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Cockatoo adopts a bowl of Creme Eggs
thisislondon ^
| 4-6-2007
| staff writer
Posted on 04/06/2007 11:02:46 AM PDT by bedolido
Like every devoted mother bird, Pippa the silver crested cockatoo is ready to defend her clutch of eggs to the death.
Sadly for her, however, they will never hatch. For Pippa has adopted a bowl containing 20 Cadbury's Creme Eggs, which her owner Geoff Grewcock had intended to hand to friends and family over Easter. The 17-year-old bird squawks and flaps whenever anyone approaches. "When I first saw her perched there I thought it was hilarious but now I'm a bit worried about her," he said at his home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
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To: CindyDawg
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to nickpick. But she’s a bird. Animals don’t have complex emotions, just instincts. She’s just doing what she thinks is right.
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posted on
04/07/2007 9:27:45 AM PDT
by
Vision
("Delight yourself with the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm37:4)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Love your photo!
To: Vision
I hear you but.........that instinct can be strong and cause distress if interupted sometimes. I don’t know much about birds though.
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posted on
04/07/2007 1:53:22 PM PDT
by
CindyDawg
(Thank you, Lord.)
To: CindyDawg
The urge to nest is very strong in some birds. She’s at a good breeding age, they could easily find her a hubby :)
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posted on
04/07/2007 1:55:46 PM PDT
by
najida
(One day, a door opens, and you get a chance to start over. But the phone rings......)
To: Andy'smom; bradactor; politicalwit; Spunky; mplsconservative; don-o; boadecelia; freeangel; ...
**Kitchen Ping**
Better than my cat who thinks that roaches and mice are her dolls.
To: CindyDawg
All I’m trying to say is that that bird is happy doing what it thinks is right.
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posted on
04/07/2007 2:13:47 PM PDT
by
Vision
("Delight yourself with the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm37:4)
To: Vision
Is she going to be happy when she’s shooed away and someone takes her eggs though?:’)
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posted on
04/07/2007 2:16:18 PM PDT
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CindyDawg
(Thank you, Lord.)
To: CindyDawg
She’s not a freeper, she’s a bird. She won’t know or care.
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posted on
04/07/2007 2:18:10 PM PDT
by
Vision
("Delight yourself with the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm37:4)
To: Vision
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posted on
04/07/2007 2:19:29 PM PDT
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CindyDawg
(Thank you, Lord.)
To: scan58
I had a precious little peekapoo that suddenly became fixated on a small yellow squeaky toy like that. She would take it everywhere she went and became very, very distressed when I moved it or held it out of the way. I got creeped out and put it in a drawer and she sat on the floor and cried and stared at the drawer for hours. She was about 5 years old. I believe I just never took it out of the drawer and threw it away ultimately. The connection she had with that toy was so strong I could actually feel it.
To: CindyDawg
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posted on
04/07/2007 2:47:40 PM PDT
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Vision
("Delight yourself with the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm37:4)
To: rainbow sprinkles
Your's is better. I stole mine. But here is my real dog, LulaBelle the crazy lab.
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posted on
04/08/2007 6:31:59 AM PDT
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Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
LOL ...HEY! Good lookin'!!!
To: Conspiracy Guy
Your first photo reminded me of this wonderful photo essay of a true story of the bird that challenged the tigers in their 'den'!
To: rainbow sprinkles
I can't get LulaBelle to wear sunglasses.
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posted on
04/08/2007 7:08:27 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: rainbow sprinkles
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posted on
04/08/2007 7:09:52 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: bedolido
I hope the cockatoo's owner has some chocolate cigars on hand when those Cadbury eggs hatch.
Leni
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posted on
04/08/2007 7:17:24 AM PDT
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MinuteGal
(The Left takes power only through deception.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
LOL ...S-W-E-E-T! ... but can she yo-yo?
To: rainbow sprinkles
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04/08/2007 7:40:31 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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