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Birds Seem to Intentionally Spread Fires!
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| 1-15-18
| Jay Wile
Posted on 01/17/2018 1:43:18 PM PST by fishtank
Birds Seem to Intentionally Spread Fires!
Jan. 15, 2018
Birds are incredibly intelligent animals. They work through certain probability problems better than some students, they communicate with people in order to hunt, they build structures with perspective in mind, they can figure out other birds desires, and they use and modify tools. Well, now we have one more thing to add to the list. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Ethnobiology, at least three species of bird (Black Kites, Whistling Kites, and Brown Falcons) also use fire!
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.drwile.com ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: birds; blackkites; brownfalcons; fire; honeyguides; kites; tooluse; whistlingkites
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Brown Falcons like this one have been observed intentionally spreading fires in Australia.
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:43:19 PM PST
by
fishtank
To: fishtank
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:44:07 PM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: fishtank
Great Flaming Wolf Spiders!!!
Arsonist avians and arachnids!
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:46:27 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: fishtank
They also tweet too much.
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:46:32 PM PST
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: fishtank
Birds LOOK intelligent. They work together in spreading fire?
Geez, is there anything not out to get us?
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:47:41 PM PST
by
arrogantsob
(Check out "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
To: fishtank
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:47:48 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
((((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))))
To: fishtank
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.drwile.com ...
What kind of birdbrain posts blogs under News?
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:47:55 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: fishtank
I don’t trust birds..the way they are always look around.
Plus there is that Hitchcock film..The Birds!
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:48:30 PM PST
by
Leep
(The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
To: fishtank
“Birds are incredibly intelligent animals.”
A thousand times smarter than bloggers, I’d say.
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:49:02 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: blueunicorn6
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:50:49 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
To: fishtank
Mine have high IQs also
They’re smart enough to sit in the trees and watch for me to refill the feeders
I walk a few yards away and HERE THEY ARRRRRRRRE (hat tip to The Dating Game)
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:50:51 PM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Another Islamic terrorist event, and no “outrage” from the “Muslim community”. Again)
To: fishtank
Remember, bird, only you can prevent Forrest fires.
Taken from Smokey the Bear's top ten most wanted.
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:53:41 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(a/o 01/17/18 DJIA close 26,115.65, 45.993% > the morning of 11/07/16. 716.77 to 50% increase..)
To: bunkerhill7
Not to be outdone, our Sparrows show off...
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:54:31 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(a/o 01/17/18 DJIA close 26,115.65, 45.993% > the morning of 11/07/16. 716.77 to 50% increase..)
To: blueunicorn6
Ruh-Roh! They’ve discovered fire!
We’re in trouble now!..............
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:55:44 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
To: fishtank
Brown Falcons like this one have been observed intentionally spreading fires in Australia.
__________
Only you can stop birds spreading forest fires.
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:55:52 PM PST
by
a little elbow grease
(I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.)
To: bunkerhill7
Nothing worse than second hand sparrow smoke.
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:55:58 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Leep
Plus there is that Hitchcock film..The Birds!
____
One crappy movie.
;-)
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:56:43 PM PST
by
a little elbow grease
(I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.)
To: bunkerhill7
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:57:01 PM PST
by
a little elbow grease
(I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.)
To: Fred Nerks
Do you suppose that the Phoenix truly exists in Australia?
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posted on
01/17/2018 1:58:13 PM PST
by
Candor7
(Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: fishtank
Is there nothing in Australia that’s not trying to kill us?...................
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posted on
01/17/2018 2:03:55 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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