The Nonsense Thread

She's not in Peru, she's in Burkina Fasso.
 
Hix said:
She's not in Peru, she's in Burkina Fasso.
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you'll have to excuse nanoboy. You should know he doesn't actually read posts all the way through. He takes the title if there is one, the first line or two, and then just wings it. It's like skim-reading but without the skimming or the reading.
 
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ThylacineAlive said:
You mean without?

Also, I believe this was once called Thylo-Reading:D
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yes I did mean without. Well-spotted!

Now you know the real reason nanoboy used to mock you about skim-reading so much, because he is even less capable at it than you are! :p
 
Chlidonias said:
yes I did mean without. Well-spotted!

Now you know the real reason nanoboy used to mock you about skim-reading so much, because he is even less capable at it than you are! :p
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Do you skim-type (TM)? I just made that up. It means typing without rereading what you post. I forgive you though, because I know that you post from a smart phone with a tiny screen. :p
 
I just want to announce, after several long months of periodically offering my birds vegetables one of them has finally shown interest in eating them! The Jenday conure that was dumped on me and is a total nutjob has suddenly taken an interest in the lettuce I offered it! Maybe I'll name him/her (I'm not sure of its gender, I think its male) now. Also, I have been doing this latest behavior modification regimen behind my mothers back so that she can't interfere. At least I already have her convinced that pellets are the best main component for their diet.
 
wensleydale said:
I just want to announce, after several long months of periodically offering my birds vegetables one of them has finally shown interest in eating them! The Jenday conure that was dumped on me and is a total nutjob has suddenly taken an interest in the lettuce I offered it! Maybe I'll name him/her (I'm not sure of its gender, I think its male) now. Also, I have been doing this latest behavior modification regimen behind my mothers back so that she can't interfere. At least I already have her convinced that pellets are the best main component for their diet.
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Now I'm no expert on birds (and definitely not on the Jenday Conure) but I would just like to point out that, just because they ate something, doesn't mean they should be eating it. It's like, if you mix fish guts into a pig's regular meal, it'll probably eat them, but that doesn't mean they should or even want to. Personally, I'd suggest you be careful and stick to mainly feeding them their regular, recommended diets. It's fun to experiment and make observations but you must keep in mind that these birds are not designed to consume and digest these foods and having done so could potentially make them sick. Of course, it could also potentially make them healthier and also potentially have no effect whatsoever. All the same, be careful and don't feed them large amounts.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Now I'm no expert on birds (and definitely not on the Jenday Conure) but I would just like to point out that, just because they ate something, doesn't mean they should be eating it. It's like, if you mix fish guts into a pig's regular meal, it'll probably eat them, but that doesn't mean they should or even want to. Personally, I'd suggest you be careful and stick to mainly feeding them their regular, recommended diets. It's fun to experiment and make observations but you must keep in mind that these birds are not designed to consume and digest these foods and having done so could potentially make them sick. Of course, it could also potentially make them healthier and also potentially have no effect whatsoever. All the same, be careful and don't feed them large amounts.

~Thylo:cool:
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Yes you can give a parrot a square inch of lettuce (like I did) and you are supposed to be giving them some fresh fruits and vegetables as part of their regular diet. This is considered an improvement on their diet over just plain old pellets. First, it provides a little enrichment (maybe he will spend less time picking at his feathers now [he was doing this when he came to me, I swear. Dealing with it is an ongoing process with lots of trial and error involved]). Second, it gives them some extra nutrients.
 
If you can get baby bok choy, many birds adore it.

:p

Hix
 
Now my two of my bird species are eating green beans. The parakeets are actually holding them in their feet and eating them. They start screaming when I bring them in. They took to them immediately, like they had seen such a thing before. Today they get a little kale. Just a little, I'm not wasting a whole leaf in case they don't like it.
 
wensleydale said:
Now my two of my bird species are eating green beans. The parakeets are actually holding them in their feet and eating them. They start screaming when I bring them in. They took to them immediately, like they had seen such a thing before. Today they get a little kale. Just a little, I'm not wasting a whole leaf in case they don't like it.
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parrots are funny with vegetables when they aren't used to them. Sometimes it will take forever to convince them to try each new item but once they get used to each one they love them. Others take ages to try their very first item but as soon as they have then they'll try anything you give them straight away. Sometimes they like particular colours as well, like only yellow vegetables or only red. It's just a matter of persevering and trying lots of different kinds.

Oh, just in case it isn't obvious (or you simply may not know) don't give them avocado! Sometimes it is recommended not to give tomatoes or bananas either.
 
Corn on the cob. When they're familiar with it, give them an ear with the husk still in place. It will be good enrichment for them to husk it themselves.

:p

Hix
 
Chlidonias said:
parrots are funny with vegetables when they aren't used to them. Sometimes it will take forever to convince them to try each new item but once they get used to each one they love them. Others take ages to try their very first item but as soon as they have then they'll try anything you give them straight away. Sometimes they like particular colours as well, like only yellow vegetables or only red. It's just a matter of persevering and trying lots of different kinds.

Oh, just in case it isn't obvious (or you simply may not know) don't give them avocado! Sometimes it is recommended not to give tomatoes or bananas either.
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I know not to give them avocado, that was drilled into my head when I got my first bird. No chocolate either. No caffeine, no apple seeds or stone fruit stones. There is cyanide in both of the last two, not enough to kill a human but enough to possibly cause serious problems for a bird.

I never give them colored pellets because they will decide they don't like a certain color and thus waste a significant percentage of their food, either by leaving it or throwing it at me or throwing it on the floor. Plus it results in vividly colored poop that they seem to like to spray everywhere. Also the smell seems to be more likely to (I keep it sealed when I am not feeding them) attract vermin, because they decide to flavor it as well.
 
So this article popped up on my facebook newsfeed and I immediately thought of this thread. The story is about a genet in South Africa that has taken to riding buffalos and white rhinos, and this behaviour has been caught on camera traps a few times. There is some speculation about why it's doing this in the piece but I'm sure we could come up with more suggestions.

Surprising Pictures: Wild “Cat” Rides on Rhino – News Watch
 
PAT said:
So this article popped up on my facebook newsfeed and I immediately thought of this thread. The story is about a genet in South Africa that has taken to riding buffalos and white rhinos, and this behaviour has been caught on camera traps a few times. There is some speculation about why it's doing this in the piece but I'm sure we could come up with more suggestions.

Surprising Pictures: Wild “Cat” Rides on Rhino – News Watch
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this is also on the Camera Trap thread in the Conservation part of the forum. My theory for it which I posted there (based on the position of the genet in several photos) is the same as one of the ideas included in your link:
Was it preying on things like grasshoppers and mice that had been disturbed by the movement of the buffalo and rhino through the grass, much as an egret or a drongo would?
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But maybe it does just like riding around for fun. Who knows.
 
so today I discovered the size limit for posts. You can only have 50,000 characters in a post. I exceeded it during an edit of my NZ Current Zoo Mammals thread, and had to take some information out. I hope no new species come into the country! :p
 
We're getting to a time where we must begin writing our college essays. To try and help us out with this process, our English teachers have begun giving us real college essays from the past in order to show us what to and not to do. The following is one I felt was too amazing to not be shared:

It has come to my attention that our nation, and nations like ours, have long been plagued by a mysterious occurrence. An occurrence that is as perplexing as it is frustrating, and as baffling as it is widespread, a problem that finds its origins at the very foot of our society. The problem of which I speak is none other than “The Orphan Sock Enigma,” the constant disappearance if individual socks during the laundering process. It is a problem familiar to all of us, and also one to which we have unwillingly admitted defeet [sic].
I recently decided that this puzzle had remained unsolved for too long, and resolved to find an explanation. (In the grand tradition of science, I refused to be discouraged by the basic irrelevance of my cause.) But the truth that I uncovered is more exciting and fantastic than I could have ever imagined.
My procedures, observations, and conclusions are as follows:
First, to verify that the problem exists, experimental and control loads of laundry were completely processed (put through the washer and dryer). In the experimental load (load with socks), by the end of the process, some socks were lost. But in the control load (load without socks), no socks were lost. Thus, the problem was verified.
Next the process of a load of socks was carefully monitored. The results indicated that sock disappearance occurs during the period of time where the load is in the dryer. Following this conclusion, a literature search was done and a very significant fact was uncovered: there is no mention of socks disappearing in dryers before the invention of dryers in the 1920s. All evidence clearly pointed to the dryer. And it is there that I would find the answer to the enigma.
Then, the actual experiment was done. In four separate trials, a number of socks (ten socks, or five pairs) were put through a normal drying cycle. The types of socks tested were selected by the highly accurate Harvey-Allman Principle Hierarchy and Zero Alternative Reduction Dimension (HAP-HAZARD).
The mass of the total load was measured prior to the processing. Upon completion of the cycle, the mass of the remaining load plus the lint collected was also measured. In addition, the temperature of a running, empty dryer was measured, as was the temperature of a running, full dryer during the cycle.
In each and every trial, one or two of the socks were lost (each from a different pair). More importantly, in each and every trial, there was a net loss of mass and also a net increase in temperature. These results suggested a test hypothesis. Through the use of Einstein’s equation for mass-energy equivalence, E =mc2, the net loss of mass was completely and totally accounted for by the net increase in temperature. All the evidence clearly pointed to one unavoidable, momentous conclusion: all the socks that had been disappearing in countries all over the world had been directly converted to energy (or that there was something seriously wrong with my dryer). I have just begun to realize the monumental importance and far-reaching implications of my discovery. Quite possibly, it could completely change the way we live our lives (and do our laundry) for years to come.
From further experimentation, it seems that the amount of energy liberated (and mass lost) is directly related to the amount of the fiber Spandex in the sock.
But for some reason, the Spandex must be in the form of a sock for the reaction to take place. Therefore, by increasing the amount of Spandex in a sock, one can increase the amount of energy liberated. It also seems that the reaction can be controlled by the presence of different numbers of fabric softening sheets, similar to the effect of control rods in a nuclear reactor. In light of these discoveries, my house is now completely powered by a “Sock Reactor.”
I estimate that just a few “Sock Reactors” could supply power to a city the size of Chicago with zero danger (provided a good supply of fabric softening sheets is on hand). This is because one hundred percent of the mass is completely converted into energy safely, easily, and without leaving any of that unsightly radioactive waste common to those other name brand reactors. Therefore, you and your loved ones are spared from that embarrassing radiation sickness and unpleasant aftertaste.
Originally, I had hoped to keep knowledge of this discovery fairly restricted, but I fear that word has leaked out. I have reason to believe there is a merger planned between Interwoven Hosiery and General Power’s nuclear division.
Although I have not been able to explain why only one sock out of a pair can be converted, it appears to in some way relate to a black hole, a time warp, and static cling.
Albert Einstein, the man who first discovered the mass-energy equivalence, never wore socks. I think that just about says it all.
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The essay also came with a data table and a rough diagram of a "sock reactor" but I couldn't recreate those here sorry!

Anyone want to take a guess on whether this is an acceptable essay or not?:p

~Thylo:cool:
 
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