On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:29 PM, AG Schnozz wrote:
> Walt wrote:
>> I am preparing for a night-time adventure deep into the dark
>> and dangerous forest in an attempt to photograph a creature
>> most don't even know exists and which few who have even seen
>> it have survived to tell about. Nocturnal, with giant,
>> piercing eyes, needle-sharp claws, razor-sharp teeth, faster
>> than the eye can follow, able to leap from tree to tree in a
>> single bound, silent and often unseen until suddenly, out of
>> the corner of one's eye, it is sensed more than seen hurtling
>> in from behind.
>
> What you describe is an owl. When it comes to humans, they are
> usually rather humorous. They wait quietly until you walk right
> under the branch they are sitting on then give a loud "hoot".
> By the time you're done relieving yourself, they've slowly flown
> off just out of camera sightline.
>
> AG
Schnozz, an owl is a bird, no? And last I checked, birds did not
exactly have "razor-sharp teeth"....granted, I am not an
ornithologist so I may be wrong.
But I am intrigued ...
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