July 3, 2007: Bouyantly-billed bird

Undertoad · 07-03-2007, 07:37 AM

This one's just goofy.

According to Nat Geo, this rare smiling bird is "the rare recurve-billed bushbird", spotted recently in Colombia after a 40-year absence. Its curved-upward beak gives him the illusion of a smile, but we prefer to think he's just happy to see us.

This is in fact the first time this bird has been photographed! So it's a really rare beast.

odie number seven · 07-03-2007, 07:55 AM

He's ready for his close-up.

HungLikeJesus · 07-03-2007, 11:02 AM

UT -- good job maintaining the alliteration.

Flint · 07-03-2007, 11:03 AM

Tomorrow, we need a patriotic, alliterative IotD... I'm sure UT won't disappoint us...! . . . "Fantastic Frickin' Fireworks!"? "Human Hotdogs"?

Undertoad · 07-03-2007, 11:18 AM

The IotD is worldwide so it would be inappropriate to use it to celebrate the holiday.

plus iotd images usually circulate a day or two after an event

Gravdigr · 07-03-2007, 08:04 PM

Just one question: Original or extra crispy?

Sheldonrs · 07-03-2007, 10:50 PM

What's the big deal? I've seen lots of peckers that curve up. lol!!!

spudcon · 07-04-2007, 03:27 AM

Dat ain't no banana, dat's my nose!

SPUCK · 07-04-2007, 04:54 AM

That is a horrible picture..

It looks like a 5 year old hacked it together in Paint. The eye looks hokey. The glare off the head. The glinting beak. The blurry nondescript background that could be anybody's back yard.

I think we're being scammed.

monster · 07-04-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

What's the big deal? I've seen lots of peckers that curve up. lol!!!

Silazius · 07-05-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Just one question: Original or extra crispy?

Dem's good eatin'.

Coign · 07-05-2007, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

spotted recently in Colombia after a 40-year absence.

I read this one to quick and my strange brain of mush saw, "In Colombia after 40 years of substance abuse." and I immediately thought, "Yeah I would be smiling too."

TheMercenary · 07-05-2007, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Tomorrow, we need a patriotic, alliterative IotD... I'm sure UT won't disappoint us...! . . . "Fantastic Frickin' Fireworks!"? "Human Hotdogs"?

A total bust.

Undertoad · 07-05-2007, 02:36 PM

Hey HEY! Where's MY holiday, enh?

TheMercenary · 07-05-2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Hey HEY! Where's MY holiday, enh?

(stated in my best broken chinese boss talk):

No holiday for you! back to work!

07-03-2007, 07:37 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	July 3, 2007: Bouyantly-billed bird This one's just goofy. According to Nat Geo, this rare smiling bird is "the rare recurve-billed bushbird", spotted recently in Colombia after a 40-year absence. Its curved-upward beak gives him the illusion of a smile, but we prefer to think he's just happy to see us. This is in fact the first time this bird has been photographed! So it's a really rare beast.

07-03-2007, 07:55 AM	#2
odie number seven A dying breed. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 22	He's ready for his close-up. __________________ odie

07-03-2007, 11:02 AM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	UT -- good job maintaining the alliteration. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-03-2007, 11:03 AM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Tomorrow, we need a patriotic, alliterative IotD... I'm sure UT won't disappoint us...! . . . "Fantastic Frickin' Fireworks!"? "Human Hotdogs"? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-03-2007, 10:50 PM	#7
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	What's the big deal? I've seen lots of peckers that curve up. lol!!! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

07-03-2007, 11:18 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The IotD is worldwide so it would be inappropriate to use it to celebrate the holiday. plus iotd images usually circulate a day or two after an event

07-03-2007, 08:04 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Just one question: Original or extra crispy?

07-04-2007, 03:27 AM	#8
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Dat ain't no banana, dat's my nose!

07-04-2007, 04:54 AM	#9
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	That is a horrible picture.. It looks like a 5 year old hacked it together in Paint. The eye looks hokey. The glare off the head. The glinting beak. The blurry nondescript background that could be anybody's back yard. I think we're being scammed.

07-05-2007, 02:36 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Hey HEY! Where's MY holiday, enh?

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