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Israel names biblically banned Hoopoe national bird
Reuters on Yahoo ^
| 5/29/08
| Jeffrey Heller
Posted on 05/29/2008 9:30:35 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - It may not be kosher, but the Hoopoe was chosen Thursday as Israel's national bird.
The Hoopoe, or "Duchifat" in Hebrew, is listed in the Old Testament as unclean and forbidden food for Jews.
President Shimon Peres declared the pink, black and white-crested bird the winner of a competition timed to coincide with Israel's 60th anniversary. It beat out rivals such as the Yellow-vented Bulbul and the Palestine Sunbird.
The Book of Leviticus groups the Hoopoe with birds such as the eagle, vulture and pelican that are "abhorrent, not to be eaten."
Israel is a main crossroads for birds migrating between Europe and Africa. Some 155,000 Israelis cast ballots in the national bird vote.
TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60thanniversary; banned; israel; mascot; names; nationalbird
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To: NormsRevenge
So who wants to eat the national bird?
To: NormsRevenge
beat out rivals such as the Yellow-vented Bulbul and the Palestine Sunbird. Now that was tough competion!
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:33:30 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: Military family member
I couldn’t imagine eating a Bald Eagle. I wonder if it tastes like chicken...
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:40:35 AM PDT
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: NormsRevenge
Actually, there's more to the hoopoe than meets the eye.
Hoopoe"Their habitat is open cultivated ground with short grass or bare patches. They spend much time on the ground hunting insects and worms. That diet may have been among the reasons the Hoopoe is included on the Old Testament's list of unclean birds (see Leviticus 11:19 and Deuteronomy 14:18). The Hoopoe is 2529cm long, with a 4448cm wingspan. This black, white and pink bird is quite unmistakable, especially in its erratic flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly. The crest is erectile, but is mostly kept closed. It walks on the ground like a starling.
The song is a trisyllabic "oop-oop-oop", which gives rise to its English and scientific names.
The nest is in a hole in a tree or wall. Like those of its relatives the kingfishers, the nest tends to contain copious amounts of faeces and smell very foul as a protection against predators. Nesting hoopoes are capable of squirting fecal matter at intruders."
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:43:11 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: NormsRevenge
Looks like a kingfisher, cardinal, woodpecker, hummingbird hybrid.
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:45:58 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: fso301
Like a bird version of “Trick My Ride”.
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:48:10 AM PDT
by
najida
(The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
To: fso301
Like a bird version of “Trick My Ride”.
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:48:24 AM PDT
by
najida
(The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
To: xJones
Nesting hoopoes are capable of squirting fecal matter at intruders Who knew? LOL
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:50:51 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(John McCain was a Kinoki foot pad in the Reagan Revolution)
To: NormsRevenge
So what’s the Palestinian national bird going to be? The vulture?
}:-)4
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posted on
05/29/2008 9:53:48 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
To: contemplator
I couldnt imagine eating a Bald Eagle. I wonder if it tastes like chicken...No, they taste like a cross between a blue heron and an osprey.
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:20:06 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: NormsRevenge
Isreal needs a national bird like they need another enemy..
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:20:15 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: xJones
Nesting hoopoes are capable of squirting fecal matter at intruders."
That pretty much debunks the urban legend that primates are the only animals who use their own fesces as a weapon.
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:32:38 AM PDT
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:48:48 AM PDT
by
sr4402
To: sr4402
Very cool bird. It has it all going on, Thanks!
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:50:53 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: sr4402
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:55:17 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Average White Conservative)
Palestinian Sunbird
Yellow-vented Bulbul
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posted on
05/29/2008 10:57:15 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: contemplator
Well, let’s say I definitely wouldn’t want to go after a nesting pair of hoopoes.
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posted on
05/29/2008 12:06:06 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Military family member
So who wants to eat the national bird? That would be me.
"mmmmm... E-mew"
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posted on
05/29/2008 2:30:11 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(There is no lie as bold as a truth half told)
To: sr4402; Lijahsbubbe
That’s it? Great, it looks like it’s wearing a kaffiyeh.
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posted on
05/29/2008 3:54:46 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
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