NDA? 2008/7/6 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Wonder what's the best tactic'? Using volunteers with skinny necks >> (non tasty people), or some high body mass guys who are too big for >> the birds to take them away. Hmmm? > > Lord Percy Percy, Duke of Northumberland, would be ideal. > http://crave.cnet.co.uk/peripherals/0,39029462,49282735,00.htm > >> You seem to have first hand knowledge about this secret island Bob, >> what do you think? > > Sorry, mate. Sworn to secrecy. > > Bob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Tim Øsleby >> Sent: 06 July 2008 12:38 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO: Send out the clowns >> >> Thanks for this valuabe piece of information. I'll definately look >> closer into this. I've survived a sinking ship, so why not go for > the >> adventure? >> Wonder what's the best tactic'? Using volunteers with skinny necks >> (non tasty people), or some high body mass guys who are too big for >> the birds to take them away. Hmmm? >> You seem to have first hand knowledge about this secret island Bob, >> what do you think? >> >> Note my new signature. >> >> IslandTim >> >> 2008/7/6 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> Tim Øsleby wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=239772 >> >> >>> (Warning: 300kb) >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Comments please >> > >> >> Aren't all moments with puffins funny moments? >> > >> > I guess you've never heard of the marsupial killer puffins of >> > Rangararatarahoaroa on New Zealand's little-known West >> Island. In the >> > days before human settlement in the islands the marsupial killer >> > puffin, called by the local people as Owatanastiphuca >> ('head-snipping >> > bastard bird') was top predator. Because sand eels are virtually >> > unknown there the puffin evolved to take the thing which >> most closely >> > resembled sand eels - the elongated neck of the giant moa. >> > >> > The giant moa, as you know, stood upright at about 1.8 metres or > 6' >> > tall. So when the first human settlers arrived on the >> island, standing >> > about the same height as a giant moa, they looked to the >> puffin like a >> > might tasty addition to the diet. >> > >> > This killer puffin, which was scarcely larger than the friendly >> > creatures we know from the land of Njal, had evolved a much larger >> > beak, whose colours blended with the local flora, and an > incredibly >> > strong neck. So the bird would hide in the trees of West Island > and >> > swoop down on the unwary humans, snip their head off, and take the >> > torso back to the nest. Imagine the sight of a puffin's beak >> > containing a line of floppy headless humans instead of sand eels! >> > >> > Eventually the people abandoned their attempts to settle >> > Rangararatarahoaroa, and it has always been left to the marsupial >> > killer puffins. So dangerous are they that West Island is >> not allowed >> > to be featured on maps of New Zealand, but those of us who've >> > travelled in the area have stumbled across it, about 20 >> leagues to the >> > east of South Island (it's official name is a cunning bluff to > throw >> > people off the track). >> > >> > I understand Frans Lanting is planning a photographic trip there, > as >> > soon as he can find enough people to volunteer as scouts, and a > suit >> > of armour for himself. >> > >> > Bob >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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