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Category Archives: Odd Bird News
Planet of the Birds? Wild parrots picking up language from domesticated birds
In the film The Planet of the Apes, chimpanzees and other monkeys effectively pick up English and became super smart as humans dwindle in numbers and intelligence. Now, it appears that birds are the animals we really have to be worried about. According to the Courier Mail, scientists were getting calls from people who were [...]
Rescuing a baby bird nearly cost mom $535
In a fairly bizarre example of how important laws are sometimes extremely misused, the mother of a girl who saved a baby bird was initially slapped with a $535, only to have it rescinded. According to Tree Hugger, the whole incident started after 11-year-old Skylar Capo spotted a baby woodpecker that was being threatened by [...]
Real Birds Use Suet Keyboard to Tweet (Video)
Just five years ago, the words “twitter” and “tweet” were only associated with sounds of birds, but the creation of a very popular website had seemingly purloined the words forever. But now, birds are looking to reclaim the words by doing some online tweeting of their own. In truly bizarre news, Voldemars Dudum, a writer [...]
Ticklish Little Penguin is Huge Hit (Video)
Like anyone with access to a computer, I sometimes get distracted by those videos of cute animals doing hilarious things. Although I am usually pretty strong when it comes to not clicking on those videos, I was no match against the clip of an absolutely adorable penguin named Cookie. This cute little guy is a [...]