I just remembered a funny story for the 'How I abused my pet' topic...I would have posted it a while ago, but I completly fogot about it. So here goes...
My nineth grade science teacher, Mr. Peddycord, had a bird in his classroom. No, it was not a stray that wandered in and he couldn't get out. He had a bird, with no cage, just fly around the classroom and do whatever it wanted.
Mind you, this is a pretty small bird, a partridge or something, so for most of the time, it would just sit around and do nothing. But the thing is, was that this was not the first bird that he had. Oh no, not by a long shot. I think the number of birds he had gone through in his decade of teaching was around 30 or so. We were wondering how so many birds had died.
He said that most had just escaped the room and he couldn't find them, but one case was interesting. He, apparently, also used to keep a pirahna in his classroom. You read that right, a pirahna.
What he did was he took the glass lid off of the pirahna tank and fed it at the beginning of every day before first period. And once he put it back on, the bird flew over to the cage and started hoping around on the lid, teasing the fish, who went absolutly nuts trying to kill and eat this bird. But the bird was safe, for this plane of glass protected it.
Well, one day, Mr. Peddycord forgot to replace the plane of glass after feeding the fish. He then left the room to take care of some business. When he returned, a few minutes before first period started, he noticed all of the students crowded around the tank.
He pushed through the group only to find the water colored red with the pirahna swimming around. This confused him, right up until he saw a beak floating around the water filter.
Needless to say, he doesn't have any more fishes in his classroom.
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Thu 4 Dec 2003, 4:29,
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My nineth grade science teacher, Mr. Peddycord, had a bird in his classroom. No, it was not a stray that wandered in and he couldn't get out. He had a bird, with no cage, just fly around the classroom and do whatever it wanted.
Mind you, this is a pretty small bird, a partridge or something, so for most of the time, it would just sit around and do nothing. But the thing is, was that this was not the first bird that he had. Oh no, not by a long shot. I think the number of birds he had gone through in his decade of teaching was around 30 or so. We were wondering how so many birds had died.
He said that most had just escaped the room and he couldn't find them, but one case was interesting. He, apparently, also used to keep a pirahna in his classroom. You read that right, a pirahna.
What he did was he took the glass lid off of the pirahna tank and fed it at the beginning of every day before first period. And once he put it back on, the bird flew over to the cage and started hoping around on the lid, teasing the fish, who went absolutly nuts trying to kill and eat this bird. But the bird was safe, for this plane of glass protected it.
Well, one day, Mr. Peddycord forgot to replace the plane of glass after feeding the fish. He then left the room to take care of some business. When he returned, a few minutes before first period started, he noticed all of the students crowded around the tank.
He pushed through the group only to find the water colored red with the pirahna swimming around. This confused him, right up until he saw a beak floating around the water filter.
Needless to say, he doesn't have any more fishes in his classroom.
that's not really a case of *you* abusing a pet.horrible all the same.
poor birdy : (
(poor birdy : (
cwethan,
Thu 4 Dec 2003, 4:42,
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that's very unusual behavior for a piranhathey usually will go away if they feel what they've bitten move.
Which is why they aren't really dangerous, unless you become unconscious before you fall into the water. They'll just bite you and when you start making a fuss about it they'll swim away
(Which is why they aren't really dangerous, unless you become unconscious before you fall into the water. They'll just bite you and when you start making a fuss about it they'll swim away
kitty meow meow,
Thu 4 Dec 2003, 4:45,
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Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!Besides, how can countless hollywood movies be wrong? I mean, they research these things, don't they?
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Ratsta,
Thu 4 Dec 2003, 4:46,
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Thanks Bobbut I'm not big on pubs. A quiet jazz club and a mango daiquiri is more my scene :) Oh, and a week or two's notice :) Perhaps next time with more notice. My email is in my profile when there's another.
( Ratsta,
Thu 4 Dec 2003, 6:30,
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i was talking about a metaphorical "anybody" cockdon't be so pedantic.:p
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Thu 4 Dec 2003, 4:54,
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