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British Man's Eyeball Pecked Out by Seabird
NewsCore ^ | 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. [history]

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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To: george76

Hmm.. in the blink of an eye...


21 posted on 07/18/2011 10:34:03 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
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To: george76

I want to keep an eye on this thread!


22 posted on 07/18/2011 10:35:28 AM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Hacklehead
He succeeded only to have the thing chew across the skin between his thumb and forefinger faster than he could blink.

"Here, baby... hold my beer!.."

23 posted on 07/18/2011 10:36:25 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
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To: ItsForTheChildren

The government medical staff were unable to save his sight.

He should try a private practice for a second opinion.


24 posted on 07/18/2011 10:38:14 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Guys, this is why you never allow a pecker anywhere close your eyes.


25 posted on 07/18/2011 10:39:47 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Hacklehead

[ 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. ]

Must have been a city folk, growing up on a farm you learn that when handling wild animals if you are crazy enough to try grabbing one, grab it by the head and wrap your hand around it’s head forcing it’s mouth shut and use the other hand to hold it’s body firmly to the ground or other flat surface. Or course not doing it without a think pair of leather gloved and heavy sleeves you get exactly what you deserve.


26 posted on 07/18/2011 10:43:56 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: george76

No good deed goes unpunished.


27 posted on 07/18/2011 10:45:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: george76

it’s not all fun and games anymore.


28 posted on 07/18/2011 10:46:04 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand ("America will cease to be great when America ceases to be good." -- Welcome to deToqueville.)
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To: Clay Moore; dead
I want to keep an eye on this thread!

He had his eye out for Mullah Omar.

29 posted on 07/18/2011 10:47:31 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: george76

Angry Birds...he’s not doing it right.


30 posted on 07/18/2011 10:50:19 AM PDT by 762X51
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To: Hacklehead
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.

OMG, I would have laughed until I peed myself.

31 posted on 07/18/2011 10:50:52 AM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: 762X51

LOL!


32 posted on 07/18/2011 10:54:58 AM PDT by Grammy
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To: george76
British Man's Eyeball Pecked Out by Seabird NoSeebird

Fixed it

33 posted on 07/18/2011 11:20:39 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: mewzilla

It’s a seabird mate! A bleedin seabird!

“Does it come with crackers?”


34 posted on 07/18/2011 11:38:11 AM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: ZX12R
A Welsh animal lover

typical welshman.

35 posted on 07/18/2011 12:08:36 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (I like it that FR still spell checks "obama")
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To: george76

He’ll have to keep an eye out for those gannets in the future...


36 posted on 07/18/2011 12:11:44 PM PDT by Bon mots ("When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...")
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To: george76

Well, in the future he’ll save on glasses......


37 posted on 07/18/2011 12:13:39 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (You ca't forfeit the game Chuck! If you go home you forfeit!)
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To: CJ Wolf

That bird just wanted a bit Welsh rarebit.


38 posted on 07/18/2011 12:14:59 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles, Kill the EPA!!!)
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To: HMS Surprise; dynachrome; spyone

Nathaniel Martin?


39 posted on 07/18/2011 12:40:24 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (One-eyed bird lover.)
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To: george76

Darwin Award.. candidate.. Gannets are real scissor bills..


40 posted on 07/18/2011 1:08:12 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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