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IScreamSundays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 11:23 AM
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Angry birds dive-bomb police officers
EVERETT, Wash. — Officers at a Seattle-area police department have found themselves in a flap with some unusual suspects: an angry flock of birds.

Crows have been attacking police in the parking lot of an Everett Police Department precinct station. They've been swooping down and dive-bombing the officers as they walk to and from their cars.

Lt. Bob Johns said he recently was flanked by the aggressive birds and "got zinged."

"They're like velociraptors," Johns said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43358296/ns/us_news-weird_news/
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 11:25 AM
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1. Some birds seem to be taking this game too literally!
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 11:33 AM
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2. Don't the birds attack pigs in the cell phone game?
Hmm...
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 11:34 AM
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3. Yep. Who knew the birds were in the 60s counterculture?
:rofl:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:02 PM
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6. Why do I suddenly have the game's theme song playing in my head?
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 06:49 PM
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14. Sorry about that.
:evilgrin:
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 11:50 AM
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4. Now if could only train them to attack DC Republican and Blue Dog Congressmen. nt
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Paulie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 11:57 AM
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5. You can! It's the crow paradox
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106826971

And any neighboring communities with crows, they will learn too. Time to move out of state. LOL
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:02 PM
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7. All this time, I thought it was a game, and it turns out to be a documentary.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:12 PM
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8. Pigs and poorly-joined lumber have been called in. nt
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:14 PM
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9. i know why they're angry
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:18 PM
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10. We had that crow business in my backyard years ago...
I had to use a Wrist-rocket slingshot to disperse and 'neutralize' these dangerous birds...attacked kids and a warren of bunny rabbits which live to this day in the underbrush behind and alongside me. Intolerable...
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:41 PM
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11. All they need is a slingshot.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 12:57 PM
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12. I shot this pic last week
Across the street from my job, the guy with the umbrella is trying to shield the guy pushing the mower from a pissed off mockingbird that has a nest on the utility pole. By the time I got the camera out most of the hilarity had already taken place. Every time the guy tried to mow that strip the mockingbird would dive bomb him... It crapped on him and pecked him on the head :spray: :rofl:

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felix_numinous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-11 01:54 PM
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13. Nesting season.
Bablies are fledging now.
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demigoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:17 PM
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15. I love crow bablies. they are so cute.
we often have crow bablies in our neighborhood.
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