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[indigofugit]

Victor my posting was supposed to be 'tongue in cheek' hence the reference to brittle bones but I forgot to add the smiley face.

It was the only way I could call you a Great Man without embarrassing you.

Keep up the good work (your posts ‘The French Lesson’ and ‘Myfanwy’ ), are still your best, but each one is interesting.

[usenetposts]

@indigofugit Aha, sorry, I didn't get the tongue-in-cheekiness, and flew off on a lecture about ornithology! Many thanks for appreciating my meagre pieces and encoraging me with your loyal viewing.

[longlat39]

Snakes on stilts.



[usenetposts]

@longlat39 BTW many thanks, got the music. Sophie is working on the piano part.

[indigofugit]

Another really interesting video – ‘But’

Has the great man boo boo'd.

Canadian geese are migratory. They are not, nor have they ever been pets.

They are virtually fearless as they are such powerful birds. People with brittle bones should beware of approaching them lest they suffer horrendous injuries.

[usenetposts]

@indigofugit As far as breaking people's bones, I think this is an urban myth. People tend to say it about swans, that they can break a man's arm, but the number of men whose arms have been actually broken by swans or geese is indeterminate.

That having been said they are not shy of a fight and if they lose their tempers and fly at someone's head, then they can deal them a proper whack. The bigger danger might be from losing one's balance and falling or wrenching one's shoulder while parrying.

[longlat39]

@usenetposts Lots of piano in the next one.

[charlessmyth]

The Japanese knot weed, of the bird world :-)

[usenetposts]

@indigofugit I wasn't talking about the way this species is worldwide. I'm sure that there are still more migratory populations worldwide than introduced ones. In the UK the ones we have are mainly descendants of individuals imported over a century ago for water parks, and most have not been outside the UK for many generations. They haven't needed to, especially the urban ones. Some UK ones migrate to Scandinavia. A few North American ones have got to Japan and Scotland, etc, independently.