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Allan
post Jun 22 2005, 11:14 AM
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post Jun 22 2005, 11:14 AM
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post Jun 22 2005, 11:15 AM
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post Jun 22 2005, 11:19 AM
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post Jun 22 2005, 11:25 AM
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What was the last thing to go thru that chicken's mind???










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post Jun 22 2005, 11:38 AM
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that Euro plate and the spotless garage suggest that photo was not taken in the US.

it's a little known fact that the European swallow can travel up to 200 mph, as they are not migratory...

with a fast enough bird, that car couldda been parked.

hitting a 5-lb bird at even 100 mph would be unpleasant.
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post Jun 22 2005, 11:44 AM
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Is that an African or European swallow?

Was it unladen?
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post Jun 22 2005, 11:45 AM
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Obviously the bird was trying to answer the phone.
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post Jun 22 2005, 12:41 PM
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word is that the car was going about 140mph at impact...
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post Jun 22 2005, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE (Scott Schroeder @ Jun 22 2005, 01:44 PM)
Is that an African or European swallow?
Was it unladen?

i believe it was a European swallow, although a cocoanut would certainly have contributed to the damage...
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post Jun 22 2005, 12:55 PM
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Looks kinda like a Pheasant to me after a close range 12 gauge shotgun blast.
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post Jun 22 2005, 12:56 PM
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How was it carrying a coconut? Did the swallow grip it by the husk? And how can a tiny swallow carry a coconut?






It looks to me like a windshield impact test done in a lab.
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post Jun 22 2005, 01:23 PM
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are you suggesting that a 10 oz swallow could carry a 2 lb. coconut?

it's not a question of where he grips it, it's a simple matter of weight ratios
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post Jun 22 2005, 01:24 PM
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I saw a sage grouse (about 6lb typical weight) do almost the same damage to a GMC Suburban windshield. Impact was at about 70mph. Penetration was partial.

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post Jun 22 2005, 01:27 PM
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It's not the swallow that was carrying a coconut. It's the rube behind the knight who was chasing the swallow to figure out the bird's speed to gain permission to cross a bridge . . .
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post Jun 22 2005, 01:37 PM
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Yikes! I know I have had my Boxster up to 155 MPH. That impact must have been over 100 mph.
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post Jun 22 2005, 01:42 PM
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at least that duck had good aim, man that is a dead on center hit.
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post Jun 22 2005, 01:51 PM
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post Jun 22 2005, 01:52 PM
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since when did euorpeans start driving auto trans?
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post Jun 22 2005, 02:06 PM
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QUOTE (tat2dphreak @ Jun 22 2005, 11:23 AM)
are you suggesting that a 10 oz swallow could carry a 2 lb. coconut?

it's not a question of where he grips it, it's a simple matter of weight ratios

Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
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