Seems Snakes on a Plane isn’t as a ridiculous film as we thought, as new research suggests snakes have been hitchhiking on planes. Feel good about that trip you’re about to take?
A team of scientists led by the University of Queensland has foun…
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How flocks of birds got trapped inside the eye of Hurricane Florence
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In 1969, researchers spotted a black and white sooty tern in Michigan. This hardy seabird, however, had little business visiting the Midwest. The saltwater species usually spends its life in the tropics, more than 1,000 miles away.
Hurricane Camille — one of the most powerful storms in U.S. history — had trapped and carried the foreign creature to this distant land. Now similarly, tropical storm Florence, which made landfall Friday morning in North Carolina as a hurricane, has also ensnared birds deep inside the cyclone.
Using radar, several meteorologists have spotted the birds flying inside Florence’s eye. But why are they there? Read more…
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View More How flocks of birds got trapped inside the eye of Hurricane FlorenceKiwi the bird and his goth wife welcome 4 semi-goth chicks
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The internet’s cutest bird couple has produced some equally cute bird offspring.
Perhaps you recall Kiwi and Siouxsie, the not-goth and goth (respectively) lovebirds that started dating last September. Well, friends, an update on that front: they are married now. In fact, their eggs hatched about a month ago!
Remember Kiwi & his goth gf? Well now she’s his goth wife and they have 4 beautiful half goth babies 💚💙🖤 pic.twitter.com/vX21428mk0
— maura (@painthands) July 9, 2018
The birds’ caregiver, Maura, who tweets at @painthands, has been providing updates throughout the egg-laying and egg-hatching process. “I love being a bird mom,” she wrote. Read more…
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Enormous pelicans terrorize students at their college graduation
It’s not a college graduation until your grandmother is squealing for help and your father is chasing a giant beast of death across a field.
Students at Pepperdine University were victimized by not one but two pelicans this weekend, when the bird…
Despite her family’s pleas, this mother bought some parrots. (A thread.)
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When a mother wants some parrots, she’s going to get some parrots.
In a hilarious Twitter thread full of twists, turns, and birds, Twitter user Himynameisnoor documented a very interesting day she had in which her mother, after years of holding off, finally went and bought parrots.
It sounds odd, but Noor explains all of it, starting with a secretive phone call she received from her mother on Saturday morning.
She called and whispered “can you keep a secret”
Me: Um… sure?
Mum: I need you to come with me to go get a parrot.
Me: What??? Mum, not again.
Mum: please just come, if you don’t, I’ll go alone
Me: YOU CAN’T HAVE A SECRET PARROT IN THE HOUSE
— Noor (@Himynameisnoor) April 28, 2018 Read more…
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My day riding ‘Bird’ e-scooters shows how the tech industry has changed my hometown
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When I was a teenager growing up in West LA, a friend of mine from a different part of the city derisively called my neighborhood “Scooter-Ville” because it was so “wholesome.” He’d look out of my big bedroom window to see the neighborhood kids riding their Razor scooters up my empty block, around the cul-de-sacs, over and down the circular driveways.
Now, a different sort of scooter has come to town: “Bird” electric scooters.
Bird is a new transportation company that places un-docked electric scooters around a city. Users can unlock them with the touch of an app and use them to travel short distances at 15 mph. It’s one of a host of new dockless transportation companies — along with LimeBike, Jump, and others — bringing easy-to-use, non-car transit options to cities across the country. It’s also one of the more recent technology companies to call Santa Monica its home base and effectively its beta testing ground. Read more…
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View More My day riding ‘Bird’ e-scooters shows how the tech industry has changed my hometownAmazon has the perfect sex toy for your cockatiel
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Today, I read one of the best Amazon reviews I have ever encountered. Interestingly, it is also one of the most useless… unless you are a bird in the market for a dildo.
On Nov. 18 of last year, a heroic Amazon user left a five-star review for the Lyps Silicone Dildo with Suction Cup, a sex toy meant to be affixed to a flat surface. Unfortunately, the user didn’t really like the product — but their cockatiel did!
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People are putting anti-bird spikes on trees to protect their fancy cars and humanity has hit an all-time low
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Brits are raging after residents of Clifton, Bristol, fitted anti-bird spikes on trees in order to protect their cars from droppings.
The spikes — which are sometimes fitted to buildings to prevent birds from nesting — have been nailed to two trees in the front garden of private properties in an affluent area of the city in south west England.
Image: Tom Wren / SWNS.com
Shocked Brits have flocked to Twitter to express their rage at the move.
Image: Tom Wren / SWNS.com
“The human race may have reached new lows with this… If the earth decided to swallow us all, it would probably be quite fair actually (and a bit overdue!),” tweeted one person. Read more…
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View More People are putting anti-bird spikes on trees to protect their fancy cars and humanity has hit an all-time lowAustralia’s bird of the year is the enemy of children and cyclists
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It wasn’t just Moonlight that swooped in by surprise at an awards ceremony.
Earlier this year, New Zealanders voted for the kea as their favourite bird, a cheeky olive-green parrot. Aussies have opted for a bird that’s the enemy of cyclists, walkers and children everywhere.
The magpie has been selected as the bird of the year in a poll run by The Guardian, winning with 19,926 votes — 13.3 percent of the vote’s total.
You wouldn’t call the magpie a charming bird. It’s known for its aggression, especially around mating season in late August to late October, and is notorious for swooping at people that cross its path. Read more…
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View More Australia’s bird of the year is the enemy of children and cyclistsMeet European bootcamp Rockstart’s first AI cohort
Back in April the Netherlands-based Rockstart bootcamp announced it was adding an AI track. It’s now named the first batch of startups in the inaugural six-month program, with teams hailing from as far afield as India, Singapore, South Africa and the US. Read More