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Why is British wildlife so stupid?

Hi all i went for a drive out in the countryside with the wife and kids today and had a pheasant commit suiside by flying into my windscreen. Did someone train the bird to do that or are they just stupid?

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By: Nermal - 24th April 2004 at 12:11

I am just wondering what Americans will evolve into…;) – Nermal

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By: plawolf - 24th April 2004 at 11:14

“ok so according to thinking today weve evolved from the monkies and we are presumably still evolving so where will we be in ten thousand years?

According to some experts we will be able to survive a head on car collision at one hundred mph but what good is that when crude oil will be gone in a hundred years.

Some of us like flying so will we develop wings and be able to fly and if we do will we develop feathers and build nests.

We all sit at a computer at one time or another how long will it be before we develop a keyboard on one arm and a mouse on the other”

i believe we humans can choose what we can become, (within a certain limit that is 😉 ). but ironically, that choice is more likely to be as a result of fasion as oppose to usefulness. after all, if u did see a woman with a keyboard and mouse as limbs, would u really consider having a kid with her? and lets not even get to the 100 MPH car crash servivers shall we?;)

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By: plawolf - 24th April 2004 at 11:10

“So we’re back onto the idea that given an infinate number of possible combinations, we end up with a finite set of creatures.

Not buying it.”

well what’s there to ‘not buy’? there are infenate variations. just look around u, every single creature on earth is different from every other one, even amounst the same species there are vast differences. the point of evolution is that it never stops the trial and error process. with every new individual born into the world, there is a slight, but distinct variation.

every new born child is another step forward for evolution. the main difference between this and what we commonly percive as evolution is the rate of change. the change can be dromatic over time, but because of our very limited lifetimes, the differences seem trivial and are often ignored.

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By: Last Lightning - 24th April 2004 at 11:00

ok so according to thinking today weve evolved from the monkies and we are presumably still evolving so where will we be in ten thousand years?

According to some experts we will be able to survive a head on car collision at one hundred mph but what good is that when crude oil will be gone in a hundred years.

Some of us like flying so will we develop wings and be able to fly and if we do will we develop feathers and build nests.

We all sit at a computer at one time or another how long will it be before we develop a keyboard on one arm and a mouse on the other:cool:

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By: plawolf - 24th April 2004 at 09:58

as for picking up and eating road kill.

eu! cant be too good with all their internal organs mashed into their flesh…:o

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By: plawolf - 24th April 2004 at 09:56

“That far back?”

well i dont know how long they live.;)

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By: plawolf - 24th April 2004 at 09:56

“So maybe you should worry about what the monkeys have evolved from to become monkeys now. And what about the higher life forms that must have been about when we were monkeys – where are they now?”

monkies, like everything else first came from bacteria.;)

as for higher lifeforms, well there only higher lifeforms around when we were all monkies were dinos, and u know where they are dont you?:p

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By: plawolf - 24th April 2004 at 09:54

“And as for evolving from monkeys, thats pure balls. If that was the case, how come the rest of the monkeys didn’t evolve? Nonsense. As to sharing 96% deoxyribonucleic acid with chimps, the 4% relates to brain, form, senses and not throwing cream buns at teatime.”

ahh, i see snapper is getting insecure about the prospect that his greater greater great…grandparents might be monkies.:D :rolleyes:

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By: Flood - 23rd April 2004 at 22:31

And have you ever picked a flat cat from the kerb thinking it was something else? Could be good eating if it was a flat fat cat…:rolleyes:

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By: Snapper - 23rd April 2004 at 22:27

I’ve picked up a couple of dead muntjac’s before now. Lovely they tasted. Made my mum feel like a little girl again when I told her to skin and butcher the first one – after her eyes popped back into her head. She used to help her dad after he’d been out hunting when she was growing up in that big piece of real estate south of Gibraltar.

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By: Flood - 23rd April 2004 at 22:03

So maybe you should worry about what the monkeys have evolved from to become monkeys now. And what about the higher life forms that must have been about when we were monkeys – where are they now?;)

Not tempted to pick up dead roadkill from the road – picking the bone and grit out of the frequently tenderised fox or rat is not my idea of a weekends fun (not when I have Anna!).

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By: Snapper - 23rd April 2004 at 21:50

Never been tempted to pick up a dead one from the side of the road, however expensive they are in the shops.

You should. I always do. Lovely. And expensive in the shops? Don’t buy them from the shops then.

3 brace (ie 6) pheasants plus 4 brace partridges was costing me around a fiver this year. I have a freezer tray full, and had two. Lovely. Just go and ask someone who runs shoots, or the beaters. They have to dump them otherwise. Damn fine tame wild meat.

And as for evolving from monkeys, thats pure balls. If that was the case, how come the rest of the monkeys didn’t evolve? Nonsense. As to sharing 96% deoxyribonucleic acid with chimps, the 4% relates to brain, form, senses and not throwing cream buns at teatime.

Cats are sh1te. I have one, and I hate it. It has well and truly cooked its goose.

Now stop being annoying.

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By: Last Lightning - 23rd April 2004 at 08:17

they are not as stupid as u might think

Im begining to think suicide pheasants are clever. My wife cycles to work down a country lane and every day now a suicide pheasant is trying to knock her off or drive her into a ditch.:(

Although this little bit of trouble didnt start until after the original suicide attack. Perhaps they hold a grudge:cool:

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By: plawolf - 22nd April 2004 at 23:22

whos all there? and steal what?:confused:

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By: Flood - 22nd April 2004 at 23:20

Erm, yep. They are all there.
You think pheasents might try and steal them?

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By: plawolf - 22nd April 2004 at 22:27

just thought i should warn u lot to be on ur gaurd cos i narrowly escaped a suicide pheasant attack today. but the front of the car need some reparing. 🙁

they are not as stupid as u might think!:eek:

check the doors and windows before u go to bed tonight.;)

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By: NFDC - 22nd April 2004 at 22:19

That’s for sure Nermal old fruit, but never mind eh!:)

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By: Flood - 22nd April 2004 at 21:04

Originally posted by NFDC
Some people like cats, while others like wild birds, each to his or her own.

I expect that bird-nesters and poachers like ‘wild’ birds too…:rolleyes: Cats are not doing anything out of character in comparison.

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By: plawolf - 22nd April 2004 at 14:41

“Still some around – the Gallaghers can’t be the only survivors of that lost tribe…”

well, its the exception that makes the rule.;) …or so they say.:rolleyes:

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By: plawolf - 22nd April 2004 at 14:41

“Some people like cats, while others like wild birds, each to his or her own.”

then why did u say u cant understand why some ppl like cats?:D

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