I would think that there would be a chance of running into a bird while sky diving. Faling at such a fast speed, I think one could really do some damage to someone. I wouldn't think the bird would make out too great, either. Does this ever happen?
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while driving my motorcylcle along mississippi river north of st louis at about 60 mph, i hit a dragonfly.  i splattered all over my glasses after it hit my cheek, and it stung quite a bit.  i had to stop  as i was pulling my bike off to the shoulder, all i could smell was the scent of dead fish and bugs.  it was from the bug guts.  \n\nhitting a bird at 180 mph would probably have broken a jaw bone.
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There was a meteor shower the last few days, but those happen about once a month or so, with varying intensities, so nothing new there really.  I think there's no reason to think there's a correlation between your animal's behaviour and cosmic events (since there has never been shown to have a correlation before, except during solar eclipses).  Check their food or any stressful factors instead before trying to blame the universe.
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Firstly i have to mention, Whilst I am certified, I'm not the most experienced diver, so I cant speak for everyone,but I think everyone dives for their own reasons, and some of us may not be all that sane :) but I can tell you why I do. It is like going to another planet, the beauty never fails to surprise and amaze. Every single dive is different and you never know what you'll see. If your want you can interact with amazing wildlife, and some of them want to play with you! As a water baby I find an awesome sense of peace by just being underwater, I cant believe that not everyone feels the same way...And the way you feel more alive just after a dive is worth all the trouble. Yes we do have to ALWAYS have to keep in mind the dangers, there are so many of them, but I think that goes hand in hand with respecting the amazing environment we are about to enter, our bodies are not built to go where it cant get its most fundamental need, air, but a lucky few of us brave it anyway.. Hopefully the dangers keep people who shouldn't be diving out of it..bad buddy experience..
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I've seen baby squirrels on the ground-their parents protect them so maybe you're not being still enough\nA hunter I know was in camo in a tree being real still and one ran up his arm!\nKeep looking
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why you want to kill any animal or bird for fun, it`s different if you have to kill for food, but a defenceless creature doing you no harm, i really hope that some day,  someone puts you  under fire and you get to experience the `THRILL` from being hit. you sick B*****d
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I say no. Not to be different but because I actually don't think that they do. The whole... "Living creature" is crap I feel the same way about birds! Look at the meat they are obviously VERY different then a cat or a dog or a cow or a human. I really don't think they feel pain. I say this because look at the environment they live in. It can be 10 or 110 degrees out and a bird still flies & a fish still swims. If it had the same pain perception that mammals have don't you think it would be painful to be in these temps? Or maybe they would adapt to one or the other?
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You don't need to protect them, don't you see that there are many of them on the streets already. Instead, let it be, it's because of men interfering on nature's business that our system is unbalanced as it is. Quest for thinking: why do you see more pigeons than any other species of bird? Answer: Because pigeons can adapt easily to any environment.
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Yeah....but then how to distinguish a draw from a dive?  \n\nI see your point but this would be hard to keep track of and assess.
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The image is probably real, but that it could be showing the face of some alien the bird swallowed is pretty ridiculous. I mean, how embarrassing...the poor lil guy travels a billion light years to get here, then ends up in some critters gut.
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you would get electrocuted plain and simple...you wouldn't go flying through the air unless it was a really high voltage...I'm pretty sure.
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The flying that they do in those movies is an exaggeration of the truth.  There is a type of training that used to be done called "light-body" training, that starts when you're very young, like 3-4 years old.  There are many things they do, but one of the main things they focused on was keeping the spinal column soft.\n\nMost land mammals can't jump out of the water, like fish do, mostly because the spine has become hard/rigid.  At the same time some snakes can strike more than half they body length, because of their flexible body and a firm base.\n\nWhen people with this training would jump, they would "spring" with their legs and their spine giving them 2-3 times the height and 3-4 times the distance of the people without the training, that could only jump with their legs.\n\nEven doing this, couldn't make you "fly".  But, not unlike some monkeys and flying squirrels, if you simply bound, glide, and jump from point to point, through the woods/forest/jungle, going from object to object, it does give the appearance of "flying".  \n\nAnd YES, of course this could be done, very easily, through the city, running across roof tops, jumping an occasional alley way, and scaling larger buildings to "fly" from. \n\nBut, what goes up, most come down too.  Long story short, like Buzz Lightyear said "It's not flying, it's falling with style"
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Bird hunting like they were has the highest frequency of shooting accidents, because the hunter must always make a snap decision on a flush.  That is why rules should be established ahead of time and followed by the parties.  That's where they went wrong....2 individuals broke common sense rules. That said, wounds in these instances are often superficial and rarely result in death.\n\nBig Game wounds with high caliber rifles are much rarer, because the shooter typically identifies the target and waits for a clear shot....does not shoot on a snap.  But when they happen they are often fatal.
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Only if the wax in your wings melt if you fly too close to the sun...seriously though...there have been cases where people mix it with spirits and go on a binge...serious complications...it is a stimulant.
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It seems that the skycam operator is instructed to keep the camera behind the ball.  And if it happens they have a replay.  Definitely check out my source.
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You mean the Phoenix.  It's not a real bird.  It's a myth, and the myth states that the Phoenix rises up out of ash to begin it's life.
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My pet Emu -Larry- says you are mistaken. In reality birds do not fly. See, you were outside, enjoying a lovely day when you stumbled upon a group of kids playing in the park. What you saw was nothing more than a fowl ball.
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Without mountains or seabasins, water would cover the whole earth to a depth of 2.7 km, or 1.7 miles.\n\nBirds have not evolved.\nFor a bird to function it needs (for example): \nspecially designed light bones\na different design of lung so it can breathe while flying\nfeathers with tiny hooks and barbs so the filaments stick together\nan oil gland to oil their feathers\n\nAny of these features on their own would be useless, and would confer no benefit and would not be selected for. In any case, there is no known mechanism for the genetic information for these features to suddenly appear.\nA mutation might result in abird that can't fly any more, but it ain't going to grow a pair of wings on a lizard!\nThe idea that a bird evolved from something other than a bird has no scientific merit, and is not supported by any actual evidence. It is a (bad) philosophical idea.\n\nCheck out the woodpecker:\nextra strong beak\nstrong skull\nshock absorbing tissue\nsticky tongue for catching the grubs at the end of long tunnels\nit's long tongue is too long to fit in its beak so it wraps it around the skull under the scalp and inserts into the right nostril!\n\nRandom mutations or amazing design?