A little humour

"Poop is yet another item on the menu. Cassowary poop usually contains half-digested fruit, which still has plenty of nutritional value, so the birds devour each other’s droppings as well as their own." Amazingly similar to the a-little-humour forum, I'd say.

No wonder everyone leaves them alone. Can you imagine how terrible their breath must be?

Hi stumac,
A Drop Bear attacked me last year when I was vacationing. It looked like Stitch or maybe a Koala and easily the scariest moment of my life. We drew it away from us by using Cassowary poop.

stumac

Dr Mark,
unfortunately no Cassowarys inhabit where I live in Aus, Bunyip urine is the best deterrent here.

Regards, Stuart.

@stumac said in A little humour:
Wow I didn't know you guys had Bunyips. We've had one in the White House for over two years.

SSmith1226

@stumac said in A little humour:

Dr Mark,
unfortunately no Cassowarys inhabit where I live in Aus, Bunyip urine is the best deterrent here.

Regards, Stuart.

tjcombo

J. Jericho

@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:

@stumac said in A little humour:
Wow I didn't know you guys had Bunyips. We've had one in the White House for over two years.

We wouldn't be straying into political territory, would we?

Hi J. Jericho,
Nope, not even. Unless you consider Stephen Miller a political figure, which he isn't. He's a policy advisor.

@J-Jericho Must be some Bunyip and Bunyip urine in the White House. Kirstan Gillibrand was going to Clorox the Oval Office. Of course she has now dropped out of the race so I guess the Bunyip urine is safe.

@Niner said in A little humour:

so I guess the Bunyip urine is safe.

Yes, safe for now but 2020 is quickly approaching. I think that's the year for the running of the Bunyips. For those who don't know, The Running of the Bunyips is conducted on the White House lawn and its inaugural run was in 2016.

J. Jericho

Do Bunyips drain the swamp?

tjcombo

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

Do Bunyips drain the swamp?

Not sure, but if there were a lot of them, they may swamp the drain.

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

Do Bunyips drain the swamp?

That's funny!
I watched a documentary on the Everglades called "The Swamp".
It looked at people who attempted to drain the Everglades (which is actually a very slow moving river) and how the failed, miserably.
If you've never seen the Everglades, in some places its so wide, you can see the bend of the Earth. It's so connected with the Atlantic that it's typical to find sharks along with American crocodiles and alligators. To drain such a long standing and vast swamp is an exercise in futility and a recipe for future disaster. Swamps exist for a reason.

J. Jericho

I'm aware that The Everglades constitute a vast, fabulous, complex river ecosystem, and I'm OK with swamps, too, as long as the vermin and insects therein don't spread disease to the populace.

Kehaulani

@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

If you've never seen the Everglades . . It's so connected with the Atlantic that it's typical to find sharks along with American crocodiles and alligators. T

Yikes!

Hi Kehaulani,
The Everglades harbor many creatures that can kill and it ranges from monster reptiles to mosquitoes. The only other place that harbors possibly more danger is the continent of Australia. From what I see on American TV, just about everything that creeps and crawls is at the top of some venomous chart. I would imagine that it takes a person a little hardier than average to survive there. I would like to visit it but I'd do some studying before I go. Don't want a Drop Bear or a Bunyip to get me!

SSmith1226

@Dr-Mark said in [A little humour](/post/5589
The only other place that harbors possibly more danger is the continent of Australia..... I would like to visit it but I'd do some studying before I go. Don't want a Drop Bear or a Bunyip to get me!

Also you have to watch out for the Australian Roosters. And no, I’m not going to expand on this!
The story is actually very tragic because the fatal outcome likely was very avoidable with a pressure dressing and the victim laying down with legs elevated as high as possible above the level of the heart.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/09/04/woman-pecked-death-rooster-australia/2207730001/

@SSmith1226 And....according to the story....."Dr. Dianna Bourassa, an assistant professor of poultry sciences at Auburn University, advises cautionary measures when dealing with an aggressive alpha chicken.

If a hen or rooster is about to attack, she told USA TODAY, a person can grab the chicken by the leg and cradle it under their arm to establish dominance. It won't harm the chicken."

I'd say the proper method would begin with grabbing the chicken by the neck and doing the round the world yo yo maneuver.

Hi Niner,
The yo-yo method is good if you're having chicken for dinner. Otherwise, if a chicken attacks (and they can attack) grab them by the neck and take the neck portion to the ground. In short, your hand and it's neck are on the ground and you're bent over or squatting facing the bird. I've done this more times than I can count as a kid on the farm and it is effective. Once a person does this, its rare that the chicken will do the same thing again. Of course if care is not taken when the neck is grabbed, the bird can end up dead. Also if the legs are grabbed, a person can get pecked and flogged if they're not careful.
Barnyard Etiquette 101

Dr GO

@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:
.... Also if the legs are grabbed, a person can get pecked and flogged if they're not careful.

Barnyard Etiquette 101

I just flogged the pecker of a patient I saw that didn't pay his bill for an STD workup.
Medical Etiquette 101