10, 2010
Would this have been the jackdaw using a stick as a tool ?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 10, 2010
Taff!!!
Specifically, No, No, No, No.
At least, not as described!!!
GT
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 10, 2010
Inventive Mackay!!
I have heard of that one!!!
Expand a little, and I will give you QI points!!
GT
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 10, 2010
Or the crow (or rook) that proved that rooks (or crows) knew how to count?
They did it by hiding things and making them reappear. If not enough reappeared the corvite would wait for the rest. You can do the same trick with babies.
Though I prefer McKay's answer.
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 10, 2010
Difficult to expand without recourse to references _ I tend to just throw up things from the back of mind - and trust me - there's a lot of room there.
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 10, 2010
Albatross were found to mate for life, returning to the same place year after year.
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 10, 2010
Was that Goldie The Eagle you're thinking of their Bob ?
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 10, 2010
Their ? Thier ! I meant there.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Feb 10, 2010
an engine of a 747 can survive a frozen turkey being thrown into it while it is running at full power.......jezza clarkson did it on tv
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 10, 2010
How do you get a frozen turkey to run at full power?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 10, 2010
We are getting interesting without getting near to the answer!!!
I can see QI points here!!
If you have ever seen a 'Bird Guide', did you wonder why they all start with 'Gavidae' (Divers) and end with 'Corvidae' (Crow Family)??
Well, the Divers are considered to be the most primative of species, and the Crow family the most intelligent!! (It is not unknown for captive jackdaws to learn to talk!!!)
None of which gets us nearer to the answers!!!
GT
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Feb 10, 2010
was it???
the remains of a giant meat eating bird, the muroa or roc was found (not old enough to be a fossil) and it human bones in it as well showing the were maneaters?????
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 10, 2010
I am getting flooded here!!
Before I answer one reply, there are another half dozen to look at....
Getting nearer hygenicdispenser, +1QI
Nothing to do with Goldie escaping from Regent's Park Zoo. Sorry!
GT
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 10, 2010
The bird that caused the biggest sensation in the UK in the 70s was Rod Hull's Emu.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Feb 10, 2010
he attacked m. parkinson (Parky) on tv grabbing him by the b@lls
bbc parkinson talk show
emu
puppet
rod hull
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Feb 10, 2010
AAAWWWW!!!
hygenicdispenser!!!!
Rod Hull!!! Emu!!!! 
And you were doing so well........
One pitfall gone, Taff!!
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- 1: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Feb 10, 2010)
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- 3: McKay The Disorganised (Feb 10, 2010)
- 4: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Feb 10, 2010)
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