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Old 07-03-2007, 07:37 AM   #1
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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.
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:55 AM   #2
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He's ready for his close-up.
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Old 07-03-2007, 11:02 AM   #3
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UT -- good job maintaining the alliteration.
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Old 07-03-2007, 11:03 AM   #4
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Tomorrow, we need a patriotic, alliterative IotD... I'm sure UT won't disappoint us...! . . . "Fantastic Frickin' Fireworks!"? "Human Hotdogs"?
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Old 07-03-2007, 11:18 AM   #5
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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
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Old 07-03-2007, 08:04 PM   #6
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Just one question: Original or extra crispy?
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Old 07-03-2007, 10:50 PM   #7
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What's the big deal? I've seen lots of peckers that curve up. lol!!!
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Old 07-04-2007, 03:27 AM   #8
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Old 07-04-2007, 04:54 AM   #9
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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.
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Old 07-04-2007, 11:30 AM   #10
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What's the big deal? I've seen lots of peckers that curve up. lol!!!
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Old 07-05-2007, 09:32 AM   #11
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Talking Original, please.

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Just one question: Original or extra crispy?
Dem's good eatin'.
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Old 07-05-2007, 09:57 AM   #12
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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."
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Old 07-05-2007, 11:19 AM   #13
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Tomorrow, we need a patriotic, alliterative IotD... I'm sure UT won't disappoint us...! . . . "Fantastic Frickin' Fireworks!"? "Human Hotdogs"?
A total bust.
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Old 07-05-2007, 02:36 PM   #14
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Hey HEY! Where's MY holiday, enh?
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Old 07-05-2007, 05:48 PM   #15
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Hey HEY! Where's MY holiday, enh?
(stated in my best broken chinese boss talk):

No holiday for you! back to work!
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