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song thrush ears

my nephew has to find out what is different about a song thrush ears? many thanx in advance

how do birds drink?

I saw a bird with its beak in a puddle this morning... how do they take up the water. Beaks are hard and I can't imagine they can suck it up like we can. Do they just lick it up?

Denisdiamond

insects

Is there any insect out there with eight (8) ears? Or more/

oni_michelle

How much are cinnamon pearl birds?

I just got a cinnamon pearl bird, for a really cheap price because someone I know couldnt take care of her. I just want to know how much they are, to see how much I did'nt spend on her. Thanks.

grizzly bear

Migration routes

I have always wondered why animals like wildebeest travel in a zigzag line when travelling across land. Despite watching all the wildlife shows on TV I have never heard this mentioned. Any ideas?...

shalforette

what to do about unruly dog

I live in a small village where there is a lady with an uncontrolably collie. Last week I was riding my horse and the dog borke free of its lead and launched its self at my 17.2 horses chest teeth...

Tefler

Dell Inspiron 6000 hard drive failure

The hard drive on my Dell Inspiron 6000 appears to have failed. Given that I've had the machine for only 12 and a half months (1 year warranty!) and have hardly used it, I was wondering if anybody has...

PollyT

Fibre optic street lamps?

Is there any potential to reduce the use of electricity for street lighting by using fibre optic cables? Christmas trees with fibre optic lights do it already - could the principle be scaled up?

magistra

font styles

does anyone know how I can make a hard copy of the font styles in Microsoft Word? (Apart from typing the whole thing out!)

Hughes 66

Emails.

My friend sends me Emails and if it has an attachment I cannot get it to open.A message comes up Microsoft needs to know what programme sent it.Then a box comes up with some choices to open it but...

whpenguin

chicken and hen

what is the difference between a chicken and a hen?

suziebbz

the abomonable snowman

does anybody know what the hell the "abomonable snowman" (cant spell it) is??

kopend

peacock

are all peacocks male

Colortec

Defrag Issue

When I defrag my NTFS HDD I notice the following issue. If you are familiar with the defrag interface you will be aware that there are two panels. One panel shows the user the 'estimated disk usage...

Golem

Spammers

How do spammers, who seem to go to great lengths to escape detection, actually make money from the stuff they send out?

ratchet_83

Belly buttons

Do dogs have belly buttons?

Thunderbird+

Coffee ?

Which is the most environmentally friendly - A, A glass jar of coffee with a plastic lid ? B, A cardboard tub of coffee with a plastic lid and a steel base ?

JuliaW

pidgeons

how can i stop pidgeons coming on the bird table and pinching all the food that i put out for finches, blue tits, etc. wouldn't mind as much if they were wood pidgeons but they aren't, they are just...

owner2

tape-lured

i've seen this expression on birding sites but i don't know what it means.is it something to do with using a bird's call on tape to attract and capture it?

Carol Anne

Energy saving lightbulbs

Im still not sold on these and I doubt I ever will be. I remember buying one of the very first ones about 20 years ago for about six quid for the garage light, with the promise that it would pay for...

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