Inedible Ink

PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Seattle Pigeons Attacked With Darts
April 29, 2008—Pigeons in Seattle, Washington, are under attack by an unknown assailant with a dart gun, officials say.

National Geographic Photo

Look, I don’t condone this kind of behavior, so don’t think I’m being too flippant, but read on…

At least three birds, including the one pictured here, have been found alive with the needlelike projectiles lodged behind their eyes.

“At least three” birds have been shot through the head, non-fatally.  In what other creature on earth is a through and through head shot not fatal?
What an incredibly small brain they must have!

Imagine the marksman’s rage when his dart found it’s way home and out the other side only to have the intended victim fly away with nothing more than a modest headache and vastly improved FM reception. “Gimme back my dart! Filthy vermin!”
Reminds me of someone.

It bears repeating. T. Rex tasted like chicken.

T. Rex Protein “Confirms” Bird-Dinosaur Link
A new study of ancient proteins retrieved from a Tyranosaurus rex fossil confirms the long-hypothesized evolutionary connection between dinosaurs and modern birds, experts say.

The article includes evidence that mastodons tasted like elephant, but that doesn’t interest me. If mastodon was the meat of the millennium I inhabited I’d eat it, even if it did taste like elephant.

Road trip for some Sisters of  St. Cecilia:

U.S. ‘Nashville Dominican’ Nuns Evangelize the Young in Sydney, Australia - Catholic Online
The nuns are in Sydney at the invitation of Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher, World Youth Day 2008 coordinator and fellow Dominican. Normally they would be at home teaching, but their motherhouse in Nashville has sent delegations to assist with preparations for each World Youth Day since Denver was the host city in 1993.