> 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.
