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Neddy Seagoon posted:Phoneposting so I cant link directly, but look up Keas on youtube. The phrase "shagged by a rare parrot", specifically. You're thinking of kakapos!
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:You're thinking of kakapos! Dammit, I am too  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Phoneposting so I cant link directly, but look up Keas on youtube. The phrase "shagged by a rare parrot", specifically. i thought that was kakapos edit: oops, new page.
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So keas are basically the rear end in a top hat parrot every parrot wishes it could be?
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They are like cockatoos who actively hunt livestock and eat them alive. Happily they are NZ's problem.
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I'm feeling pretty relieved carnivorous parrots are isolated to islands in the middle of nowhere
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:I'm feeling pretty relieved carnivorous parrots are isolated to islands in the middle of nowhere Hitchcock's the Birds would have had a whole new level of fear in Australia or New Zealand.
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learnincurve posted:They are like cockatoos who actively hunt livestock and eat them alive. Happily they are NZ's problem. I'm pretty sure the damage kea cause to sheep was wildly exaggerated just so rear end in a top hat farmers could shoot them with shotguns. Which is why they are now endangered. The damage they cause to cars and entire towns however is not exaggerated. "Nice car you have there, shame if something were to happen to it" *eats tail light*
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Shirec posted:Hitchcock's the Birds would have had a whole new level of fear in Australia or New Zealand. 'The Birds' set in Australia is just all the velociraptor scenes from Jurassic Park.
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GoldStandardConure posted:'The Birds' set in Australia is just all the velociraptor scenes from Jurassic Park. Are we sure Australia isn't actually just Jurassic Park???
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That explains the constant John Williams music...
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Tendai posted:Ancient, murderous creatures on an island. We even bought in the army to deal with the living dinosaur menace once. The army lost. For reals.
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Frogmanv2 posted:We even bought in the army to deal with the living dinosaur menace once.
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Years ago when I worked at a camping store, my boss had a pet emu. I don't even live in the outback, this is in the capital city of Western Australia.
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Do you still live there? I thought all non native parrots were banned from WA? You have a sun conure don't you?
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Do you still live there? I thought all non native parrots were banned from WA? You have a sun conure don't you? Yeah, still live in Perth. If non-native parrots are banned in WA then I don't think anyone got the memo. Lots of breeders of conures, indian ringnecks etc here and a few of the bird shops here have plenty of exotic parrots for sale.
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Suntan Boy posted:
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Do you still live there? I thought all non native parrots were banned from WA? You have a sun conure don't you? Not banned, just restricted. I know for rainbow lorikeets you are required to have an avian license and a 2 door aviary. We didnt, because gently caress that, but you are supposed to. Course, im pretty sure its people like us that caused the rainbow lorikeet problem in the first place.
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Frogmanv2 posted:Not banned, just restricted. I know for rainbow lorikeets you are required to have an avian license and a 2 door aviary. HAHAHAHAHA WELP definitely didn't have a licence or 2 door cage for our lorikeet. But considering he went from wild bird > pet bird > escapee, the net lorikeet gain in WA was zero. Also: blame UWA for the escaped rainbow lorikeets, they had an aviary of about 30 or so in the 70s and let them all go and now we have a few hundred thousand of the noisy fuckers.
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I got some video of Booberry practicing his budgie sounds and playing with his toys. If you listen carefully you can pick up some of the things he's trying to say from Skillet's vocabulary. There's for sure a Gimme kiss! at around 1:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlYgzmdQZPY
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Suntan Boy posted:
Man, how do white cockatoos always manage to look so ragged. Yours and mine both always look so disheveled
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Mirthless posted:If her feathers didn't lighten up/become more vibrant and she isn't losing any of her markings you probably have a girl bird (impressive crest for a girl birb, tho) I found a picture from when I first got Gillian. Some of the wing feathers are darker, but the feathers are mostly the same.  Here's my other birb making his birb noises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgpLmg0Ml8Y
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GoldStandardConure posted:Years ago when I worked at a camping store, my boss had a pet emu. I live in Florida, thanks for the emus. At my last job, I drove past an emu farm on my way to work every morning. My new job also has a flock of budgies that live in the area (downtown on the waterfront) and occasionally harass anyone who has food.
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Tendai posted:That's the best wikipedia article just for that sidebar A link, for the ignorant among us, specifically me? 
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Thyrork posted:A link, for the ignorant among us, specifically me? I believe this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War but the sidebar isn't what it was, it's probably saved somewhere though E:  maybe?
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Hungry Computer posted:I found a picture from when I first got Gillian. Some of the wing feathers are darker, but the feathers are mostly the same. Oh yeah, Gillian's probably a girl. As a plus, it works as a girl name too! Battle Pigeon posted:I believe this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War but the sidebar isn't what it was, it's probably saved somewhere though There's a huge argument in the talk page over the military conflict sidebar. No fun allowed on Wikipedia, guys! Remember to donate to Jimmy Wales!  (That's supposed to be Jimmy Wales) (I will never donate to Wikipedia)
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How bad do we suck when we can only hit 12 emus with 10 000+ bullets.
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Maybe the emus had armor? We can't rule anything out. Birds are tricky.
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Armor would make them slower and therefore easier to hit. They probably just have a very high natural AC.
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blackflare posted:Armor would make them slower and therefore easier to hit. They probably just have a very high natural AC. Their Natural AC and dexterity are clearly very high but 10,000 rolls still means a minimum of 500 critical successes (on average). It's not AC that's responsible here, or even low attack rolls. It's gotta be high natural DR.
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Someone post the Manly Guys comic with the armored raptors on minibikes I'm on my phone or I would.
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Wish granted! It's kind of a two parter to get the full experience.  And a bonus: 
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Tendai posted:Someone post the Manly Guys comic with the armored raptors on minibikes  Also this one! Which I assume comes before.
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Mirthless posted:Their Natural AC and dexterity are clearly very high but 10,000 rolls still means a minimum of 500 critical successes (on average). It's not AC that's responsible here, or even low attack rolls. It's gotta be high natural DR. Or they were just realllllllly wasted
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Machine guns in that era didn't really have a lot of range, would have meant getting alarmingly close to 20,000 emus.
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learnincurve posted:Machine guns in that era didn't really have a lot of range, would have meant getting alarmingly close to 20,000 emus. Range was the main issue, and the emus just scattered and fled from the stationary guns. So they tried mounting the machine guns on trucks for the second attack, but the emus outran them. That whole article is amazing.
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