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Thu, 26 Jul 2007
Gannets - 19:13
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This gannet is probably not about to attack a piece of pizza, maybe for the
dual reasons that this is a Northern Gannet rather than an
Australasian
Gannet and that Pizza eating gannets from ANU in Australia seem to have
become
extinct
a few years ago.
So what is this gannet thinking as it swoops down, and what is it swooping
down upon. I guess it is in a bit of a Batman pose, maybe it after some
criminal scum of the (remarkably sunny) night time streets of Gotham. I kind of
doubt it though, this is a bird not a bat, and it really does not look much
like Dick, Jason or Tim. This is a bird so I am really not sure we need to go
far looking for the motivations and deep thought patterns behind what is going
on. There is probably a reason for the term Bird Brain being in common usage.
Looking closely at the shape of its wings in this photo the gannet looks a lot
like what I remember Darth Vader's ship looks like, this Gannet is probably
about to say "Luke I am your father... squawk".
(original image source)
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