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'Does Shooting Birds Make Them Smarter?'

11/06/2016 9:20 PM

This article. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/does-shooting-birds-make-them-smarter looks at a study suggesting hunting/shooting birds might work toward increasing intelligence.

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That has to be one of our downfalls; we as a country don't participate much in hunting our presidential candidates. Think how much better they could be if we would just put more effort into shooting them.

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11/06/2016 9:27 PM
  1. We used to shoot at one every 20 years up until Regan.. After that things really went downhill.. So you might be on to something.

I'd still have to recommend against calling the white house with the suggestion.

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11/06/2016 9:42 PM

Shooting birds only alters the gene pool. It keeps the dumb ones from breeding.

Congress is a target rich environment for sure!!
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11/06/2016 10:26 PM

Reminds me of math test:

10 birds sit on a power line. You shout 4 how many birds are left sitting on the power line?

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11/06/2016 10:49 PM

You'd have to get all four with the first shot, because the rest will all fly away.

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11/06/2016 10:58 PM

You do the math. With a shot gun you might even get all 10 ...

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11/07/2016 10:03 AM

Try a punt gun.

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11/07/2016 10:31 PM

I did! Pun intended!

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11/07/2016 2:42 AM

"You shout 4" loud enough, and no birds will be left.
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11/07/2016 4:07 AM

Four! Means duck!

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11/07/2016 7:46 AM

No, "fore" means duck but you fail to grasp my point.
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11/07/2016 10:30 PM

Aha! Yeah! Righto! So whats your point?

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11/07/2016 9:02 AM

But ducks can't sit on a power line!

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11/07/2016 10:32 PM

Bugger! I did not think of this one!

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11/07/2016 2:45 PM

That all depends on how many are startled by the yelling.

Or (If I choose to ignore the typo) That all depends on how many of the survivors are startled by the gunfire.

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11/07/2016 10:35 PM

It should not make a difference. Startling rate is 100%!

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11/09/2016 8:27 AM

Startling rate depends on the bird.

Cave you ever met a Chicago Pigeon? they don't move until a shoe actually touches them. And then it's just the bare minimum of a shuffle combined with a dirty look.

And Swans don't get startled, they get angry. They look like delicate ballerinas, but they act and fight like biker gangs. A swan can break a human leg with a standing wing-strike.

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11/07/2016 8:16 AM

Congratulations - you are now on a watch list of the FBI and the SS. Don't ever go to a political rally for a presidential candidate.

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11/07/2016 10:54 AM

Sir, What is your association?

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11/07/2016 11:53 AM

A soft rock band from the sixties?
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11/07/2016 12:50 PM

That is a smart look!

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11/07/2016 3:14 PM

...well he's obviously been shot at a few times.

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11/07/2016 10:36 PM

Better than shouting!

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11/07/2016 3:26 PM

"That has to be one of our downfalls; we as a country don't participate much in hunting our presidential candidates. Think how much better they could be if we would just put more effort into shooting them."

There's a bit of a risk in that, some of these candidates can and will shoot back, some even before they've been shot at.

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