Slog - Comments on Avian Souls http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls A very old flamingo was attacked by young humans: Four Australian teenagers have been charged with an attack on an almost blind greater flamingo, thought to be one of the oldest of its kind alive. Police and zoo officials said the flamingo's head and beak were injured and it was bleeding from an eye. The bird, aged at least 75 years, is in a critical condition, zoo staff said. The bird has been at the zoo for most of its life and, with its Chilean partner, has been one of Adelaide zoo's most popular exhibits. The old bird has a... Copyright 2008 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:59:48 -0800 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:50:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by douglas what's with young austrailians attacking animals in zoos?

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186716 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:57:21 -0800 Comment by Original Monique That was beautiful Charles.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186717 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186717 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:57:48 -0800 Comment by LeslieC Your style was particularly appropriate and moving here, Charles. Thank you.

Let's keep a good thought that the flamingo pulls through.

]]> LeslieC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186723 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:02:36 -0800 Comment by jayme thanks charles. what a sad story-i loved the quote from "swann's way." i hope that bird survives.

]]> jayme http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186727 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:04:23 -0800 Comment by Greg F. And this from Charlie "The only animal worth making a documentary about is the human" Mudede! Maybe flamingos deserve more love.

]]> Greg F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186729 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:05:55 -0800 Comment by max solomon teenage MALES. these sociaopathic shites need a year of cleaning out the elephant exhibit.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186746 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:16:46 -0800 Comment by Gringus Cohen Cool, Charles. Post some Mad Libs next!

]]> Gringus Cohen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186756 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:22:11 -0800 Comment by Ronald Rutherford "Er, well, Swann, Swann, there's this house, there's this house, and er, it's in the morning, it's in the morning - no, it's the evening, in the evening and er, there's a garden and er, this bloke comes in - bloke comes in - what's his name - what's his name, er just said it - big bloke - Swann, Swann......."

(add "girl with the biggest tits"/Charles combo joke for your own amusement)

]]> Ronald Rutherford http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186777 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:35:41 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Good luck, birdie. Stories like this put me in a downer funk for the rest of the day... :-(

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186779 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186779 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:38:13 -0800 Comment by STJA Terrible. A 75-year-old blind ... bird. Who are people? Who does that?

]]> STJA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186793 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:49:32 -0800 Comment by josh bomb this is why the goddamm teenagers have to be fed to the goddamm pitbulls, or alternately, held in a government internment camp until they turn 21.

]]> josh bomb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186814 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:07:42 -0800 Comment by boyd main You know why flamingos fly upside down over Australia?

'Cos there's nothing worth shitting on.

]]> boyd main http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186818 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:11:45 -0800 Comment by julia It's pretty clear which being is inferior in this case.

]]> julia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186863 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:42:42 -0800 Comment by ericq So is Dan Savage going to start implying that all males under the age of 21 are bird-hating violent sociopaths? Or did that bird do something to provoke them Aussies...?

A horrible story.

]]> ericq http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1186913 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:22:08 -0800 Comment by Irena Beautiful post on a sad story. But I have to wonder about this sudden empathy for the avian world. Haven't plenty of slog commenters agreed that geese and pigeons are just vermin with wings, and deserve to be shot? Or is it just YOUNG geese and pigeons? Or do they have to be from Australia to get out sympathy? I'm confused.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1187012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1187012 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:30:08 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @15, for me, the differences are these:

* the bird is impossibly old (i had no idea a flamingo could outlive me) and blind
* as such it is already a marvel for having put up with a bird's life for so long
* the fact it had defied such steep odds to keep on keepin' on, only to be endangered by some TOTAL REJECTS is crushing
* I so want that birdie to be OK

That pretty much sums it up for me.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1187036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/avian_souls#c1187036 News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:50:53 -0800