Subdeacon Joe Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating."In the first recorded instance of fire being used by animals other than humans, three Australian birds of prey species have been seen carrying burning twigs to set new blazes. John Pickrell reports. Quote “At or around an active fire front, birds – usually black kites, but sometimes brown falcons – will pick up a firebrand or a stick not much bigger than your finger and carry it away to an unburnt area of grass and drop it in there to start a new fire,” says Bob Gosford, an ornithologist with the Central Land Council in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, who led the documentation of witness accounts. “It’s not always successful, but sometimes it results in ignition.” “Observers report both solo and cooperative attempts, often successful, to spread wildfires intentionally via single-occasion or repeated transport of burning sticks in talons or beaks. This behaviour, often represented in sacred ceremonies, is widely known to local people in the Northern Territory,” write the authors behind the find in the Journal of Ethnobiology. Gosford points to two Dreaming fire ceremonies in particular – the Lorrkon and Yabuduruwa ceremonies from the Arnhem Land region of the Territory – which incorporate scenes involving the re-enactment of birds spreading fire from places to place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 No, no, no, they are wrong! It’s target shooters using Russian ammo and tracer rounds fired from Assault Weapons used by 4x4 drivers that run over endangered species to get to where they want the fires set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Steak Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Nature continues to laugh at the human race and our collective arrogance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 This changes everything!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 @Subdeacon Joe, You just had to know at some point in time this was coming.... I thought the thread was going to be about: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Original Freebirds Michael Hayes , Terry Gordy , Buddy Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: @Subdeacon Joe, You just had to know at some point in time this was coming.... I thought the thread was going to be about: 1967 Pontiac Firebird We don't need pictures of your car... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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