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Haha if you're that close, looking at the beak is a mistake. Directly into the eyes is where you want to look.
So I've never noticed but I guess it must be true except for younger magpies whose beak areas tend to be darker from what I've noticed.
 

David Baxter PhD

Late Founder
But they both have the feet of a chicken :D

Response from the American Eagle: "Hey buddy! Who are you calling a chicken foot?"

On a more serious note:

One of the things I've always found curious is the similarity between the American Eagle emblem one sees everywhere in the US and the eagle emblem used by the Nazis and again displayed everywhere during their reign of terror. Given some of the recent events in the US, the similarity is even more chilling.

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Daniel E.

daniel@psychlinks.ca
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It's obviously their Vegemite diet along with the Milo supplementation and all the swimming required to get around the country :coffee:

Here, in the US, we complain if the drive-thru takes too long since we have to get home to take a nap :D
 

David Baxter PhD

Late Founder
Crikey!! Now THAT is a croc! Not like those spindly Florida gators! :panic:

Crocodile weighing 350 kg caught at Australian Outback tourist destination
Associated Press
Aug 31, 2020

Wildlife rangers trapped 4.4-metre male in Flora River at remote nature park

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A 350-kilogram male crocodile is shown tied to the back of a trailer in the Australian Outback town of Katherine on Aug. 28 after its capture by wildlife rangers. (Northern Territory Dept. of Tourism, Sport and Culture/The Associated Press)

Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-metre saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia's Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said Monday.

The 350-kilogram male was caught in the Flora River at a remote nature park 120 kilometres southwest of the Outback town of Katherine, said Katherine senior wildlife ranger John Burke.

A larger 4.7-metre croc was trapped three years ago in the same wildlife management zone, but that one was caught in the Katherine River, which is closer to the sea, Burke said. He said he did not know of a larger croc caught in the Flora River.

Crocodile numbers have been increasing across Australia's tropical north since federal law made them a protected species in the early 1970s.

"They certainly are increasing [in number], and that's part of the reason we have the management zones — to reduce the numbers in high-visitation areas so there's less chance of interaction between salties and people," Burke said, referring to saltwater crocs.

The captured croc had been taken to a crocodile farm to become part of a breeding program. Farmed crocodiles can be killed for their meat and leather.

The crocs are trapped in large cages baited with wild pig and other meats and submerged in waterways.
 
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