Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Word, bird


Word, bird.
That's the lede sentence from one newspaper's version of a Cox News Service story about great tits.

My favorite phrase from the news story is: "Great tits learn songs from each other..."
Something I've always suspected.

I don't think much about great tits, no doubt for the same reason Wilt Chamberlain really didn't think about being tall. But great tits are big on the brain for avian specialists and musicologists.

I give you:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/world/story/A7D2ED9BF6984E708625723D0015457F?OpenDocument

3 Comments:

At 6:52 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok...so i'm a lurker...i can't get to the link you posted...thought maybe there is an error...and i really need to know...what in the world...

i took my glasses off two or three times...to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks...

your writing is fantastic...e

 
At 10:17 AM, Blogger some chick said...

yeah, but did you read the article about how tits in california might be disappearing due to global warming? who knew?

kristen

 
At 9:15 PM, Blogger Woman In Love said...

e: here's a re-posting of the link:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/world/story/A7D2ED9BF6984E708625723D0015457F?OpenDocument
hope that works, you lurker :-)

some chick (or chica, now that you live out here): The global warming heats the silicon implants, which implode, yada yada, hence the disappearing California Tit.

 

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