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Philippe wrote:
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> Paul Heslop wrote:
> > Sheldon wrote:
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> >>Daniel Silevitch wrote:
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> >>>and someone happened to be in the right place at the right time with a
> >>>camera:
> >>>
> >>>Story:
> >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/6083468.stm
> >>>Larger photo:
> >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...756/html/1.stm
> >>>
> >>>-dms
> >>
> >>Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that.
> >>
> >>Sheldon
> >
> >
> > wot... pigeons?
> >
> >
> > :O)
> >
> Or do you mean slamming teeth down and shaking vigorously side to side?
>
:O)

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jeremy wrote:
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> >>>
> >>>Wish I coulda got my ex to swallow like that.
> >>>
> >>>
>
> She probably IS--but for somebody else!

heh, that's why he is so bitter and twisted

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Daniel Silevitch wrote:

<edited, for brevity>

> That's quite a video clip. Thanks. I suppose I should have felt sorry
> for the pigeon, but I just had to laugh while watching it.
>
> My co-worker raised the question of whether this will become a habit for
> that particular pelican; pigeon-hunting has got to be easier than
> chasing fish.
>
> -dms


Hello, Daniel:

Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?


Cordially,
John Turco <>

John Turco wrote:
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> Daniel Silevitch wrote:
>
> <edited, for brevity>
>
> > That's quite a video clip. Thanks. I suppose I should have felt sorry
> > for the pigeon, but I just had to laugh while watching it.
> >
> > My co-worker raised the question of whether this will become a habit for
> > that particular pelican; pigeon-hunting has got to be easier than
> > chasing fish.
> >
> > -dms
>
> Hello, Daniel:
>
> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?
>
> Cordially,
> John Turco <>

well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls
will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other
birds.
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:21:37 +0000, Paul Heslop wrote:

>> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?
>>
>> Cordially,
>> John Turco <>
>
> well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls
> will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other
> birds.
But this behavior is still not cannibalistic.
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Neil Ellwood wrote:
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> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:21:37 +0000, Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?
> >>
> >> Cordially,
> >> John Turco <>
> >
> > well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls
> > will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other
> > birds.
> But this behavior is still not cannibalistic.
> --
> Neil
> swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email

which one, the pelican or the other birds? anything that eats its own
breed is a cannibal, I guess. I suspect though that we had a bird
which was just very hungry and took a one off shot at something
nearby.... I'm going to be pedantic now :O)

cannibal

–noun 1. a person who eats human flesh, esp. for magical or religious
purposes, as among certain tribal peoples.
2. any animal that eats its own kind.
–adjective 3. pertaining to or characteristic of a cannibal.
4. given to cannibalism.

This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed
cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A
bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie
then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out.

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Paul Heslop <> writes:

> Neil Ellwood wrote:
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>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:21:37 +0000, Paul Heslop wrote:
>>
>> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?
>> >>
>> >> Cordially,
>> >> John Turco <>
>> >
>> > well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls
>> > will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other
>> > birds.
>> But this behavior is still not cannibalistic.
>> --
>> Neil
>> swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email
>
> which one, the pelican or the other birds?

Neither are cannibalistic.

> anything that eats its own breed is a cannibal, I guess.

Correct. The pelican would be a cannibal if it ate another pelican.
Are you a cannibal if you eat meat from a cow?

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Måns Rullgård wrote:
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> Paul Heslop <> writes:
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> > Neil Ellwood wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:21:37 +0000, Paul Heslop wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?
> >> >>
> >> >> Cordially,
> >> >> John Turco <>
> >> >
> >> > well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls
> >> > will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other
> >> > birds.
> >> But this behavior is still not cannibalistic.
> >> --
> >> Neil
> >> swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email
> >
> > which one, the pelican or the other birds?
>
> Neither are cannibalistic.
>
> > anything that eats its own breed is a cannibal, I guess.
>
> Correct. The pelican would be a cannibal if it ate another pelican.
> Are you a cannibal if you eat meat from a cow?
>
Ah, but according to QI, if I remember rightly, only dogs are actually
different species to each other, all the rest are just variation on a
theme... or something :O)



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"Paul Heslop" <> wrote in message
news:...
>This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed
>cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A
>bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie
>then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out.


Soylent Green is people!

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:47:23 +0000, Paul Heslop wrote:

> Neil Ellwood wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:21:37 +0000, Paul Heslop wrote:
>>
>> >> Are birds known to be cannibalistic, very often?
>> >>
>> >> Cordially,
>> >> John Turco <>
>> >
>> > well, even garden birds will eat meat, including chicken, and gulls
>> > will eat penguin babies etc (alive!) Hawks of course will eat other
>> > birds.
>> But this behavior is still not cannibalistic.
>> --
>> Neil
>> swap 'ra' and delete 'l' for email
>
> which one, the pelican or the other birds? anything that eats its own
> breed is a cannibal, I guess. I suspect though that we had a bird
> which was just very hungry and took a one off shot at something
> nearby.... I'm going to be pedantic now :O)
The pelican ate a pigeon which is a different species.

> This is what bugged me with the mad cow thing. They deliberately fed
> cows with other animals, including other cows if I remember right. A
> bit like mincing up dead people, shoving them in with beef in a pie
> then wondering what the fuss is about when you're found out.
The culprit in the feed was sheep remains, some of which was infected
with scrapie.

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