The greatest trick the Australian magpie ever pulled
was convincing the world it was a corvid.
(, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:26, Reply)
Beg pardon, didn't spot it was a Ozzie.
Still, other experiments with the same tech have been done with real corvids in Japan. Those tengu know their stuff.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 17:22,
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yeah, that not an australian magpie
to be honest, I wouldn't expect to see too many Australian magpies in a Göteborg backyard, where this was filmed. What you have there is is a Eurasian Magpie, (Pika Pika) which though having broadly similar feather colouring, is a different species, genus, and indeed, family of birds.
Australian maggies are bigger, have evil red eyes, and delight in raking the eyes of passing cyclists with their talons
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 26 Nov 2020, 6:54,
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My apologies, I clicked the link and saw a NZ domain listed.
It does bear a passing resemblance to the flying demon that raked my helmet in Akaroa once when I was cycling, though.
I think you'll find the Eurasian Magpie's binomial name is Pica pica though.
lol helmet
(, Thu 26 Nov 2020, 8:29, Reply)