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British Man's Eyeball Pecked Out by Seabird
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| July 12, 2011
Posted on 07/18/2011 9:56:30 AM PDT by george76
Edited on 07/18/2011 9:57:46 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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A Welsh animal lover was blinded in one eye after a seabird he tried to rescue pecked his eyeball out of its socket.
Michael Buckland, 38, was walking with his girlfriend on a beach in Gower, South Wales, when the couple spotted a gannet that seemed unable to walk or fly...
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: darwin; darwinaward; darwinawardnominee
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posted on
07/18/2011 9:56:33 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
careful there, you’ll put your eye out
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posted on
07/18/2011 9:59:25 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: george76
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posted on
07/18/2011 9:59:42 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: george76
Stay clear of wild animals. Usually they will think you are trying to eat them.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:00:59 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: driftdiver
I guess he didn’t see that coming!
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:00:59 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
(Illegal is not a race. Obamacare is a crime,and barry is a dumbass (prove me wrong))
To: george76
A Welsh animal lover was blinded in one eye after a seabird he tried to rescue pecked his eyeball out of its socket. That'll learn ya.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:02:53 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: driftdiver
If only Jean Shepherd were around to wax on such incidents.
To quote an oft-used line by another (regional) radio host when such
incidents come to his attention: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished".
To: george76
“A Welsh animal lover was blinded in one eye after a seabird he tried to rescue pecked his eyeball out of its socket.”
LMAO!!!!!
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:05:26 AM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Faster than the speed of smell.)
To: george76
Charity without wisdom is a very dangerous thing.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:05:42 AM PDT
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: george76
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:06:58 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
To: Grunthor
Rumor has it the bird was choking.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:08:50 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: george76
Do-gooderism’s just reward?
To: george76
A Welsh animal lover
Now...not so much.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:10:23 AM PDT
by
ZX12R
To: george76
Bobcats, badgers, and porcupines enjoy being handled too...
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:12:38 AM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: PGR88
Possible post-of-the-month material.
Worth repeating:
Charity without wisdom is a very dangerous thing.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:13:10 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 909. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
To: Flycatcher
Wolverines and snakes , too
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:14:31 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
The Bambi Syndrome strikes again. “I love you bear,” then it eats him. Let me help you birdie and it porks out on his eye.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:29:32 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: george76
So that's what you have to do to see a doctor right away in Great Britain.
To: george76
From today’s crop of animal rescue stories, it appears we can anecdotally conclude that sea birds are NOT as grateful as whales.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:32:56 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: george76
I once watched a guy try to impress his girl by grabbing a chipmunk off a picknik table. He succeeded only to have the thing chew across the skin between his thumb and forefinger faster than he could blink. It looked like he stuck his hand in a sewing machine and was bleeding profusely. I tried not to laugh.
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posted on
07/18/2011 10:33:03 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(The Tree of Liberty is very thirsty.)
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