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[omori]

Which kind? And when you get it on finally, I suggest you immediately take birb someplace cool and fun. If it's too cold out now where you live, wait until closer to spring. Maybe hang the harness in the house so birb is desensitized to it.

The aviator! I’ve tried a few times in our living room with her favorite treat (apples) and she has slipped her head in a few times. Training is a bit difficult right now since she’s hit a bitey phase again.

 

[SuiSui1]

 

[Coldgrip]

How easy would it be to snap a goose's neck in a self defense situation where one is attacking you?

Unless you immediately follow that neck snap up with decapitation using a silver blade blessed by a high priest, burning the body on a sanctified pyre, then scattering the ashes over the mouth of a canyon so deep even light cannot penetrate the depths the goose will simply regenerate itself. Remember, geese are animated by pure evil and unless you intend to to full scale Van Helsing on their ass you'll simply piss it off.

They're wonderful creatures, are they not?

 

[Mister Qwerty]

 

[FierceBrosnan]

Pinot blesses this thread with her giant boofy boob.

 

[M0JY0]

Spoiler: warning: feels

I try to avoid these comics because they make me sad, but I thought it would be appreciated here. Please give your budgies a treat for me.

 

[Xerxes IX]

Spoiler: warning: feels

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I try to avoid these comics because they make me sad, but I thought it would be appreciated here. Please give your budgies a treat for me.

Extra sad when you remember that budgies do a lot better when they have a friend because they're very social, especially when you can't play with them much. I noticed the artist touched on that but didn't talk about it at the end. Don't leave your budgies all alone guys

 

[XYZpdq]

 

[Mister Qwerty]

 

[SuiSui1]

 

[round robin]

How easy would it be to snap a goose's neck in a self defense situation where one is attacking you?

A friend of mine claims he punched a goose in the head hard enough once that it died instantly. He also claims he was very, very drunk. So it might be possible to punch one to death.

 

[XYZpdq]

A friend of mine claims he punched a goose in the head hard enough once that it died instantly. He also claims he was very, very drunk. So it might be possible to punch one to death.

yeah especially if it's on the ground already, I can see going full HULK SMASH working
that being said even though waterfowl are mostly total fucking assholes I wouldn't kill one unless it was an accident while I was defending myself

 

[round robin]

yeah especially if it's on the ground already, I can see going full HULK SMASH working
that being said even though waterfowl are mostly total fucking assholes I wouldn't kill one unless it was an accident while I was defending myself

I don't think it was on the ground, but I think he got the jump on it so it was unaware. He says he hopped out of the passenger side of a car at a stop sign and ran up to it and clocked it as hard as he could. Crazy shit.

 

[XYZpdq]

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oh shit it's Phil Spector

 

[SuiSui1]

 

[M0JY0]

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That reminds me of a news story I read about NATO training eagles to attack drones - I wonder if this is one of those birds?

Spoiler: Attack of the Drone-Snatching Eagles

LINK TO ARTICLE

MARCH 17, 2017
By Ed Darack

Recently, a number of European agencies have started training eagles and other birds of prey to snatch drones from the sky as a defense against criminals, terrorists, or any other drone pilots who deliberately or accidentally invade restricted airspace. In the wrong hands, even small consumer drones can cause serious damage to manned aircraft near airports, be used in terrorist strikes, or cause general havoc, particularly in crowded cities.

The Dutch National Police were the first to use birds of prey, eagles specifically, as a counter-drone measure. They intend to have a trained squadron of eagles ready by this summer to deploy to airports and other sensitive areas where unauthorized drones might cause big problems. The Dutch police chose this low-tech answer due to the renowned aerial hunting prowess of eagles, which can identify drone-size objects from as far away as two miles. Eagles are able to snatch and carry prey weighing up to four pounds, so most popular consumer drones are no problem.

First the birds need to be trained to take out threatening drones, however. The Hague-based company, Guard From Above, is working with the Dutch National Police to teach eagles how to identify, close in on, and take out consumer drones using specialized incentive training. Guard From Above trains the birds from a young age to bring the flying machines to the ground intact, rather than ripping them apart in midair, which reduces the chance of hurting people below.

Some have raised concerns that drone-hunting might cause harm to the birds, but the Dutch National Police insist that none of the eagles were hurt during training. Trainers note that scales on the bird’s talons protect them, and are looking into ways to protect them from spinning propellers.

Along with these experiments by the Dutch and French, the United Kingdom is investigating using birds of prey to guard prisons from contraband-carrying drones. Still uncertain, though, is whether these kinds of programs ultimately will prove more successful than technological solutions to identifying and downing rogue drones.

I wish I was as cool as that birb.

 

[Android raptor]

My bird has been super cranky lately. I think it's because he's been molting.

 

[M0JY0]

 

[SuiSui1]

 

[omori]

found this guy sulking around the trash cans at work. Was worried about him when he let me pick him up and bring him inside. He got enough energy to flap around on the front desk before I let him loose outside. Godspeed lil man.