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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:06 PM Original message |
Md. police kill giant bird |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. that looks like Darrell Issa |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. You should apologize to the dead bird. |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. lmao nt |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. poor bird |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Police love to shoot things |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. They had apparently been trying to capture it since November. But still. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I nominate this for absolute worst post of the year. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Not "Lawyers". "Ambulance Chasing Lawyers". They do exist. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Probably - and they would be within their rights to do so. The fact |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. I don't have a problem with people seeking redress for legitimate injuries caused by someone's |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Maybe cops should spend their time killing every deer, bear, emu, pig, cow, etc... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Straw man alert. I am saying the cop deserves the benefit of the doubt in THIS case. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Unfair and wayyyyy harsh. nt |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. A raptor on the loose! nt |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Eh - except emus are not raptors. Raptors are eagles, hawks, etc. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Right. I was reacting to its use of claws as weapons. nt |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Point taken but I do believe they are mostly vegetarians supplemented by insects. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Emus are at most second cousins of velociraptors, lol. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. velociraptor |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Replace Emu with Lizard and it reminds me of a song |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Love Dead Milkmen |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yeah, I saw the Dead Milkmen several times. Always fun. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. They did the right thing. |
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udbcrzy2 (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. That's what I wondered about |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I think the danger of animal this size in traffic played a role also. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Those things can kill a person. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Imagine if it had used its knife-like claws to rip open a kid in a park. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I have heard they can do some damage with their beaks also. |
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Tyrs WolfDaemon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. I take offense |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Lemme see... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Don't forget to smoke that long neck |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. North of Santa Barbara and near the town of Solvang |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I have had emu. It is kind of like a very lean beef steak. And kind of tough, imo. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Betcha it braises or crockpots up real nice, though...... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I don't know. I am always suspicious when someone says, "Well they just didn't cook it correctly." |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. That is what I remember of ostrich meat... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Now, that's the one strange food that should taste like chicken! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. nasty animal if provoked... |
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kurtzapril4 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. So can dogs. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Deer are considered part of nature - "acts of God" in other words. Not so with emus. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Very sad. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. I love that photograph! I'm so sorry they shot the Emu |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Love that picture. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Heckuva bird! |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. RIP emu |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. What an awesome cool bird (it was). I never knew much about 'em. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. They are awful |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. It was probably self defense |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. them emo's can be dangerous |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
45. They killed.... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
46. tastes like chicken...EMU nuggets. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
47. Should have brought this guy in to handle the situation. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
52. When deadly Emus are allowed to roam free the terrists win. n/t |
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