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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">This is not a pretty story.... <br>
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About 200 dead crows were found near Halifax and there was </span></span><b><big>concern
for Avian Flu.</big></b><br>
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They had a Bird Pathologist examine
the remains of all the</span></span><span><span
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and to everyone's relief he
confirmed the problem was definitely
NOT Avian Flu</span></span><span><span
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However, he determined that 98
percent of the crows had been killed
by impact</span></span><span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> with
trucks, and only 2 percent were
killed by car impact. The Province
then hired an </span></span></font>
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<div><font face="Arial"><span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Ornithological
Behaviourist to determine
the disproportionate
percentages for</span></span><span><span
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truck versus car kill.</span></span></font>
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<div><font face="Arial"><span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">The
Ornithological
Behaviourist determined
the cause in short order.
When</span></span><span><span
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crows eat road kill, they
always post a 'look-out
crow' in a nearby tree, to
warn of impending danger.
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<div><font face="Arial"><span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">His
conclusion was that the
lookout crow could say
'cah', but he could not
say 'truck'.</span></span></font></div>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Liberals! "No one is so generous as he who has your savings
to give." ~ German Proverb</pre>
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