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NZ Magpie attack on video

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  1. http://tinyurl.com/yu83qq
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    Bean

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    You can ride it if you like
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  2. Bean Long said:

    http://tinyurl.com/yu83qq
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    Bean

    "I've got a bike
    You can ride it if you like
    It's got a basket
    A bell that rings
    And things to make it look good
    I'd give it to you if I could
    But I borrowed it" Pink Floyd

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    Persistant little bugger, isn't he!!

    Brendo

  3. Bean Long said:

    http://tinyurl.com/yu83qq
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    Bean

    Man I hate magpies. Fortunately the three along my work-home route
    don't actually make contact and I know exactly where to expect them.
    I was waving my arm and shouting to put them off their attack, but
    ignoring them is much more effective (and safer!)

  4. Quoted message said:
    Bean Long said:

    http://tinyurl.com/yu83qq
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    Bean

    Man I hate magpies. Fortunately the three along my work-home route
    don't actually make contact and I know exactly where to expect them.
    I was waving my arm and shouting to put them off their attack, but
    ignoring them is much more effective (and safer!)


    Imagine how unpopular they are in NZ considering they're an introduced
    pest over there!

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    Bean

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  5. Bean Long said:

    [email hidden] wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Man I hate magpies. Fortunately the three along my work-home route
    don't actually make contact and I know exactly where to expect them.
    I was waving my arm and shouting to put them off their attack, but
    ignoring them is much more effective (and safer!)


    Imagine how unpopular they are in NZ considering they're an introduced
    pest over there!

    I dislike kookaburras in my yard, because they are meat-eaters. Kookaburras
    in WA are protected even though they are an introduced species.

    Theo

  6. Theo Bekkers said:

    I dislike kookaburras in my yard, because they are meat-eaters.

    ???
    You're applying some form of vegan standards to wildlife? Or you'd rather
    share your backyard with the snakes?

    Quoted message said:

    Kookaburras in WA are protected even though they are an introduced
    species.

    Well actually you do have the Blue-winged Kookaburra as a native, but it is
    up in the Kimberley and Pilbara.

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    Cheers
    Peter

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  7. Theo Bekkers said:

    I dislike kookaburras in my yard, because they are meat-eaters.

    ???
    You're applying some form of vegan standards to wildlife? Or you'd rather
    share your backyard with the snakes?

    Quoted message said:

    Kookaburras in WA are protected even though they are an introduced
    species.

    Well actually you do have the Blue-winged Kookaburra as a native, but it is
    up in the Kimberley and Pilbara.

    --
    Cheers
    Peter

    ~~~ ~ _@
    ~~ ~ _- \,
    ~~ (*)/ (*)

  8. PeteSig said:
    Theo Bekkers said:

    I dislike kookaburras in my yard, because they are meat-eaters.

    ???
    You're applying some form of vegan standards to wildlife? Or you'd
    rather share your backyard with the snakes?

    We don't have any snakes, but it's not because of the kookaburras. I know
    the picture of an epic battle between a kookaburra and a snake looks
    romantic, but they mostly eat lizards, marsupial mice, small young birds,
    and eggs from nests. Nearly as bad as having a cat. And they would never
    attack a snake large enough to harm a human anyway.

    Theo

  9. On 2007-09-25, Bean Long (aka Bruce)
    was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

    Quoted message said:

    http://tinyurl.com/yu83qq

    Heh. Still haven't put my video on the web, but it turned out the
    little bugger didn't once get in the frame despite me turning my head
    backwards many times in the process.

    Looks like footage from the actioncam 2k? Looks like the road I got
    my bird too. Wrong country though 🙂

    --
    TimC
    "If you already know what recursion is, just remember the answer. Otherwise,
    find someone who is standing closer to Douglas Hofstadter than you are; then
    ask him or her what recursion is." -- Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin

  10. On 2007-09-26, Theo Bekkers (aka Bruce)
    was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

    Quoted message said:
    PeteSig said:
    Theo Bekkers said:

    I dislike kookaburras in my yard, because they are meat-eaters.

    ???
    You're applying some form of vegan standards to wildlife? Or you'd
    rather share your backyard with the snakes?

    We don't have any snakes, but it's not because of the kookaburras. I know
    the picture of an epic battle between a kookaburra and a snake looks
    romantic, but they mostly eat lizards, marsupial mice, small young birds,
    and eggs from nests. Nearly as bad as having a cat. And they would never
    attack a snake large enough to harm a human anyway.

    I saw one attacking a small one. Get em young, I say. One day they
    will be a big nasty meany snakey thing if the kookas don't get em
    first.

    --
    TimC
    I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the
    roof of my car. -- insurance claim

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