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Tap Dancing Love Birds Put All of Our Pathetic Relationships To Shame
Melissa Cronin · 11/19/15 10:25PMThis is it; we will never be capable of real romance again.
Researcher Sparks Controversy by Collecting a Rare Bird to Death
Chris Thompson · 10/13/15 08:47PMVulture Gang Attracted by "Foul Death" Smell Refuses to Leave Man's Home
Andy Cush · 06/03/15 05:08PMImagine it’s Saturday morning, and you’re about to enjoy a book and a cup of coffee on your back porch, and you’re greeted by four two-foot tall winged eaters of dead meat. They’re staring you down through the glass sliding door, as if to say Do you feel lucky, punk? Oh god, not the vultures again. Welcome to Rick Mize’s world.
This Is a Very Rude Owl
Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/06/15 07:45PMWoman: Whoops, My Parrot Made Me Crash My Damn Car
Dayna Evans · 04/16/15 12:30PMParrots seem like good enough birds, in the scheme of all the other birds. Colorful and fun and they can mimic human voices—what's not to love? That being said, parrots are birds and not people—they will not help you drive your car—so if you're the kind of person who brings your parrot on car rides without keeping your eyes on the road, you're probably going to crash and it won't be the bird's fault.
Adult Lawmaker Ruins Children's Bill Submission With Anti-Abortion Joke
Andy Cush · 03/20/15 09:51AMA group of New Hampshire fourth-graders who traveled to the state's capital in Concord to learn about the joys of civic engagement were given a surprisingly realistic picture of the American legislative process after one lawmaker used their bill—a proposal to name the red-tailed hawk the official state raptor—as an opportunity to rail against the evils of abortion.
Vatican Adopts Balloons as Symbols of Satan's Power
Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/15 11:57AMOregon Jogger Attacked by Owl Runs in Circles Screaming
Taylor Berman · 01/19/15 05:15PMFoie Gras Is For Assholes
Hamilton Nolan · 01/08/15 09:54AMDo You Have 8 Seconds to Watch This Video of an Owl Swimming? YES
Caity Weaver · 12/04/14 08:00PMNo longer content to rule the sky, the owl has extended its terrible dominion into another element of the wondrous universe: Earth's hydrosphere.
Afghan Police Shoot Regular Bird-Bird Full of "Suspicious Metal Stuff"
Hudson Hongo · 11/30/14 10:45AMHamilton Nolan · 11/04/14 05:04PM
James Franco Is Ready for Jail
Hamilton Nolan · 08/01/14 03:17PMHeroic Ospreys Will Not Stop Building Nests on This Traffic Camera
Tom Scocca · 04/22/14 12:25PMThe osprey, Pandion haliaetus, is a bird of character. The ancient poets knew this, and the Maryland Transportation Authority is discovering it the hard way. Last week, a pair of ospreys decided to build their nest on a platform overlooking the approach to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, where the MDTA keeps a traffic camera.
Driver Has a Pretty Good Excuse for Cutting Off an Angry Bicyclist
Gabrielle Bluestone · 03/13/14 08:44PM"Sorry mate."